SF City Guides
Golden Gate Park’s Brand New Street Busking Program
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, San Francisco The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department has launched an initiative that may be music to the ears of street performers: Busking in Golden Gate Park. The program allows musicians and other performers to easily obtain permits and schedule performances in designated locations that will not conflict with other activities in the park. more...
SF Cancels $50 Million in Late Fees for Traffic Fines
Brand New, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco, Transportation By Thomas Hughes, BCN Foundation Tens of thousands of San Francisco residents are having debt from late fees for traffic fines wiped from the books. The San Francisco Superior Court eliminated $50 million in outstanding fees last week, according to a statement from the city treasurer’s office. The move cancelled 180,000 more...
San Francisco’s Opera at the Ballpark Returns (Nov. 11)
Artsy Fartsy, Get Out: Events, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Opening night for Verdi’s “La Traviata” will be bigger than ever with the return of Opera at the Ballpark, a free community event held at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. Enjoy your opera with a side of garlic fries, in one of the most scenic venues in town more...
Oakland Plans to Return Land to Indigenous Group
Bay Area Updates, Healing, Oakland, Outdoorsy Oakland has announced plans to return about 5 acres of land owned by the city to Indigenous stewardship. The Oakland City Council will hold hearings to consider conveying the site, known as Sequoia Point, to the Indigenous women-led non-profit, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, and the East Bay Ohlone tribe, Confederated Villages of more...
Local Beekeeper Makes Honey from BART’s Bees
Local Highlight, Transportation If you passed by the four-inch notch in the wall on Bailey Road next to BART’s Pittsburg/Bay Point Station, you probably wouldn’t notice a thing. But if you took a closer look – not too close – you’d find a hive of hundreds of buzzing honeybees. The notch in the more...
Bay Area’s New $2.50 On-Demand Shuttle Launches
Brand New, Transportation Milpitas residents have another transportation option designed to fill some of the gaps not served by public transit. Milpitas SMART will provide convenient, affordable, and on-demand connections to the Great Mall, City Hall, Milpitas Transit Center and VTA light rail stops. The new service — Simple Mobile Access to Reliable Transportation, or SMART — is an more...
Crews Testing SF’s Central Subway (Trains Every 4-10 Minutes)
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The long-awaited, much delayed, Central Subway in San Francisco is finally coming along. Crews are testing the headways every 4 to 10 minutes. Thanks so much to SFMTA Director Jeffrey Tumlin for sharing the sped-up video of the 5-minute journey from Brannan Street to Rose Pak Chinatown Station. Related Story: SF’s New more...
San Jose Housing Crisis is Officially Worst in the U.S.
Housing By Loan-Anh Pham, San Jose Spotlight San Jose’s housing crisis is the worst of any major U.S. city due to its limited supply of homes. That’s according to a recent study from Angi which says the San Jose metro area, which includes San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara is faring worse more...
Rapper Bad Bunny Packs Bay Area Restaurant w/ 80 Person Entourage
Eat & Drink Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny was in town to perform. Ahead of his concert at the Oakland Coliseum on Wednesday, September 14, the singer was craving a taste of food and visited the beloved Puerto Rican restaurant Sol Food in San Rafael. He packed more...
Meet Gus: SFPD’s Cutest New Member of the Force
Adorable, Brand New, San Francisco Say hello to Gus, San Francisco Police Department’s newest member of its Mounted Unit. Gus will have his official swearing-in ceremony soon with the department.
SF’s “Arinell Pizza” on Valencia Just Closed After 33 Years
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Mission Local for letting us know that after a back-and-forth battle to stay opening, Arinell Pizza, located at 509 Valencia Street in San Francisco, has finally shut down after 33 years. The final day was this past Saturday, September 10th denoted with a sign on the window that said “Closing. more...
SF’s “Hayes Street” Named One of the Coolest Streets in the World
San Francisco Time Out recently surveyed city-dwellers around the globe to find out where are the coolest streets in the world right now. Their editors analyzed the findings to come up with their definitive list of the 33 Coolest Streets in the World. Making the Top 10 is San Francisco’s Hayes Street which Time more...
POSTPONED: NorCal’s Largest Halloween County Fair is Coming for 2022
East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Sponsored This event has been postponed for 2022 Get ready for a haunted house, costume contests, pumpkin patch, free kids treats and more. It’s the 3rd Annual “Kids Scream Zone” at the Contra Costa County Health & Wellness Festival, Oct 29, 2022 inside the Contra Costa Fairgrounds. It’s the largest Halloween County more...
SF’s New Central Subway Opens “This Fall;” Four Years Late
Bay Area Updates, Transportation Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Central Subway is on schedule to finally open in “the fall” (No specific date has been announced, but SFMTA’s website says “October”). Well… supposedly “scheduled” for fall. But we’ve heard this before! The subway was supposed to open in 2018, then more...
Popular Korean Supermarket “H Mart” Coming to East Bay
Brand New, Groceries / Supermarkets Thankfully Eater SF just announced that Korean grocery store H Mart will be coming to the East Bay. The 4th Bay Area location of H Mart will be in Dublin Retail Center in Dublin. Unfortunately, an opening date has not yet been announced. The lease for the Dublin location was signed more...
