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BART just recently reopened the restrooms at Oakland’s 19th Street Station. On Friday, February 25, 2022, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee helped mark the reopening of the newly remodeled 19th Street/Oakland Station restrooms, a project for which she played a major role in securing funding. Restrooms at 10 of BART’s underground stations have more...
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will see new improvements within the next few days — improvements aimed at making the park more accessible for elderly visitors and those with disabilities — city officials said. According to both the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, more...
San Francisco city officials on Friday unveiled a new mural in the city’s Fillmore District commemorating the city’s first Black firefighter Earl Gage Jr. The new mural is located at Rosa Parks Elementary School, located at 1501 O’Farrell Street. Gage began serving with the San Francisco Fire Department in 1955, becoming more...
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...
The Western Addition community has been weaving a new reality for Buchanan Street Mall since 2014. A Vision Plan was published in March 2017 and the conceptual design for all five blocks was approved in April 2020. With the passing of the Health and Recovery Bond in November 2020, a joint more...
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced the first of three battery-electric buses have entered revenue service achieving a major milestone in the agency’s greater goal of an all-electric fleet and a carbon-neutral San Francisco by 2040, as explained in the SFMTA’s Sustainability and Climate Action Program. The three new Battery more...
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...
Marley and Sadie are the newest and cutest crew members of the San Francisco Fire Department. Marley is a 16-month-old Red Fox Labrador Retriever and Sadie is a 20-month-old Yellow Labrador. The job of each dog is to help firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and other first responders unwind and relieve more...
San Francisco small businesses can apply for a grant to pay rent debt due to COVID-19. This grant will pay for a portion of the rent debt you accrued from March 2020 to September 2021 if your property owner agrees to extend your repayment term to September 2024. The pilot program more...
Whole Foods Market will open its new 64,737-square-foot San Francisco flagship store at Trinity Place (1185 Market Street) in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood on Thursday, March 10. The store’s design nods to classic San Francisco with inspiration from the former Crystal Palace Market, the modern, industrial feel of the Tenderloin more...
The newest immersive art installation, Immersive Frida Kahlo, will make its West Coast premiere atLighthouse ArtSpace San Francisco at SVN West (10 S. Van Ness Ave.) beginning March 12 and running through June 11, 2022. Tickets start at $39.99 with timed and flexible options available. Immersive Van Gogh will continue to be on more...
Thanks to SFGate for sharing the news that the fast-food cult fav Raising Cane’s is expanding into the Bay Area. The fried chicken chain specializes in crispy chicken tenders paired with a limited option of sides including crinkle-cut fries, coleslaw, Texas toast, plus their signature Cane’s sauce. Alternatively, you could order more...
BART recently took to Twitter to announce the change to its BART system map. BART will transition to identify its lines by a new color-coded system. You’ll notice the new map has a legend for the color lines. BART will still use both the original starting and endpoints system and the more...
Witness Bay Area creativity in overdrive when SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby returns to McLaren Park for the first time in more than 40 years. The original artists’ derbies from the 1970s are legendary events in our history. Between the two races in 1975 and 1978, the museum commissioned cars and trophies more...
In alignment with the State, the Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley will lift universal mask requirements for most indoor public settings beginning Wednesday, Feb. 16. Unvaccinated individuals over age 2 will continue to be more...