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BART Fares Going Up Average of 15¢ Starting July 1, 2022
Bay Area Updates, Oakland, San Francisco, Transportation By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation BART’s governing board unanimously approved its budget for the coming fiscal year on Thursday as well as a preliminary budget for the following 2023-2024 fiscal year. The balanced budget includes the use of $313.6 million in federal COVID-19 emergency funding in the 2022-2023 fiscal year more...
SF Hosts NBA Summer Classic at Chase Center (July 2022)
Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco, Sponsored Chase Center is hosting the 4th Annual California Classic featuring Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Heat. This two-day, four-game basketball celebration will feature 2022 NBA Draft picks, second-year pros and more players competing to land their spot on an NBA roster for the 2022-23 season. This family-friendly more...
SamTrans Getting 30 Zero-Emission Buses in 2023
Brand New, Green, Transportation The SamTrans Board of Directors voted this month to replace 30 diesel buses with 20 battery electric buses (BEB) and 10 Hydrogen-fuel cell electric buses (FCEB). This purchase helps move SamTrans planned full conversion of the fleet from a projected to 2038 to 2034. SamTrans will be introducing a mix of more...
Bay Area Toll Authority Chasing $180 Million in Unpaid Bridge Tolls
Transportation By Dania Kalaji, Bay City News Foundation The Bay Area Toll Authority will try to collect more than $180 million in unpaid bridge tolls, about $50 million comes from unpaid tolls and $130 million in late fees, after its Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to crack down on more than 400,000 drivers. The more...
SF Supervisors Vote Unanimously to Provide Shelter for All
Housing, San Francisco The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s “A Place For All” ordinance to provide shelter for “everyone willing to accept it,” the county announced. The unanimous vote will make it the policy of the City and County of San Francisco to offer all people experiencing homelessness more...
Golden Gate Park’s Skatin’ Place Reopens w/ New ‘Psychedelic’ Mural
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Murals, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco A vibrant new ground mural at the legendary Skatin’ Place in Golden Gate Park made its debut on June 10, 2022 when the iconic outdoor roller skating spot reopened following repaving of the area and installation of the artwork, San Francisco Recreation and Park officials announced. The 28-foot by 93-foot oval more...
SF Announces Citywide Street Repaving Plan to Improve 500 City Blocks
San Francisco, Transportation Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Myrna Melgar recently announced the City’s $77.2 million Street Resurfacing Program for the coming year that targets paving 500 blocks in neighborhoods citywide, making travel safer, smoother, and more accessible for people who drive, bike, take transit, walk, and with disabilities. The street resurfacing more...
First 100% Cruelty-Free, Plant-Based 24/7 Convenience Store Opens in Bay Area
Brand New, Green, Groceries / Supermarkets Animal lovers and sustainability supporters can rejoice and mark their maps as the very first 100% plant-based, cruelty-free convenience market, Hangry Planet, has launched in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hangry Planet offers carefully curated snacks, meals, certified organic desserts and more that are sourced and vetted to assure that every more...
Unfortunately, the Haight Ashbury Street Fair was scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 12, but just 10 days before the festival, the organizers suddenly announced that the festival will be postponed. “The 43rd annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair will be postponed until later this year. With the hiatus over the more...
SF Neighborhood Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against The City
Housing, San Francisco By Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News Foundation A class-action lawsuit seeks to hold the City of San Francisco responsible for raising up the sinking sidewalks in the city’s Mission Bay neighborhood. The suit, filed last week in the Superior Court of San Francisco County, is based on a chain of agreements more...
Bars Open Until 4am? It Might Happen in SF and Oakland
Bars, Brand New, Oakland, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that there’s another attempt to try to allow bars to stay open until 4 a.m. in seven California cities (including San Francisco and Oakland) to try to help bars become more profitable. The legislation, introduced by California State Senator Scott Wiener, would extend open more...
San Mateo County Fair $10 Tickets (2022)
Fairs & Festivals For today only (June 8, 2022) the San Mateo County Fair is offering $10 tickets at the the gate. Please note these discount tickets cannot be purchased in advance. The fair is opening 11am to 10pm with last entry at 9:30pm View this post on Instagram A post shared by San Mateo more...
SolTrans Offer Free Service for Election Day (Vallejo & Benicia)
Election, Transportation SolTrans will offer free rides on all Local and Paratransit services on Election Day, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Our commitment is to offer free rides this election day, to allow our community access to the polls. Free rides will be on all local-fixed routes for all riders all day, regardless of more...
SF & Oakland Set Record Rainfall for June 5
Oakland, Outdoorsy, San Francisco By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Service Sunday’s rainfall set records for June 5 for both downtown San Francisco and at the Oakland Museum, according to the National Weather Service. San Francisco received .23 of an inch, which beat the previous record of 0.15, set in 1934. It also beat the June more...
Warriors’ Host Huge 2022 NBA Finals Watch Parties at Chase Center
Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco For the NBA Finals the Warriors are not only hosting their free outdoor watch parties at Thrive City for all games (home and away) but also they are opening up Chase Center for a massive indoor game watch party for away games. Please note the outdoor watch parties will be much more...
