Bay Area Updates
SF is Getting Rid of Residential Parking Stickers
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation Effective April 1, 2022 the SFMTA will transition annual Residential Parking Permit (RPP) permits from physical stickers to virtual permits. This will streamline the RPP application and administration process. This change will not apply to other permit types—including 1 Day, Visitor, Press, City Vehicle, Teacher and Contractor permits. Currently, about 70,000 more...
Castro Theater’s Historic Neon Sign Restored
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s Castro Theater’s historic neon sign is looking vibrant again thanks to its recent restoration. Thanks to San Francisco Heritage for sharing the glitzy video showcasing the sign in all its glory. The theater, originally built in 1922, is undergoing a major makeover for its 100th birthday. The 100-year-old movie theater (429 Castro more...
SF Declares UN Plaza “Vendor-Free” in Illegal Street Vendor Crackdown
Bay Area Updates, Crime, San Francisco The Board of Supervisors today passed legislation introduced by Mayor London N. Breed establishing a regulatory framework for street vending in San Francisco. The legislation is part of Mayor Breed’s efforts to disincentivize the resale of stolen goods and support legitimate street vending as a means of economic opportunity. Supervisors Ahsha more...
SF To End Most Vaccine Mandates on March 11
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID Testing, COVID-19 Updates, San Francisco, Vaccines San Francisco and Berkeley announced big news today: The cities will no longer require proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter certain indoor public settings. Individual businesses may choose to be more restrictive than SF’s guidelines; requirements remain in effect for indoor “mega” events of over 1,000 people. Will the more...
SF’s Golden Gate Park Gardens Will Soon Be Free for Residents
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches San Francisco residents will soon get in free at the Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park following a vote Tuesday by the city’s Board of Supervisors. Read more at sfmayor.org The board’s vote on a proposal made in January by Mayor London Breed was to eliminate the more...
SF Unified School District Will End Its Mask Mandate
Bay Area Updates, Masks, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation San Francisco students will soon be able to remove their masks on campus as San Francisco Unified School District and teachers’ union officials announced plans Friday to lift in-school mask requirements. Mask requirements will be lifted for central district offices as well as middle and more...
SF’s “Low-Income” Jurors Can Now Earn $100/Day
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco A new pilot program just went into effect on March 7 that will compensate low to moderate-income jurors for their service — the first of its kind in California — city officials said. Starting on Monday, March 7, the “Be The Jury” program will provide jurors $100 per day of service more...
Masks Will Still Be Required in SF Courthouses
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Masks, San Francisco Although San Francisco will lift indoor mask requirements for most settings later this month in line with state guidelines, San Francisco Superior Court officials said Friday masks will still be mandatory inside courts. Earlier this week, state officials lifted the indoor mask requirements for unvaccinated people and schools, with city officials more...
SF Zoo’s Famous Kidnapped Lemur “Maki” Has Died
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco “Maki”, the San Francisco Zoo’s ring-tailed lemur that captured the hearts of the Bay Area and beyond when he was kidnapped in 2020 from his zoo enclosure and later recovered, has died at the age of 22, according to a zoo spokesperson Friday afternoon. Maki died Thursday, zoo spokesperson Nancy Chan more...
Ocean Beach Bonfires are Back for 2022
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco Fires are allowed on Ocean Beach for eight months, March through October, under the Beach Fire Regulations for Ocean Beach. Fires will not be allowed on Ocean Beach from the first day in November to the last day in February. The Burn Season aligns with when demand from the public for fires is the highest. The No-Burn more...
SF Just Had the Driest Jan-Feb in Recorded History (Since 1849)
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Outdoorsy Meteorologist Drew Tuma from ABC7 just shared that both San Francisco and San Jose have experienced their driest January – February period in recorded history. Records go back to 1849 and 1893 respectively. San Francisco saw 0.61″ of rain in January and February only saw 0.04″. San Jose only saw 0.01″. San Francisco more...
SF’s Treasure Island Ferry Service Launches Today (March 1)
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation San Francisco celebrated the official launch of ferry service to and from Treasure Island today, marking a critical milestone in the redevelopment of the former Naval Station. “Today marks a significant step forward in realizing the transportation vision for Treasure Island,” said Mayor Breed. “This new ferry service will not only more...
101 Acres to be Donated to Mount Diablo State Park
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, East Bay, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches CEMEX USA announced today that after six years of collaboration and discussion, the company is intending to donate 101 acres of undeveloped land to the State of California which are expected to become part of Mount Diablo State Park. The tract of land that is intended to be donated is located more...
San Francisco is No Longer the Least Affordable City in the US
Bay Area Updates, Good News, San Francisco Thanks to KUSI News and iHeart for sharing the results from a recent study by real estate market researcher OJO Labs that found that San Diego has topped San Francisco as the least affordable city in the United States. Their study compared the ratio between the median home price to household more...
SF to Get New Zero-Emission Electric Ferry to Treasure Island
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently announced that it has been awarded $3.4 million by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to build a zero-emission, electric ferry to connect San Francisco’s growing Treasure Island and Mission Bay neighborhoods. Investment in bringing zero-emission ferry technology to the more...
