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SF’s New Ropes Course is Now Fully Open
Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A new ropes course located in San Francisco’s McLaren Park is fully open after city leaders on Thursday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new site — the first ropes course on city property. Although the McLaren Park Ropes Course had a soft opening 11 months ago, the full opening more...
SF Will Now Give You 72 Hours Before Towing Your Car for Unpaid Parking Tickets
Getting Help, Housing A San Francisco Superior Court judge this week ruled in favor of the city of San Francisco after the judge acknowledged recent changes made to the city’s vehicle towing policies, bringing a nearly three-year lawsuit over towing practices to a close. The nonprofit Coalition on Homelessness filed a lawsuit against the more...
When Will the Bay Area Fully Lift Mask Mandates? Not for a While
COVID-19 Updates, Masks As decisions to vaccinate and wear face coverings indoors drive down COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations, health officers for the nine Bay Area jurisdictions that require face coverings in most indoor public spaces today reached a consensus on criteria to lift those health orders. What about proof of vaccine mandate for more...
Litquake 2021: SF’s Literature Festival (October 7-23)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Get Out: Events, Reopening, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s literary festival with author events, poets, activists and performers – 300+ authors at 80+ online and in-person events, with many of the events being free. Litquake, San Francisco’s annual literary festival, was founded by Bay Area writers in order to put on a week-long literary spectacle for book lovers, more...
SF Expands Its Street Overdose Response Team
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help San Francisco announced an expansion of the Street Overdose Response Team (SORT) to include a follow-up team of health care specialists in substance use who can provide long-term, continual care for drug overdose survivors to support them on the path toward wellness. Like many communities throughout the country, San Francisco has more...
Beat LA! SF City Hall Lights Up Orange for the Giants
Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate in orange to support the SF Giants as they take on the LA Dodgers in the playoffs for the first time ever in the modern era! City Hall Lighting Schedule Friday, October 9, 2021 San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles more...
SF Unanimously Approves Cannabis Equity Legislation
Only in San Francisco The Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously passed legislation introduced by Mayor London N. Breed to enhance the impact of the City’s Cannabis Equity Program and support all cannabis businesses in San Francisco. The legislation builds on the Program’s original goal to combat disparities in the cannabis industry by establishing a more...
Beloved SF Bar Comstock Saloon is Reopening Finally!
Eat & Drink, Reopening, San Francisco Welcome back Comstock Saloon. Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that North Beach’s historic drinking hole Comstock Saloon is finally reopening on Tuesday, October 19. The bat has been closed since March 2020 when the shelter-in-place mandate was enacted. The bar did not reopen for outdoor service or takeaway like more...
SF is Getting a Giant Hopscotch Game at Pier 15
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Updates The Exploratorium today announced an installation of celebrated American artist Lawrence Weiner’s OUT OF SIGHT, a participatory, interactive, social artwork in its public plaza along the Embarcadero, beginning October 10, 2021. OUT OF SIGHT will be free to access and open to the public until January 9, 2022. “Lawrence Weiner’s OUT OF SIGHT is an ideal artwork more...
Over 90% of Marin County Eligible Residents Are Vaccinated
COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that Marin County has the highest vaccination rate in the state. 98% of Marin County’s eligible residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine and over 90% are fully vaccinated. Marin County attributes some of its success to its mobile vaccination teams which more...
Santa Clara County’s Plan to Cover Rent for Homeless Families for Next Decade
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Housing By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Foundation Santa Clara County officials, in collaboration with nonprofit housing partners and the city of San Jose are looking to house 1200 homeless families within the next year. The program, launched Monday, is called HEADING HOME. It utilizes federal stipends that will cover rent for homeless more...
Which Neighborhoods Are in SF’s First “Eviction Free Zone”
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Housing, Only in San Francisco With California’s eviction moratorium now expired and leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants who can’t pay their rent vulnerable, San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston on Friday declared his district an “Eviction Free Zone.” Preston’s district includes neighborhoods like Hayes Valley, the Fillmore, Japantown, Lower Pacific Heights, Western Addition, Cole Valley, more...
PG&E to Shut Off SF’s Beloved “Falcon Cam” After 15 Years
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation Fifteen years after the cameras started rolling, PG&E will stop streaming its 24/7 Falcon Cam on October 15 after selling its San Francisco headquarters. Watch the PG&E Falcon Cam LIVE (through October 15, 2021) – please note that often times especially when it’s not nesting more...
Russian River’s “Johnson’s Beach” Hits Market for $3.7 Million
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Parks & Beaches Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that the iconic Russian River resort, Johnson’s Beach, in Guerneville has been put up for sale. The current owners are retiring, and have listed the 10-acre site with ten cabins and 38 campsites for $3.7 million. The popular beachfront resort has been a part of more...
SF’s Waterfront Park Playground Destroyed by Fire
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches A fire consumed a beloved playground late Thursday night near the Ferry Building. Park rangers were alerted at 11:30 p.m. that firefighters had extinguished a blaze at the children’s play area of Sue Bierman Park. Both the San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco Fire Department are investigating. The fire destroyed a more...
