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New Mural Honors SF’s First Black Firefighter
Brand New, Murals, San Francisco San Francisco city officials on Friday unveiled a new mural in the city’s Fillmore District commemorating the city’s first Black firefighter Earl Gage Jr. The new mural is located at Rosa Parks Elementary School, located at 1501 O’Farrell Street. Gage began serving with the San Francisco Fire Department in 1955, becoming more...
Russian Spa in SF Offers Ukrainians Free Spa Passes
Causes, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that Russian spa, Archimedes Banya in Hunters Point is standing in solidarity with Ukraine and offering free admission for anyone with a Ukranian passport this weekend, February 26-27, 2022. The spa has a Turkish Hammam steam room, Russian sauna heated to 170 – more...
101 Acres to be Donated to Mount Diablo State Park
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, East Bay, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches CEMEX USA announced today that after six years of collaboration and discussion, the company is intending to donate 101 acres of undeveloped land to the State of California which are expected to become part of Mount Diablo State Park. The tract of land that is intended to be donated is located more...
San Francisco is No Longer the Least Affordable City in the US
Bay Area Updates, Good News, San Francisco Thanks to KUSI News and iHeart for sharing the results from a recent study by real estate market researcher OJO Labs that found that San Diego has topped San Francisco as the least affordable city in the United States. Their study compared the ratio between the median home price to household more...
SF’s “Sunday Streets” Block Parties Are Back for 2022 (April-October)
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Sunday Streets SF will be returning in 2022 with the program’s big, beautiful mile plus long routes running from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm in six historic neighborhoods between April and September. And the second annual “Phoenix Day” will be celebrated citywide on October 16th, 2022. Inspired by the Ciclovía in more...
SF’s “Rally for Ukraine” at City Hall Today at 4pm
Causes, San Francisco A “Rally for Ukraine” protest & rally has been organized for in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 4pm. Stop Putin – Stop Russian War in Ukraine We call on the entire Bay Area community to join the Ukrainian-American diaspora Thursday, at 4pm at the City more...
PBS’ Antiques Roadshow is Coming to Bay Area’s Filoli (June 22)
Artsy Fartsy, Fun & Games PBS’ Antiques Roadshow is hitting the road once again and making a stop in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, June 22, the hit TV show will be filming in Woodside at Filoli Historic House & Garden. How to Get Free Tickets Now through March 21, 2022, you can submit your entry online more...
SF’s City Hall Lights Up in Hogwarts House Colors Tonight (Feb. 24)
Artsy Fartsy, Celebrations, Only in San Francisco Tonight, February 24, 2022, the exclusive West Coast production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child celebrates the official opening at San Francisco’s Curran Theater (445 Geary St). To mark the occasion, San Francisco’s City Hall will be lit up in Hogwarts House colors. Also in celebration, Geary Street will close starting more...
This Might Be SF’s New Buchanan Street Mall
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Parks & Beaches The Western Addition community has been weaving a new reality for Buchanan Street Mall since 2014. A Vision Plan was published in March 2017 and the conceptual design for all five blocks was approved in April 2020. With the passing of the Health and Recovery Bond in November 2020, a joint more...
Muni’s New Electric Buses Just Hit the Streets of SF
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced the first of three battery-electric buses have entered revenue service achieving a major milestone in the agency’s greater goal of an all-electric fleet and a carbon-neutral San Francisco by 2040, as explained in the SFMTA’s Sustainability and Climate Action Program. The three new Battery more...
Pop-Up Art Installation for Ukraine Lights Up Palace of Fine Arts 2/22
Artsy Fartsy, Causes, San Francisco Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that the Palace of Fine Arts will turn into a pop-up art installation in solidarity with Ukraine tonight, Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Projection artist Alan Marling and the nonprofit organization Justice Murals are collaborating to bring Ukrainian art to San Francisco on the more...
SF to Get New Zero-Emission Electric Ferry to Treasure Island
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently announced that it has been awarded $3.4 million by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to build a zero-emission, electric ferry to connect San Francisco’s growing Treasure Island and Mission Bay neighborhoods. Investment in bringing zero-emission ferry technology to the more...
Meet SF’s Cutest New Members of the San Francisco Fire Dept.
Brand New, Getting Help, San Francisco Marley and Sadie are the newest and cutest crew members of the San Francisco Fire Department. Marley is a 16-month-old Red Fox Labrador Retriever and Sadie is a 20-month-old Yellow Labrador. The job of each dog is to help firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and other first responders unwind and relieve more...
Over 650 of SF’s Bus Shelters to Lose Predictions on Feb. 22. Here’s Why
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation Due to the nationwide AT&T 3G shutdown on February 22, 2022, over 650 NextMuni displays that are currently utilizing AT&T 3G modems will no longer be able to display real-time Muni vehicle arrival predictions or other information. The push-to-talk buttons at shelters using 3G modems will also be inoperable. This outage will not impact online real-time information provided on mobile and web formats. To address this situation, the SFMTA more...
SF’s Small Businesses Can Apply for $35k Relief of Unpaid Rent Debt
Brand New, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco small businesses can apply for a grant to pay rent debt due to COVID-19. This grant will pay for a portion of the rent debt you accrued from March 2020 to September 2021 if your property owner agrees to extend your repayment term to September 2024. The pilot program more...
