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SF Just Hiked the Annual Airbnb Host Fee to $550
Housing, San Francisco Attention Airbnb hosts, San Francisco just raised the annual fee on short-term rentals from $450 to $550. On October 1, 2022, the application (and renewal) fees will increase to $550 per required adjustments in Chapter 41A of Administrative Code. The short-term rental registration fee will increase to $550, from $450 in FY 2021-22, more...
Oakland Launches Affordable Housing Marketplace for Teachers
Housing, Oakland Community leaders in Oakland are confronting educational inequality by using $5 million in state funding to increase teacher housing and create an innovative marketplace website for discounted teacher housing. The high cost of housing is consistently cited as the top reason Oakland public school teachers consider leaving the profession, exacerbating the more...
Brand New Pop-Up Beer Garden Opens in Golden Gate Park
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco After much controversy and debate (there were nine hours of non-stop public comment during the Board of Supervisors meeting), JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park was recently officially declared permanently “car-free.” The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department is working to turn JFK Drive into a Golden Mile. One of the more...
Alcatraz’s Sunrise Ceremony for Indigenous People’s Day (Oct. 10)
Celebrations, Community The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremonies are annual events held on Alcatraz Island to honor the Indigenous Peoples of America and to promote their rights. Held annually since 1975, the Alcatraz ceremonies commemorate the protest event of 1969 where the Alcatraz-Red Power Movement (ARPM) occupied the Island. The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering more...
All the Food & Drinks Coming to SF’s New Tunnel Tops Park This Fall
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Outdoor Dining, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches San Francisco’s new favorite park, Presidio Tunnel Tops, which opened July 17, 2022, recently announced its full lineup of Presidio Pop-Up food vendors coming to the park through the end of the year. Most notably, San Francisco’s Fort Point is bringing their beers to the park. The local craft brewery will more...
SF’s Newest Rooftop Garden is On a 97-Year Old Ferry Boat
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SFist for sharing the news that a historic 97-year old ferry boat is returning to the Bay Area. The Klamath, built in 1925. has found its way back to the Bay as Bay Area Council’s new floating office. And best of all, the renovated ferry features a rooftop with stunning more...
Here’s SF’s Plan to Target Open-Air Drug Dealing
Crime, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, and Police Chief William Scott on Wednesday provided an update on the City’s strategies to confront open-air drug dealing in San Francisco. In a briefing at Police Headquarters, the City’s top public safety officials provided details on strategies and data, as well more...
Two Bay Area Pizzerias Ranked as Best in the World
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that two Bay Area pizza joints have just made the list of the best pizzerias in the world. San Francisco’s Tony’s Pizza Napoletana, 1570 Stockton St, took the number 10 spot on the 50 Top Pizza World 2022 list. Chef and owner Tony more...
All the Features Coming to SF’s Brand New Waterfront Park
Brand New, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco On September 14, together with community members who shaped the historic project from its conception, San Francisco officials broke ground at the future India Basin Waterfront Park. The groundbreaking ceremony marks the beginning of construction of the future park’s structures, including a food pavilion and shop building; two new piers; a more...
Now You Can Finally Pay for BART Parking w/ a Credit Card
Bay Area Updates, Transportation BART is focused on making transit easier to use. Crews have made several upgrades to the fare collection machines to speed up the experience. Riders can now use credit and debit cards to pay for parking inside stations BART Add Fare Machines inside stations, which also serve as parking payment machines, now more...
First Ever Curling Facility in Northern California Opens in East Oakland
Brand New, East Bay, Fun & Games, Oakland Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that Northern California now has its first-ever curling facility. The curling community in Northern California now has its first dedicated ice facility in East Oakland. The 15,000 square feet San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club, located at 8450 Enterprise Way, has 5 sheets and more...
100 Things to Do in Nature in SF
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Whether you want to spend a tranquil day communing with turtles at McNab Lake or let your inner child run free with an exhilarating five minutes rolling down a hill at Alamo Square Park, San Francisco Children & Nature is offering over 100 ideas for outdoor fun in the city. The more...
SF Unveils Newly Restored 107-Year-Old Pagoda in Japanese Tea Garden
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy The Japanese Tea Garden’s towering pagoda, one of the few surviving structures from the 1915 World’s Fair, has been revived to its former glory following a meticulous restoration. Public officials, history buffs, and members of the Japanese American community celebrated the completion of the two-year project Wednesday evening with a ceremony more...
“Winchester Mystery House” Halloween Haunt is Back for 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Get Out: Events, Halloween, Sponsored Looking for one of the Bay Area’s scariest Halloween events? After two years of scaled back shows, the Bay Area’s premier Halloween haunt is back in full force for 2022 with an all-new storyline, new characters, and terrifying new scares – plus themed bars, games and more. New for 2022 An all-new more...
East Bay’s ‘County Connection’ Buses are Free All October
Freebies, Transportation County Connection is offering free rides to all who board one of our buses along any route, as well as paratransit. A month of fare-free riding this October is just one of the ways County Connection, and other public transit agencies like WestCAT, hope to encourage more people in Contra Costa more...
