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Federal Govt Chooses 2 Bay Area Cities to Help Transition to Clean Economy
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Green By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Two Bay Area cities were selected to get help with clean energy economic development from the U.S. Department of Energy, federal officials announced this week. Richmond and San Jose are part of 22 communities nationwide and four in the state receiving the help. The communities were more...
Santa Clara County Now Offers Financial Support for Chronically Ill Residents
Getting Help By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Santa Clara County has begun offering financial support to residents with chronic illnesses like asthma and diabetes who struggle to pay their prescription drug costs, county officials said Tuesday. The MedAssist program supports those who have asthma, diabetes or severe allergies by partially or fully more...
Coyote Pupping Season Begins in The Presidio
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Spring signals the start of coyote pupping season, which typically extends to fall. Though coyotes are seen year-round in the Presidio, spring is when coyote parents are active around and protective of their den site. As in recent years, we expect this year’s pups to be born in April and the more...
Point Bonita Lighthouse Tours Will No Longer Be Free
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches After a thorough public review last spring, and following a separate process later in the summer, the National Park Service will raise parking fees at two NPS-controlled lots in the Presidio of San Francisco starting April 1, 2022. This is the final step of a fee review initiated by the more...
President Biden Proposes $200 Million for BART’s Silicon Valley Extension
Bay Area Updates, Transportation President Joe Biden has earmarked an additional $200 million for the Silicon Valley BART Extension Phase II in his upcoming proposed budget, a spokesperson for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority announced on Monday. The project will extend BART alignment from the North San Jose Berryessa station through downtown San Jose more...
Check Out the Evolution of SF’s Muni Uniforms Since 1912
Only in San Francisco, Transportation SFMTA has been sharing never-before-seen photos of Muni operator uniforms through time. See how their uniforms have evolved over the past 110 years. SFMTA has shared photos thus far from 1912 to 1968. They’ll be sharing the rest of the photos up to the present on their Instagram. View this post on Instagram A more...
Berkeley’s Brand New “Brickyard Cove” Waterfront Park
Brand New, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Berkeley has a brand new waterfront park that offers sweeping views of the Bay. Brickyard Cove at McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is now open with new parking, bike racks, picnic tables, restrooms, water fountains, interpretive signage, walking paths, and bike connection to the San Francisco Bay Trail. Brickyard Cove provides magnificent more...
The World’s Largest “Green Roof” Coming to the Bay Area
Brand New, Green, Housing The Rise, a brand new mixed-use development, previously known as Vallco Town Center, is coming to Cupertino. The new development features 7 million square feet, designed with years of community input, to provide an iconic, forward-thinking town center at the heart of the city renowned for design and technology and more...
CA State Park “Brannan Island” Closing Effective April 1
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches California State Parks recently announced the temporary closure of Brannan Island State Recreation Area (Brannan Island), effective Friday, April 1, 2022. Brannan Island is a maze of waterways through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Located northeast of San Francisco Bay, the park unit has countless islands and marshes with many wildlife habitats more...
Iconic “Pioneer Tree” at CA State Park Has Burned Down
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates Sadly, the iconic “Pioneer Tree” at Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin County is no longer standing. A fire was reported in the park around 11:25 am on Thursday, March 24, and was contained to approximately 1/2 acre with no threat of further spread. Unfortunately, the 200-foot tall tree, which more...
SF’s Newest Park “Battery Bluff” Opens April 23
Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches The Presidio’s brand new “Battery Bluff” park is opening on Saturday, April 23, 2022. Please note that Battery Bluffs is different from “Tunnel Tops” park on the eastern side of The Prsidio which does not yet have a specific opening date other than “Spring 2022.” This six-acre spot along the Presidio Promenade trail more...
Rare Painting On Display for First Time in 200 Years at SF’s Legion of Honor
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco A rare painting by groundbreaking French artist Marie-Guillemine Benoist has recently been acquired by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Benoist’s groundbreaking work Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell, a rare painting still in existence from her early Neoclassical period, is one of just three paintings by the artist held in more...
SF’s Live “Raptor Cam” Returns to The Presidio
Outdoorsy, San Francisco The Presidio is an important stop on the Pacific Flyway, the major north-south flyway for migratory birds, which means it’s a hotspot for birdwatching with 323 different types of birds spotted (so far!) in the park. Around this time of year, plenty of birds stop-off in the Presidio to build, more...
SF’s Parklets Now Have Until March 31, 2023 to Meet ADA Rules
Bay Area Updates, Outdoor Dining, San Francisco San Francisco Business owners utilizing outdoor parklet structures under the city’s Shared Spaces program will get more time to comply with safety and accessibility changes following a unanimous vote by the city’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to extend the timeline. In July 2021, supervisors passed legislation authored by Mayor London more...
Epic Mission Mural Getting Rehabbed After 10 Years by Original Artists
Causes, Murals, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s stunning “Mission Makeover” mural in the Mission District is getting its own makeover. 10 years later, the original artists, Lucía González Ippolito and her father Tirso Araiza, are reuniting to help restore the mural back to its original grandeur. Artist Lucía González Ippolito has launched a GoFundMe campagin to more...
