SF City Guides
Oakland’s “Safe Exchange Zones” for Buying/Selling Online Goods
Bay Area Updates, Community, Oakland By Victoria Hsieh, Bay City News Foundation The Oakland Police Department offers its community members two Safe Exchange Zones during the holiday season in front of the department at 455 7th St. The zones are intended to be an alternative to meeting in an unfamiliar location for buying and selling online more...
Union Square Closing Streets for the Holidays
Bay Area Updates, Crime, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that after the recent brazen looting incidents, San Francisco announced that it will be limiting vehicle access in Union Square. The news was shared during a joint press conference with Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott. Breed announced that, more...
SF City Hall Lights Up for Thanksgiving (Nov. 25-27)
San Francisco, Thanksgiving San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate in beautiful shades of amber in celebration of Thanksgiving, November 25-27, 2021. It’s a great photo opportunity to capture San Francisco’s iconic dome lit up for the occasion. The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the more...
BART’s Late Night New Year’s Eve Service Returns
Bay Area Updates, New Year's Eve, Transportation BART’s late-night service for New Year’s Eve returns this year. For New Year’s Eve we will run standard Friday service but with an extended closing time to allow people to enjoy fireworks in San Francisco or other festivities ringing in the New Year. The regular last trains of evening (Yellow, Blue, and more...
UC Berkeley Says Goodbye to Admission Tests for Good
Controversy, Goodbye By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters The University of California will not require any kind of admissions test for students trying to gain entry as undergraduates, system leaders reiterated Thursday. Though the system voted last year to do away with requiring the SAT and ACT admissions tests, still up in the air was whether more...
19 Bay Area Festive Concerts & Performances for the Holidays 2021
Celebrations, Christmas, Get Out: Events By Sue Gilmore, Bay City News Foundation It’s shaping up to be a happy hybrid holiday this year, given that quite a few of the celebratory events in the music, dance and theater worlds that were strictly digital in 2020 now will be offering both in-person and online options. And the lineup more...
Bay Area’s Worst Times to Drive Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Bay Area Updates, Thanksgiving, Transportation, Travel Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the worst times for Bay Area drivers to hit the road over Thanksgiving weekend. INRIX, in collaboration with AAA, predicts Thanksgiving travel to rebound almost to pre-pandemic levels. Airports and roads may seem jam-packed this year as AAA predicts 53.4 million people to travel for more...
Oakland’s Brand New 2021 “Town Nights” Parks Festival
East Bay, Fairs & Festivals, Oakland, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Police Reform, Uplifting On Monday, November 22, Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention is kicking off the 2021 Town Nights events at eight locations across the city of Oakland. According to the flyer there will be free food, games, sports, entertainment and more. Town Nights events aim to change community norms around violence through community engagement, more...
See Golden Gate Park’s Dazzling Lights all December 2021
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, Holiday Lights, Holidays, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Starting in December, visitors to Golden Gate Park will journey through an immersive wonderland of light, nature and art as illuminated paths, interactive exhibits, and live performances brighten nearly a mile of car-free JFK Drive and the park’s Music Concourse, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San more...
Sadly, Three Racehorses Died This Week at Golden Gate Fields
East Bay Three racehorses died over the past week at Golden Gate Fields, prompting outrage from those closely following equine deaths at California tracks. Inimitable, a 2-year-old thoroughbred, was euthanized on the track Friday after falling near the quarter pole during the first race of the day. A cause of death for the more...
Union Square’s Christmas Tree Lighting in SF Held a Week Early
Christmas, Holidays, Reopening, San Francisco Thanks to KTVU for letting us know that Macy’s “Great Tree” lighting in San Francisco’s Union Square was lit up a week early than normal, on November 19, 2021. KTVU reports that the lighting was held early in order “to promote sales in the slumping retail corridor.” You can view the tree more...
SF Gives 5,500 Turkeys to Needy for “15th Annual Turkey Giveaway”
Causes, Community, Getting Help, San Francisco, Thanksgiving As part of a Thanksgiving tradition in San Francisco, Mayor London Breed on Thursday announced the city will donate more than 5,500 turkeys to families in need during the 15th annual Turkey Giveaway next week. As part of the giveaway, the turkeys will be distributed on Thanksgiving across more than 85 more...
BART to Increase EV Charging Ports at Station Parking Lots
Transportation By Eli Walsh Bay City News Foundation The BART Board of Directors unanimously voted Thursday to approve tentative plans to expand access to electric vehicle charging ports at the transit agency’s parking lots. BART currently has electric vehicle charging stations at its Warm Springs/South Fremont and Lafayette stations. The parking lots at BART’s more...
Metallica Announces San Francisco “Takeover” (Dec. 16-19)
Brand New, Get Out: Events Metallica just announced a weekend-long takeover of San Francisco from December 16-19, 2021 with tons of events, tributes and booze events promoting their new Blackened Whiskey. Tickets go on sale for all events at 10am, Friday, November 19th. See the full schedule of events at metallica.com According to the San Francisco Chronicle, more...
Chick-fil-A Opens in Daly City (Now Just 3 Miles from SF)
Brand New, Controversy, Outdoor Dining Thanks to Bay Area Reporter for letting us know that Chick-fil-A has just opened up a brand new location that’s right near the border of San Francisco, the closest one yet. Chick-fil-A opens its newest location Bay Area location on November 18, 2021 in the Serramonte Center in Daly City, a more...
