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TICKET ALERT! Stern Grove RSVPs Open May 31st at 2pm
Bay Area Favorites, Festival Updates Stern Grove Festival is returning in 2022 to celebrate its 85th season of hosting free concerts in the park. The festival kicks off June 12, with concerts every Sunday through August 14. RSVPs for 2022 open up 12 days prior to every show – always at Tuesdays at 2pm. The first RSVP more...
Marine Mammal Center Reopens for the First Time Since Pandemic Closure
Museums / Cultural Institutions, Reopening The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands of Sausalito will reopen its doors this week for the first time in two years, after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the center reopens Friday, visitors can expect to see a completely renovated interior, a sea otter mural, an more...
One of SF’s Newest Museums is On an Island
Brand New, Museums / Cultural Institutions By Larry Sokoloff, Bay City News Foundation One of the Bay Area’s newest museums is hidden among the trees on Angel Island State Park. It tells a story of immigration to the Pacific Coast, with particular emphasis on the Asian experience. The Angel Island Immigration Museum opened in January. It is more...
SF Plans to End Trans Homelessness By 2027
Brand New, Housing, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed just announced a plan in her proposed two-year budget to end homelessness for transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) San Franciscans in five years. The plan to end trans homelessness will be a collaborative effort between the Mayor’s Office on Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), the Department more...
SF Sues Fisherman for Illegal Crab Trapping at Farallon Islands
Jerk Alert, Outdoorsy, Support the Bay By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced on Friday that his office will be suing a commercial fisherman for allegedly fishing unlawfully in the North Farallon Islands State Marine Reserve. The civil prosecution, in conjunction with California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), came more...
Mount Diablo Beacon Lights at Sunset for Memorial Day
Bay Area Updates, Holidays, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A joint proclamation was signed on February 25, 2022, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Danville, to light the Beacon on Mount Diablo to honor veterans on Pearl Harbor Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day from sunset to sunrise, beginning in 2022 and every year thereafter. The lighting of the Beacon more...
Big Basin Finally Reopening (Partially) in Summer 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches BIG BASIN UPDATE State Parks Shares Concept for a Connected, Collaborative, Reimagined Big Basin Redwoods State Park Vision for the Reimagined Park to be discussed at a community event on June 3, 2022 California State Parks this week announced the release of the Reimagining Big Basin Vision Summary, a collaborative vision created more...
SF Police “Quack the Case” and Save Baby Ducklings
Adorable, San Francisco When a mother duck’s babies fell through a grate into a drain in Oracle Park Sunday morning, San Francisco police officers quickly quacked the case. Averting a flap, officers who heard the mother’s frantic quacking around 6:30 a.m. Sunday rescued the ducklings. The babies were apparently walking over a metal grate more...
SF’s Massive Carnaval Festival & Parade Returns (May 28-29)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Carnaval is back in San Francisco for 2022! The annual, free, two-day festival and grand parade drawing thousands of attendees and featuring international music, dance, arts & crafts and cuisine — is making a celebratory return in 2022 after a two-year pandemic related hiatus. Although expected to be smaller than more...
SF’s Massive “Pink Triangle” Lights Up for 2022 (June 1-July 1)
Community, Pride, Uplifting Get ready for 2,700 pink lights to turn on for the 2022 edition of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in San Francisco. The Pink Triangle has been installed atop Twin Peaks in San Francisco for each Pride weekend since 1996, as a visible yet mute reminder of man’s inhumanity to more...
California Set to Get First New State Park in 13 Years
Brand New, New Parks, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches California is hoping to get a new state park. The site, now known as the Dos Rios Reserve, is a 2,500-acre property just a 20-minute drive from Modesto, and may be open to the public by next year if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget is approved. The non-profit River Partners, which spent more...
Spirit Now Flies to San Diego from Oakland (For Just $31)
Brand New, Travel Oakland Airport has a brand new route. Now you can fly Spirit Airlines from Oakland to San Diego. Starting May 25, 2022, one-way flights are as low as $31 for certain dates, but just be aware that they have brutal carry-on policies and can charge $45+ per leg for a normal more...
Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower Over SF: Tau Herculids (May 30-31)
Outdoorsy, Wow Want to see some shooting stars? You just might be in luck on Memorial Day. A possible newcomer this year is the tau Herculid shower, forecast to peak on the night of May 30, 2022 and early morning of May 31, 2022. Your best chance to see the meteor shower in the more...
SF City Guides Now Offers “Express” Walking Tours: 1 Hour or Less
City Insight, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco City Guides is thrilled to introduce its new “express tours”. Their fabulous Guides have streamlined a few of their most popular tours into less than an hour. They understand that not everyone may have two hours to spare. You may be in town for the day or want to get more...
Brand New 1,300 Foot Long Boardwalk Through the “Grove of Titans” Redwoods
Brand New, Good News, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches California State Parks, Save the Redwoods League, Redwood Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service have completed construction on the 1,300-foot-long boardwalk through the Grove of Titans in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Access to the Grove of Titans is now open, but limited while construction of the Mill Creek more...
