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John Waters’ “Halloween Meltdown” Music Fest in Oakland (Oct. 16-17)
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Oakland, Reopening Get your costumes ready for Halloween Meltdown, an outdoor music festival hosted by John Waters, live in the flesh, at Mosswood Park in Oakland, October 16-17, 2021. You’ll have a ghoulishly good time with live sets by Osees, The Gories, Seth Bogart, The Mummies and many more. Plus, there will be more...
Chase Center’s Free Outdoor Comedy Night is Sept. 4
Brand New, Get Out: Events Labor Day weekend outdoor comedy takeover of Chase Center’s Thrive City w/ SF’s top comics Get ready for Saturday night laughs as Funcheap and the team behind the Bay Area’s popular HellaSecret comedy shows comes to Thrive City, the plaza surrounding Chase Center, for a big comedy show featuring an outdoor beer garden more...
SF Had A Big Outage Impacting 911 Calls Today
Brand New, Getting Help UPDATE – 10:38AM: the SFPD Southern Station reports that the 9-1-1 issue has been corrected. UPDATE – 9:55AM: Power has been restored and 911 calls are coming in normally. City agencies are working to bring all affected networks back online and restore regular operations. We will continue to provide updates as more...
Marin County’s Brand New Free Recycled Water Filling Station
Brand New, Cheap Tips, Freebies, Green By Megan Munce, Bay City News Foundation The Marin Municipal Water District is providing recycled water directly to residents through a recycled water filling station that opened Wednesday to encourage county residents to reduce water waste during the county’s exceptional drought. The station will be located at Armory Drive in San Rafael more...
Berkeley Requires Vaccine Proof for Indoor Businesses Starting Sept. 10
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Indoor Dining, Vaccines Starting next week in Berkeley, patrons of restaurants, gyms and large indoor events will need to show proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A health order issued Wednesday by Berkeley’s health officer also requires, starting Oct. 15, that employees of those businesses and other specified facilities to be vaccinated more...
BART Gets First of 41 Brand New Clean Escalators in SF
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Transportation Riders can now enjoy the benefit of the largest investment BART has made in escalators in decades. The first of the new escalators that is part of a massive overhaul opened for service on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 with a ribbon cutting attended by BART and City officials. The first of more...
This is Santa Rosa’s New $267k Public Toilet
Brand New Relief has come to the citizens of Santa Rosa in the form of a new $267,795 public toilet. The city announced the installation of the sleekly modern “Portland Loo” in front of its City Hall Annex on Santa Rosa Avenue on Monday. “Over the years, we have heard from residents about the more...
This is the Bay Area’s First New Campground in Decades
Brand New, East Bay, Outdoorsy The San Francisco Bay Area has a brand new campground. which opened on Friday, August 27, 2021. Located within Coyote Hills Regional Park and next to the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay in Fremont, the 60-acre Dumbarton Quarry Campground on the Bay is the East Bay Park District’s first more...
SF’s New 18-Story 100% Affordable Housing in SOMA Breaks Ground
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Housing Mayor London N. Breed today celebrated the groundbreaking of a new 18-story 100% affordable housing complex in the South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood. The development at 921 Howard Street will be one of the largest affordable housing projects seen in San Francisco in the last decade, with 40% of the more...
Golden Gate Park’s New Free 2021 Outdoor Concert Series
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Outdoorsy Golden Gate Bandshell welcomes back live performances with a diverse lineup of musicians to play free concerts at historic landmark. Live music has returned to the Golden Gate Bandshell’s iconic stage with a series of free outdoor concerts in Golden Gate Park, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco more...
SF Now Has a “Transgender History Month”
Brand New, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco On the 55th anniversary of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riots, San Francisco recognizes the country’s first Transgender History Month. San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed today officially declared August as Transgender History Month in San Francisco. Developed in partnership with the Transgender District and Office of Transgender Initiatives, today’s proclamation signing at more...
SF’s New Waterfront Park Opens to Public For First Time Ever
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Black Point Historic Gardens is the San Francisco Bay Area’s newest national park site, a one-acre hillside that connects San Francisco’s Aquatic Park to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) at Fort Mason. At Black Point Historic Gardens, an outdoor staircase connects to newly restored pathways, budding gardens and terraced more...
A Brand New El Farolito is Coming to SF’s North Beach
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Eat & Drink Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the news that San Francisco’s famous El Farolito is expanding their burrito turf into North Beach. El Farolito is one of the most popular burrito spots in the Bay Area and was even named “The Most Life-Changing Burrito in America” by Esquire in 2013. The more...
Oakland Launches “Paint The Town” Street Mural Program
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Murals, Oakland By Keith Burbank, Bay City News Oakland has formally launched its street mural program Paint the Town, which allows residents to paint murals on city streets, city officials said Tuesday. The aim of the program is to bring people together, promote racial justice and beautify the city. Oakland’s Department of Transportation is more...
New I-680 South Toll Lane Starts Friday, Aug. 20
Brand New, East Bay, Transportation Tolling operations began Friday morning for a new 11-mile express lane on southbound Interstate Highway 680 from Martinez to Walnut Creek. The express lane starting at Marina Vista Boulevard in Martinez will charge tolls from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and connects with a previously existing 11-mile express lane more...
