Bay Area Updates
SF’s 420 Celebration at Hippie Hill is Back for 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco According to their post on Instagram, 420 at Hippie Hill plans to return for 2022 after being canceled for the past two years. They will have on-site cannabis sales and a special Hippie Hill menu. 420 at Hippie Hill is a well-known San Francisco tradition, bringing tens of thousands of people from more...
“The Shops at Tanforan” Mall Closing After 51 Years
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the news that the San Bruno mall, The Shops at Tanforan, will be closing. The 51-year-old mall originally opened in 1971. The mall was recently purchased by a Los Angeles-based developer who plans to transform the property into an office campus for biotech firm. Before the area more...
GG Park’s “Lighted Forest” Special Valentine’s Display (Feb. 11-14)
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Valentine's Day Golden Gate Park’s Entwined will feature a special Valentine’s Day display from Friday, February 11 to Monday, February 14. Take a walk with your loved ones and stop by Peacock Meadow to enjoy this illuminated art exhibit. An illuminating art installation in Golden Gate Park transforms Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of more...
SF Plans to Convert Downtown Hotel Into Housing Shelter
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved leasing a hotel Tuesday in the city’s downtown area to convert it into a semi-congregate shelter to help people exit homelessness. The vote will allow the city to lease the Ansonia Hotel at 711 Post St., transforming it into a semi-congregate shelter with 123 units more...
BART to Restore Service to Pre-Pandemic Levels on Feb. 20
Bay Area Updates, Transportation Later this month, BART will restore service to pre-pandemic levels by running trains until midnight every day of the week. Since the beginning of the pandemic, BART closed at 9 pm. Sundays to work on rebuilding projects. Starting Feb. 20, Sunday service will run from 8 a.m. to midnight, BART more...
Oakland to Close (Or Merge) Nearly a Dozen Schools by 2023
Bay Area Updates, East Bay, Goodbye, Oakland The Oakland Unified School District Board of Education narrowly approved a measure to close or merge nearly a dozen schools during a contentious meeting that began Tuesday night and lasted into the early morning hours Wednesday. The measure is an effort to confront an expected budget deficit and has brought protests more...
Oakland Hit a Record-Breaking 78 Degrees Yesterday; Record High Temps to Continue
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy Three high-temperature records were set Wednesday in the Bay Area and more records could be coming soon. Record highs were recorded in Oakland at 78 degrees, breaking the 74 set in 2006; in Salinas, where it was 83, breaking the 2018 record of 81; and Richmond tied the record 75 set more...
SF’s Rossi Pool Reopens After $15M Renovation
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, San Francisco The newly remodeled Angelo J. Rossi Pool will welcome back community members Saturday with a celebratory free swim in its modern facility, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. The Feb. 12 free swim will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. with intermittent breaks at Rossi Pool, located more...
Dolores Park Playground Finally Reopens After Renovations
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco Dolores Park’s Helen Diller Playground has finally reopened. The playground was closed in June 2021 which was supposed to be a 3-month closure for repairs, but the renovations took longer than expected, Mission Local notes. San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department took to Twitter to announce the reopening and thanked everyone for more...
Two Banks Got Robbed in The Mission on Saturday – Just Two Hours Apart
Bay Area Updates, Crime, San Francisco Police in San Francisco are investigating two separate bank robberies that happened on Saturday just two hours apart. According to the police, officers first responded to a report of a robbery around 10:05 a.m. at a bank in the 4000 block of Mission Street. At the scene, officers learned a male more...
Bay Area Figure Skater Drops Out of Olympics Due to Positive Covid Test
Bay Area Updates By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Foundation U.S. Olympic figure skater Vincent Zhou, who was born in San Jose and grew up in Palo Alto, has tested positive for COVID-19 and dropped out of the men’s individual competition at the Beijing Winter Games. The 21-year-old announced his withdrawal Monday via Instagram. He more...
Bay Area Warming Up, Temps May Reach Low 80s
Bay Area Updates The National Weather Service reports that a warming trend is approaching that should raise high temperatures to the low 70s Sunday afternoon and reach the low 80s by midweek in the warmest areas of the interior valleys. The coast and most of the Bay Area will see highs in the mid-60s more...
SF Offers 2 Hours Free Parking in Chinatown All Month
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation To help bring more people to Chinatown, San Francisco just announced that it is now offering 2 hours free parking at the Portsmouth Square Garage throughout the month of February to help celebrate Chinese New Year. 2 Hours Free Parking at Portsmouth Square Garage – Feb. 2022 733 Kearny Street (btwn, Clay more...
Sonoma County Lifts Limits on Large Gatherings Feb. 11
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Sonoma County will lift its restrictions on large gatherings next week as the county’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline, county Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase said Friday. Mase issued a health order Jan. 10 capping indoor gatherings at 50 people and outdoor gatherings more...
Decathlon Closes Last 2 US Stores, Both in Bay Area
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Decathlon recently announced a “new business model” for its US operations which apparently is code for shutting down its final two stores so it can focus instead on online sales and through other retail partners. So Decathlon USA will close its Emeryville (3938 Horton St) and Potrero Hill (2300 16th more...
