SF City Guides
San Francisco’s ‘Opera in the Park’ Returns to Golden Gate Park (Sept. 11)
Parks & Beaches, San Francisco It’s time to start planning your picnic menu because Opera in the Park is back. The San Francisco Opera puts on their annual free Opera in the Park concert in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at 1:30pm in Robin Williams Meadow. Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads the San Francisco Opera more...
Magic Mushrooms are Now Decriminalized in SF
Brand New, City Insight, Healing, San Francisco This just in...’shrooms are now decriminalized in San Francisco. Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 and unaminiously passed a resolution that makes entheogenic plants including peyote, ayahuasca, and psilocybin mushrooms San Francisco police’s lowest priority. Plus it more...
When Queen Elizabeth II Visited Bay Area in 1983
Goodbye San Francisco looks back to honor Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on September 8, 2022 at the age of 96. Thanks to ABC7 for sharing a look back at Her Majesty’s one and only visit to San Francisco nearly 40 years ago. Back in 1983, Queen Elizabeth II and her more...
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival Drops 2022 Lineup Additions
Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco Hardly Strictly Bluegrass just announced the fourth round of additions to their highly anticipated live return to San Francisco, CA’s Golden Gate Park on September 30-October 2. The three-day, multi-stage, free music festival today adds Elvis Costello, Steve Earle & The Dukes, The Travelin’ Mccourys, Bob Schneider, Moonalice, Cymande, Arooj Aftab, more...
6 Bay Area Cities Experienced Highest Temperatures Ever Recorded (Sept. 6)
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy Six cities in the greater Bay Area on Tuesday saw their highest temperatures ever recorded, according to the National Weather Service. The same cities were among seven that had record highs for September and among eight that set records for Sept. 6. In all, 21 record temperatures were set or tied more...
Huge New In-N-Out w/ 29 Car Drive-Thru Planned for San Jose
Brand New, Eat & Drink Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that a brand new In-N-Out is opening in the Bay Area. The new location, proposed for 3150 and 3158 Stevens Creek Boulevard in San Jose, near Westfield Valley Fair and Santana Row, will have a massive 29-car drive-thru and would have indoor seating for 84 more...
SF’s Free Swim Days Across The City (Sept. 6-7)
Health & Wellness, Only in San Francisco, Swimming / Waterparks As summer continues to sizzle, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will offer free afternoon admission at many of its neighborhood pools on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 6-7, 2022. Free family swim hours and locations: Today (Tuesday): Balboa: 2:30-4 p.m. Coffman: 3-4:30 p.m. MLK: 4-5:30 p.m. Sava: 2:30-5 p.m. Rossi: 2:00-3:30 p.m. Mission: 2:30-3:45 p.m. North Beach: 2:15-3:15 more...
Bay Area School District Asks If Teachers Can Move In
Getting Help, Housing Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that Milpitas Unified School District is asking parents for help. The high cost of living in the Bay Area has grossly affected teachers and school staff, so the school district has taken a new approach. They’ve reached out to parents with please delivered by more...
Sonoma County Launches Basic Income Pilot Program
Brand New, Getting Help By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation Sonoma County will be spearheading a pilot program to provide a guaranteed minimum income to over 300 low-income families to study whether poverty is reduced and economic mobility is enhanced, the county announced Thursday. The Pathway to Income Equity program began taking applications Thursday. more...
Gorgeous New Mural Unveiled in SF’s Glen Park
Brand New, Murals, San Francisco San Francisco’s newest mural, Burnside Mural+, celebrates Glen Park’s rich history. The new mural stands at the end of the Glen Park Greenway at 55 Burnside Avenue. The project when completed will feature a beautifully tiled stairway leading up to Bosworth Street. Burnside Mural+ will tell the storied history of the more...
USA’s Oldest Dim Sum Restaurant is in SF
Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that San Francisco is home to America’s oldest dim sum restaurant. Hidden in an off-the-beaten-path alleyway in Chinatown, at 1 Pagoda Place, is Hang Ah Tea Room, which opened in 1920. The 102-year old restaurant serves handmade dumplings and even bottles up its own more...
Smithsonian’s Annual Free Museum Day 2022 (Sept. 17)
Museums / Cultural Institutions Smithsonian Magazine’s annual Museum Day returns on Saturday, September 17, 2022 as participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide open their doors free of charge to all visitors who download the Museum Day Ticket. Museum Day brings together museums, zoos, and cultural centers from all 50 states to offer free admission to all Museum more...
New SF Taqueria “El Rey” Offers Free Tacos (Sept. 2-3)
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Freebies Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the news that a brand new taqueria has opened in San Francisco in the former Myriad Gastropub spot. Compared to lots of its neighbors in the Mission, El Rey Taquiza Artesanal, located at 2491 Mission Street, focuses on tacos versus burritos. To celebrate their grand more...
Massive Indoor Vietnamese Market & Food Hall Coming to San Jose?
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Groceries / Supermarkets Thanks to Eater SF and SiliconValley.com for sharing the news that a massive Vietnamese market could be coming to San Jose. Real Estate Executive Do Van Tron purchased the former Sears store in San Jose’s Eastridge Center with plans to transform the space into a bustling Vietnamese market and food hall more...
World’s First Fully Autonomous Restaurant Opens in SF
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining Thanks to CNBC for sharing the news about Mezli, the world’s first fully autonomous restaurant. The first fully-robotic restaurant just opened on August 28, 2022 in San Francisco’s Spark Social food park, 601 Mission Bay Boulevard North, in the Mission Bay neighborhood. The Mezli founders thought of the idea as grad students more...
