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Sonoma County Bans Disposable Foam Food Containers
Bay Area Updates, Green By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation Disposable food containers and other products with polystyrene foam and polyfluoroalkyl substances are prohibited for sale and use in Sonoma County, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday. In alignment with the Climate Action and Resiliency section in the county’s strategic plan, the ordinance more...
SF Announces $12+ Million in New Funding for Arts Organizations
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Getting Help, San Francisco San Francisco just announced over $12 million in general operating support grants to fund arts and cultural organizations. This year’s Grants for the Arts (GFTA) funding is primarily dedicated to the general operating support for arts organizations and also aims to support community parades and festivals to help restore the more...
Apples & Grapes are Now at Peak Season at Your Farmers’ Market
Bay Area Updates, Groceries / Supermarkets Grapes and apples are perfect right now. Find out who has these terrific fall fruits at your local farmers’ market. Whether you gather up a bag of red, green, or black grapes, or a bag of crisp apples, the flavor will be sweet and delicious because they are harvested and more...
SF’s Immersive Art Museum Reopens for First Time in 2 Years
Artsy Fartsy, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open For the first time in two years, San Francisco’s Gregangelo Museum has reopened. The Gregangelo Museum is the private home of the acclaimed native San Francisco artist. It is an impassioned multi-faceted immersive experience created over a span of 40 years and continuing. The house is a labyrinth of ornate rooms, each more...
Rally to Save the Historic Grubstake Diner (Sept. 27)
Bay Area Favorites, Have Your Voice Heard, Housing Supporters of Grubstake Diner are hosting a rally to help save the historic diner at noon on Monday, September 27, 2021. We appreciate the community’s overwhelming support of our efforts to preserve a critical chapter of LGBTQI+ history while also providing 21 units of much-needed middle-income housing on the Polk Street more...
SF Announces New “Organized Retail Crime” Plan
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Controversy, Police Reform, San Francisco Mayor London Breed Announces Organized Retail Crime Initiative SFPD led initiative aims to partner with private sector to result in higher reporting rates and more investigations, better enabling regional task force partners to solve cases and target upstream criminal enterprises Mayor London N. Breed this week unveiled details from San Francisco’s Organized more...
SF Might Ditch Free Parking at Beaches & Lookouts in 2022
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Bay City News Service Parks users are chiming in about new parking fees proposed for sites around the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco and Marin County. Related Story – SF Beaches & Lookouts Might Start Charging $3/Hr Parking in 2022 – 8/29/21 Sunday is the last day for the more...
Floating Outdoor Movie Night Returns to SF
Outdoorsy It’s a little spendy, but you can sit back, relax and watch a movie aboard a twilight cruise of The Bay. Floating Features is back. Red and White and The Roxie are partnering once again to turn our hybrid vessel Enhydra into a floating cinema for a limited run of nighttime film more...
SF’s Folsom Street Fair Returns as “Megahood” for 2021
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, LGBTQ+, Reopening, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open We’re taking you back to basics. Bringing you into the future. Giving you a vision of where we were and where we’re going on this journey of sexual liberation for ALL. The first Folsom Street Fair in 1984 was called MEGAHOOD. Megahood / Folsom Street Fair 2021 Sunday, September 26, 2021 | more...
Almanac Opens Brand New 8,400 sqft Beer Garden (Sept. 25)
Bars, Brand New, East Bay, Outdoor Dining After months of prep and permits, Almanac on Alameda has transformed a formerly empty 8,400-square-foot grass lot across the street into Almanac’s very own backyard – Complete with a 1967 Airstream bar, shade structures, amplified music, a food truck, and outdoor games like cornhole and giant Jenga. Join us starting more...
First Look: “Dear San Francisco” Circus at SF’s Historic Club Fugazi
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Reopening, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Here’s your first look at the brand-new production from Dear San Francisco: A High-Flying Love Story, the ew theatrical experience debuting at San Francisco’s historic Club Fugazi. Specially-priced preview performance tickets (September 22–October 10) are available for $25–$39. Out of the fog of 2020, Dear San Francisco: A High-Flying Love Story emerges more...
Free Museum Tix if You Get Vaccinated This Weekend (Sept. 24-26)
COVID-19 Updates, Freebies, San Francisco, Vaccines Thanks to Mission Local for letting us know about this promotion by the California Academy of Sciences which is offering free tickets to people who get vaccinated. You can choose either daytime admission or Nightlife (21+) admission. Tickets are while supplies last, of course. Learn More: PDF Flyer | Link Get more...
“Dave’s Hot Chicken” Opens First Bay Area Spot (Sept. 24)
Brand New, Outdoor Dining Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know that the super popular LA-based spicy fried chicken joint, Dave’s Hot Chicken is finally opening up its first outlet in the Bay Area. Dave’s opens Friday, September 24th in Santa Rosa with both indoor and outdoor dining. The chain recent made big headlines more...
Pranksters Turn Empty SF Google Office into Spirit Halloween Store
Artsy Fartsy, Halloween, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate and KRON4 for letting us know how prank artist Danielle Baskin converted an empty Google Office in SoMa in SF into what looked like a brand new “Spirit Halloween” store on Monday afternoon. Led by prank artist Danielle Baskin, a group of 11 set out to make more...
Happy 100th to National Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin
East Bay Happy 100th birthday to Ranger Betty Reid Soskin at Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park, in Richmond, CA. Betty Reid Soskin is the oldest active ranger in the National Park Service. Over the past decade and a half, Ranger Betty has shared her experiences as well as more...
