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100+ Units of “Affordable” Housing Coming to Civic Center in 2025
Brand New, Causes, Housing, San Francisco Mayor London Breed Celebrates Groundbreaking Of 112 Unit Affordable Housing Development Across From City Hall The Kelsey Civic Center will provide affordable homes and supportive services for San Franciscans of diverse abilities, incomes, and backgrounds San Francisco, CA — On June 8, 2023, Mayor London N. Breed and representatives from the California more...
Caltrain Runs Electric Trains for First Time in 160 Year History
Brand New, Transportation The electrification of Caltrain has reached another major milestone as electric trains operated under power from the overhead contact system (OCS) for the first time. Initial tests will be conducted between Santa Clara and College Park Stations on the Santa Clara Drill Track. Test runs will expand to the main track, more...
SF’s Ultimate Citywide Block Party: 800+ Free Summer Concerts (2023)
Brand New, San Francisco San Francisco used to be best known for its vibrant culture and arts scene instead of store closures and a gloomy downtown. But the summer of 2023 is about to become a lot more livelier with the launch of the brand new Summer of Music festival. The groundbreaking initiative, a more...
This is the Bay Area’s Epic New Art Pop-Up
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to KRON4 for letting us know about an amazingly beautiful art installation just opened in the middle of nature, in a park in Tiburon with a peak-a-boo view of the top of the Golden Gate Bridge and of Downtown San Francisco. The Tiburon Heritage & Arts Commission announced the unveiling more...
Angel Island’s Epic Festival is Back for 2023
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Healing, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Join us on Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 11 am to 3 pm for Family Day at the Angel Island Immigration Station. Family Day is an annual celebration intended to bring all families and communities together. Throughout the day, there will be musical and dance performances, storytelling, short-film screenings, self-guided tours, more...
Bay Area to Host 2026 Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium
Brand New, Celebrations The Super Bowl is headed back to the Bay Area after 10 years. The NFL announced on Monday that Super Bowl LX (that’s 60 for those who don’t know their roman numerals) will be hosted at Levi’s Stadium, the 49ers home in Santa Clara in 2026. And although things can change, 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 Wants to Convert Downtown Office Buildings into Housing
Brand New, City Insight, San Francisco Planning Commission Approves Legislation to Support Future of Downtown and Union Square The proposal introduced by Mayor Breed and Board President Peskin will help fill vacant spaces by facilitating a greater variety of businesses and activities throughout Downtown and Union Square, and removing barriers to converting office buildings to housing The Planning 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...
SF’s First-Ever “I Love Tenderloin Week” 2023
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Get Out: Events, Sponsored I Love Tenderloin Week is the culmination of a grassroots groundswell from community partners who are producing a week-long Spring celebration of the neighborhood running April 30th – May 6, 2023 with 40+ venues and neighborhood organizations joining forces to create 18 different events – most of which are free. A more...
Rogue Butterfly Sculpture Removed From Golden Gate Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Causes, Controversy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Bay City News An illegally-erected monument to an extinct butterfly was removed from Golden Gate Park on Friday by San Francisco public art officials. The sculpture, “Memorial to the Extinct Xerces Blue Butterfly,” was “an unauthorized sculpture intervention of unknown provenance by an unidentified artist or group of artists that was more...
LPGA Tour Coming to SF’s Harding Park (May 4-7)
Brand New, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The LPGA is bringing the best female golfers from the top eight countries across the globe back to the LPGA tour calendar for the first time since 2018 and will be held at San Francisco’s famed TPC Harding Park on May 4-7, 2023. Held biennially, the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown celebrates the more...
$5 Outdoor Movie Night Coming to SF’s Ferry Building (May 2023)
Brand New, Get Out: Events, San Francisco Join Fort Point for “Ferry Flicks” at the their Beer Garden every Friday in May 2023 at sundown. Tickets are $5 and include popcorn. All movies were set and/or filmed in San Francisco “Vertigo” May 5, 2023 – 8:03p “Bullitt” May 12, 2023 – 8:10p “It Came from Beneath the Sea” May 19, 2023 more...
16th St. BART Might Get a New $5M Elevator
Brand New, Transportation Thanks to Mission Local for letting us know that the 16th Street BART elevator might finally get replaced after 50 years. And it will cost “only” $5 million. Built in 1973, the current elevator at 16th Street was designed to only last for 30-40 years, so it’s already passed its expected more...
Spiky Fare Gates: BART’s New $90M Evasion-Proof Plan
Brand New, Transportation Thanks to SFist for letting us know that BART fare-hoppers might be in for a spiky surprise. Since 2019, BART has been on a mission to outwit fare evaders, but their previous attempts have fallen flat. Remember the notorious “guillotine fare gate”? That’s ancient history now. This time, they’re stepping up their more...
