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SF May Pay for Businesses’ Graffiti Removal
Brand New, Getting Help, San Francisco Help may be on its way soon for San Francisco businesses tagged with graffiti. Supervisor Myrna Melgar introduced legislation that will allow property owners on business corridors to opt-in and allow the Department of Public Works to address graffiti for no charge. Co-sponsored by Supervisor Catherine Stefani, the ordinance would create more...
Juneteenth Now a Holiday for SF School District
Brand New, San Francisco The San Francisco Board of Education approved a resolution Wednesday making Juneteenth – June 19 – a district holiday. Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 that African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally learned that President Abraham Lincoln had declared them free more than two years earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation, which more...
Giant 8-Story Car Vending Machine Opens in the Bay Area
Brand New Carvana, the e-commerce used car dealer, just opened a Car Vending Machine in Daly City, the fourth of its kind in California. The new Daly City Car Vending Machine is eight stories tall and houses up to 27 vehicles, which are available for customers who purchase a vehicle online from more...
72 City Blocks in SF Might Light Up For the First Time Ever
Brand New, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Thanks to the San Francisco Examiner for sharing the news that San Francisco could soon be lighting up with charming string lights all over the city. After successfully lighting up Valencia Street with 8,000 cafe lights back in May of 2021, Manny Yekutiel, owner of Manny’s cafe in the Mission, is spearheading more...
Former Oakland Army Base May House 1,000 Unhoused Residents
Housing, Oakland By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Roughly 1,000 homeless residents of Oakland may soon be able to find shelter on the city’s former Army base following a resolution approved Tuesday by the City Council. Councilmember Carroll Fife proposed the idea, and the City Council told staff to study it. Staff must more...
The Exploratorium Hosts First “Free” Day in 3 Years
Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open The Exploratorium used to have several “pay what you wish” days each year, but they started to become rare even before the pandemic. This Sunday, the “Community Day” tradition returns for the first time since May 2019 in honor of Mother’s Day/Día de las Madres. Lots of free bilingual activities more...
SF’s Free “Mother’s Day Rose Show” Returns for 2022
Mother's Day, San Francisco Back for the first time in three years, the San Francisco Rose Society continues its tradition with the annual Mother’s Day Rose Show at Golden Gate Park’s Hall of Flowers with a rose showcase in the exhibition hall. Exhibitors show their judged and award-winning garden roses starting at 12:30 pm until 4 more...
Crissy Field’s 20th Anniversary + Free Kite Day (May 7)
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Let’s fly a kite together! Join San Francisco in celebrating 20 years of Crissy Field on May 7 from 1-3 p.m. The first 1,500 people to meet us on Crissy Airfield will receive a free, beautifully designed kite to commemorate 20 years of Crissy Field. Kites will be distributed from the Golden more...
World’s First “Meta” Store Opens in Bay Area May 9
Brand New, Geeks Bay Area is home to the very first Meta Store...because of course it is. The first physical retail space, opens May 9 on the Facebook…err…Meta campus in Burlingame, California. In the Meta Store, you’ll be able to get hands-on experience with all their hardware products. Through interactive demos, you can make more...
SF Celebrates Grand Opening of 100% Affordable Housing in the Mission
Brand New, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco celebrated the grand opening of Casa Adelante—2828 16th Street, a 143 unit, 100% affordable housing development in the Mission District. Formerly known as 1990 Folsom, the development designates 36 units for public housing residents relocating from Potrero Hill and Sunnydale HOPE SF sites. The remaining 107 units are more...
Bay Area Teens Can Work Out for Free All Summer Long at Planet Fitness
Freebies Planet Fitness is inviting high schoolers ages 14 – 19* to work out for free at any of its more than 2,200 Planet Fitness locations throughout the United States and Canada from May 16 through August 31 as part of the High School Summer Pass initiative. High School Summer Pass was formally known more...
Check Out SF’s Absolutely Wild Sand Dunes at Ocean Beach
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Wow Local hip hop artist Richie Cunning was out for a walk on Ocean Beach on Tuesday morning this week around 7am and caught this amazing site of the Ocean Beach sign almost completely covered by sand dunes right near Lincoln and the Great Highway. 📷 @RichieCunning And if you look closely, you’ll more...
Brand New Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Shop Coming to Emeryville
Brand New, East Bay, Eat & Drink Popular San Francisco ice cream shop Humphry Slocombe is opening a brand new location in Emeryville. Their newest shop will be located at Bay Street Emeryville. An opening date has yet to be announced, but the store hours are already published. The scoop shop hours will be Monday through Saturday, 10am-7pm, more...
A 17-block ‘Yellow Brick Road’ is Coming to the Tenderloin
Murals, San Francisco In 2008, a group of Tenderloin neighborhood mothers, youth and community leaders came together to create the Yellow Brick Road, an eleven-block sidewalk mural illuminating a network of safe routes for children. The Safe Passage Program, operating under the umbrella of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District (TLCBD), remains a robust more...
UC Berkeley’s Annual Falcon “Hatch Day” Returns May 6
Adorable, East Bay, Outdoorsy UC Berkeley’s annual Hatch Day returns on Friday, May 6, 2022 after a two-year hiatus due to the ongoing pandemic. The celebration is to hopefully see the hatching of three peregrine falcon chicks atop UC Berkeley’s Campanile plus there will fun, educational activities set up on the south side of the more...
