Bay Area Updates
SF’s Restaurants Have Until Jan. 15 to Renew Their Parklets
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, San Francisco San Francisco’s popular Shared Spaces program allows merchants, restaurants and arts and culture organizations to use the curbside, sidewalk and other public spaces to conduct local business activities and stay afloat. What emerged as an economic lifeline during the pandemic is making San Francisco’s streets more energized, engaged and activated. Many of the more...
SF’s Brand New “Central Subway” Fully Opens Jan. 7th
Bay Area Updates, Transportation On Saturday, January 7, the T Third starts its historic new route, providing a direct Metro connection between Sunnydale and Chinatown-Rose Pak Station. Service runs Mondays through Fridays, 6 a.m. to midnight every 10 minutes and Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to midnight every 12 minutes. The new T Third line more...
Golden Gate Bridge Gets $400 Million to Brace Against Earthquakes
Bay Area Updates, Transportation By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge is set to receive $400 million in federal funds to strengthen its resilience against disasters, Congressman Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, announced on Friday. Thanks to the Biden Administration’s historic Infrastructure Law — the largest investment in U.S. bridges more...
Dungeness Crab Season Finally Opens on New Year’s Eve
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will open the commercial Dungeness crab fishery statewide on Dec. 31, 2022. Fishing Zones 3-6 (all areas south of the Sonoma/Mendocino county line) will open under a 50 percent trap reduction on Dec. 31, 2022 at 12:01 a.m., with a 64-hour gear more...
SF’s Great Highway Will Stay Car-Free on Weekends Until 2025
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SF Chronicle for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Great Highway will remain car-free on weekends for the next three years through December 31, 2025 after the Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday. The Great Highway stretches 3.8 miles down San Francisco’s western coast, bordering Ocean Beach. Every weekend more...
BART’s Future Looks Bleak Unless It Receives More Public Funding
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Transportation By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation Cutting BART service enough to shore up its projected nine-figure annual deficits in the coming years would result in a “death spiral” for the transit agency, officials said Thursday. BART planning officials prepared a five-year financial outlook at the behest of the Metropolitan Transportation more...
Bay Area Will Pay $1,200 for Your Old Car (1998 or Older)
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Green The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is announcing incentives of $1,200 through the Vehicle Buy Back Program for Bay Area residents to scrap 1998 and older vehicles to improve local air quality. The program pays owners of older, high-polluting cars and small trucks to voluntarily retire their vehicles. Older more...
SF’s Historic Pier at Aquatic Park Closed Forever?
Bay Area Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that unfortunate news that Aquatic Park’s municipal pier may be closed forever. The pier had been in need of repairs for a long time but after the recent 5.1 magnitude earthquake in October 2022 shook the Bay, an inspection on the pier found more...
BART Unveils Newly Remodeled Powell St. Station
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation Powell St. Station’s got a new groove. On Tuesday, Nov. 22, BART unveiled the Downtown San Francisco station’s updated look and feel – just in time to welcome holiday shoppers to the commerce hub. The completion of the Powell St. Modernization Program was celebrated with a ribbon cutting and press conference more...
SF Bay Area Named Fastest Growing Economy in the USA
Bay Area Updates, City Insight Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that according to a new study by the University of North Carolina’s American Growth Project, the San Francisco Bay Area is leading the country in economic growth in 2022 with a 4.8% increase in GDP. The ranking looked at employment rates and economic more...
SF’s Presidio Gets Permanent “Slow Streets”
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation Parks are vital to our health and well-being. The Presidio Trust implemented the Presidio Slow Streets program to provide additional space for recreation during the COVID pandemic and to create more opportunities for visitors to enjoy the Presidio. Throughout the program, we’ve listened to the community, collected usage data, and adapted more...
JFK Drive Remains “Car-Free” after SF Voters Reject Prop I
Bay Area Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Transportation The voters have spoken. San Franciscans took the polls and voted to keep Golden Gate Park’s John F. Kennedy Drive permanently car-free. Proposition I was on the San Francisco ballot which aimed to reopen The Great Highway, and a 1.5-mile stretch of JFK Drive to vehicles, except on Sundays all year, more...
BART’s Ugly Holiday Sweater is Back for 2022
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Local Icons, Transportation BART is bringing back its cult-favorite holiday sweater; its limited edition ugly holiday sweater returns after its wildly successful debut last year in 2021. BART joined the ever-fun ugly sweater phenomenon and produced their own version featuring the BART logo, colors and a Fleet of the Future train in 2021. After a video was shared more...
Berkeley Wants to Ban Right Turns on Red
Bay Area Updates, East Bay, Transportation Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that Berkeley may be putting an end to right turns on red. A new proposal was recently approved to outlaw right turns on red lights citywide. Being able to turn right on red is a nearly uniquely American rule; it’s illegal in other most more...
UC Berkeley Ranks as Best Public University in the World Again
Bay Area Updates, East Bay UC Berkeley just shared that once again, for the ninth straight year, the university has taken the top spot as the number one public university in the world, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 global universities rankings. UC Berkeley was also named the fourth-best university overall in the world more...
