Bay Area Updates
New Study To Look at Fare Evasion on BART
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Dan McMenamin Bay City News BART has a fare evasion problem. Solutions, or at least the data to inform them, are being collected as part of a study announced Tuesday by BART’s Office of the Independent Police Auditor and a nonprofit that did a previous report on the issue for the more...
Treasure Island’s First 100% Affordable Housing Complex Opens
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco City Celebrates Grand Opening of Treasure Island’s First 100% Affordable Housing Development May 18, 2023 Maceo May Apartments provides more than 100 units of affordable housing for formerly homeless veterans and their families Today, Mayor London N. Breed joined City officials and community leaders to celebrate the grand opening of Maceo May Apartments, located at more...
SF to Host Huge 65,000-Strong Golden Gate Park Concerts in 2024?
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Mayor London Breed today announced that the City is planning to bring more summer concerts to Golden Gate Park beginning in 2024. If approved, the two to three days of headliner-driven events would be held on the weekend following the annual Outside Lands festival. Essentially it will be like part more...
This Weekend Could See Temps in 80s and 90s
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Above normal temperatures are coming to the Bay Area this weekend as the region gets closer to summer, according to the National Weather Service. Near the coast and Bay highs are expected to be in the 70s (San Francisco could hit 74 on Saturday), while inland more...
The Bay Bridge Gets A New Off-Ramp This Weekend
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Travel Caltrans plans to reopen a newly constructed off-ramp to Yerba Buena Island for motorists to access Yerba Buena Island and Treasure Island from the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge this Sunday May 7, 2023 at 7:00AM. The original alignment of this ramp was closed nearly 20 years ago for improvement more...
“Bay Lights” Set to Dazzle Again on Labor Day Weekend 2023?
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates Thanks to The SF Standard for sharing the good news that the “Bay Lights” might be returning soon with $7.5 million raised out of $11 million fundraising goal. Back in March, the “Bay Lights” went dark after 10 years as part of a planned shutdown to repair it and make it more...
This is SF’s $600 Million Plan to Cut Homelessness by 50%
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco By Joe Dworetzky Bay City News In June 2022, a newly enacted city ordinance announced: “It shall be the policy of the City to offer to every person experiencing homelessness in San Francisco a safe place to sleep.” Last Friday, less than a year later, the mayor announced a five-year strategic plan more...
BART to Muni Transfers Could Soon be Free
Bay Area Updates, Transportation The Bay Area is considering a pilot program that would make it free or cheaper to transfer between different public transit agencies. This means that if you took BART to another transit agency, like VTA or Muni, you could pay the full BART fare and then not have to pay more...
Bay Area Gets New Pro Women’s Soccer Team in 2024
Bay Area Updates, Brand New By Bay City News A new professional women’s soccer team is coming to the Bay Area. Former U.S. Women’s National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner announced Tuesday that the National Women’s Soccer League has awarded expansion rights to their group. The team, which has not yet more...
Dungeness Crab Season Closing Early to Protect Whales
Bay Area Updates Soon you’ll have to pause your crustacean craving as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) this week announced that the commercial Dungeness crab season needs to end early, needs to close up shop early on April 15, 2023. While this may sound like crabby news to some, it’s for more...
S.F.’s Empty Offices Could Hold 11,000 New Homes
Bay Area Updates, Housing Thanks to San Francisco Chronicle for sharing the news that the city’s empty office buildings could be converted to new homes. San Francisco has thousands of empty office buildings that could be converted into housing, according to a new report. The report, released by the policy research group SPUR and the more...
BART’s New $90M Fare Gates Coming Systemwide by 2026
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News BART officials are poised next month to spend approximately $47 million for the development of new fare gates in an effort to crack down on fare evasion. Infrastructure officials with the transit agency formally recommended Thursday that BART should award a contract to Virginia-based STraffic America more...
BART Doubles Police Officers & Ups Cleaning
Bay Area Updates, Crime, Transportation By Keith Burbank, Bay City News BART police are more than doubling the number of officers patrolling trains starting Monday to address safety and quality of life issues, BART officials said. BART police are deploying eight to 18 more officers on trains per shift in San Francisco and in BART’s core service more...
SF Drafts Plan for Reparations for Black Residents: $5 Million Payout to Each?
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News San Francisco supervisors voiced early support to provide reparations to Black residents for enduring systemic racism over the past 200 years. The 100-plus recommendations the supervisors heard from an advisory committee on Tuesday included $5 million payouts to every eligible Black adult, personal debt and tax more...
SF’s “Princess Diaries” Home Up for Sale for $8.9 Million
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco San Francisco’s gorgeous stately home, located at 2601 Lyon St., is best known as the fictional Grove High School as depicted in the 2001 fairytale comedy The Princess Diaries, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. The 100-year-old mansion whose exterior served as Mia Thermopolis’ school in the hit film has just more...
