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"Off the Grid" Fort Mason: Night Market Season Finale (Nov. 11)“Off the Grid” Fort Mason: Night Market Season Finale (Nov. 11)
By - posted 11/8/2022
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, San Francisco

California’s largest recurring street food festival is shutting up shop for the end of its 12th season. Grab your friends and prepare to dish out for the last time this season on Friday, November 11, 2022. During the season, every Friday night, 25+ food trucks roll into Fort Mason’s parking lot and more...

Free National Parks Day for Veteran's Day (Nov. 11)Free National Parks Day for Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11)
By - posted 11/7/2022
Freebies, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches

Sometimes you’ve just got to get away from it all and clear your head with the peace and serenity of a national park. On certain “fee-free” days throughout the year, enjoy free entry to all national parks and monuments including Muir Woods and Yosemite National Park, and free admission aboard all of the historic more...

Oakland Wants to Help Convert Illegal Secondary Dwellings to Legal ADUsOakland Wants to Help Convert Illegal Secondary Dwellings to Legal ADUs
By - posted 11/6/2022
Brand New, Housing, Oakland

Oakland is launching a brand new low-interest loan program to help convert unpermitted accessory dwelling to legal units. The Accessory Dweling Unit Loan Program will provide financing and technical assistance to low-income homeowners to convert an existing unpermitted secondary unit into a legal Accessory Dwelling Unit or Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit, more...

Rare "Blood Moon" Total Lunar Eclipse Over SF (Nov. 8)Rare “Blood Moon” Total Lunar Eclipse Over SF (Nov. 8)
By - posted 11/6/2022
Outdoorsy, Wow

In the early morning on Tuesday, November 8, 2023, we’ll be treated to a rare Total Lunar Eclipse over San Francisco. It’ll be the last total lunar eclipse for the next three years until March 14, 2025. Thanks to NASA for sharing the details about the upcoming Blood Moon. According to more...

UC Berkeley Ranks as Best Public University in the World AgainUC Berkeley Ranks as Best Public University in the World Again
By - posted 11/6/2022
Bay Area Updates, East Bay

UC Berkeley just shared that once again, for the ninth straight year, the university has taken the top spot as the number one public university in the world, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 global universities rankings. UC Berkeley was also named the fourth-best university overall in the world more...

This is SF's New Muni Map for 2023This is SF’s New Muni Map for 2023
By - posted 11/6/2022
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation

San Francisco’s long-awaited Central Subway is finally fully opening on January 7, 2023. Therefore, SFMTA has just released its brand new Muni Metro map which includes the brand new extended T Third Line, which directly connects Chinatown to Visitacion Valley. The Central Subway aims to improve public transportation in San Francisco by more...

SF's Central Subway Finally Fully Opens January 7SF’s Central Subway Finally Fully Opens January 7
By - posted 11/6/2022
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation

It’s been a long time coming, but San Francisco’s long-awaited Central Subway is finally fully opening with daily service starting January 7, 2023. The Central Subway Project aims to improve public transportation in San Francisco by extending the Muni Metro T Third Line through SoMa, Union Square and Chinatown. By providing a direct, more...

SF's Winterfest Beer & Comedy Friday Nights (2022)SF’s Winterfest Beer & Comedy Friday Nights (2022)
By - posted 11/4/2022
Get Out: Events, San Francisco

Speakeasy Ales & Lagers has been defiantly brewing small batches of beer in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood since 1997. Come celebrate this legacy with a special month-long “Novemberfest”-themed pop-up comedy festival every Friday night for four weeks only. RSVP for Secret Guestlist – Free $10-$20 Friday Nights starting September 23, 3022 – Four weeks more...

Fremont is Named the Safest City in CaliforniaFremont is Named the Safest City in California
By - posted 11/3/2022
East Bay

Thanks to KTLA for sharing the news about Wallet Hub’s 2022’s Safest Cities in America ranking. WalletHub compared more than 180 cities across 42 key indicators of safety under three categories: home and community safety, natural disaster risk and financial safety. Fremont, California made the top 20 for Safest Cities in the more...

SF's First Topless Club Might Become an Official "Legacy Business"SF’s First Topless Club Might Become an Official “Legacy Business”
By - posted 11/3/2022
Only in San Francisco

Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the news that San Francisco’s first topless club, which is possibly the very first topless bar in the country, is pushing to become an official legacy business. The “first original gentleman’s club in the US,” the Condor Club opened in North Beach in 1964 and more...

Golden Gate Park's Lighted Forest is Back for 2022Golden Gate Park’s Lighted Forest is Back for 2022
By - posted 11/3/2022
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco

Entwined, the iconic illuminated art installation, returns to Golden Gate Park on December 1. Entwined will be hosted at Peacock Meadow for its third season from December 1, 2022 to March 12, 2023. This dazzling forest of light first welcomed parkgoers as a safe and joyful outdoor destination in 2020 and more...

SF's Iconic 'Hot Cookie' Rolls Back Prices to 1997SF’s Iconic ‘Hot Cookie’ Rolls Back Prices to 1997
By - posted 11/1/2022
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco

Thanks to our friend Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that San Francisco’s famous Hot Cookie in the Castro, 407 Castro St., is celebrating 25 years. Established in 1997, Hot Cookie is a Castro icon – famous for its large selection of freshly-baked, chewy cookies, its notorious Penis and Vagina Cookies, more...

Dungeness Crab Season Delayed: No Crabs for ThanksgivingDungeness Crab Season Delayed: No Crabs for Thanksgiving
By - posted 11/1/2022
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink

California fish and wildlife officials are delaying the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season to protect endangered humpback whales and other marine life from deadly entanglements. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Risk Assessment and Mitigation Program determined that too many whales are present at this time for more...

SF Chinese Restaurant Lowers Prices w/ "Inflation Discount"SF Chinese Restaurant Lowers Prices w/ “Inflation Discount”
By - posted 11/1/2022
Deals, Eat & Drink

Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that while nearly every restaurant has raised its prices, one San Francisco restaurant is taking a different approach. Lazy Susan, a Chinese-American takeout restaurant, located in West Portal at 811 Ulloa Street, is lowering its prices by offering an inflation discount. You’ll receive 10% more...

Brand New Bi-Rite Market Coming to Russian HillBrand New Bi-Rite Market Coming to Russian Hill
By - posted 11/1/2022
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink, Local Icons, San Francisco

Thanks to Eater San Francisco for sharing the news that cult favorite Bi-Rite Market is opening its third shop in San Francisco. Bi-Rite has been a San Francisco institution for more than 80 years, and now they’re expanding with a new location in Russian Hill, which joins locations in Divisadero Street and more...