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SF’s Newest Waterfront Park Opens August 25
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that Black Point Historic Gardens, SF’s newest waterfront park with amazing views, is set to open to the public for the first time ever on August 25, 2021. Once the 1-acre park and terraced native gardens opens, you’ll be able to access it more...
Bay Area Indoor Mask Mandate is Officially Back August 3
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Masks Bay Area Health Officials Urge Immediate Vaccination and Issue Orders Requiring Use of Face Coverings Indoors to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley Indoor Masking Orders Take Effect Tuesday San Francisco, CA – Vaccination continues to more...
Undoing the Harm of Geary Expressway to SF’s Japantown
Brand New, Community, Transportation By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News Foundation 50 years ago, the Geary Expressway tore apart the Japantown for anyone without a car. Now, San Francisco is trying to bring the neighborhood back together. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency just introduced a new crosswalk at Buchanan and Geary streets last week in an more...
SF’s “Street Overdose Response Team” Launches August 2nd
Brand New, Crime, Getting Help, Police Reform, Uplifting San Francisco will begin rolling out its newly formed Street Overdose Response Team (a.k.a “SORT”) starting Monday, August 2, 2021 to address non-fatal overdoses through a holistic approach, city officials said Friday. SORT will respond to overdose calls and provide an immediate response from San Francisco Fire Department paramedics, followed by more...
SF Hints At Vaccine Mandate Beyond City Workers
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines Currently all city employees of San Francisco and those who work in “high-risk” settings are required by the city to get the COVID vaccine, unless they have a religious or medical exemption. High-risk settings include acute-care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, residential care facilities for the elderly, homeless shelters and jails. See more...
Watch SFMOMA’s Diego Rivera’s 30-Ton Fresco Getting Preserved
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New A team of conservators at the SFMOMA is currently working to preserve one of Diego Rivera’s historic murals. Visitors can watch them work in the Roberts Family Gallery on Floor 1 for free. Although the timing can chance, the last time to watch the live preservation work is Thursday, July 29th. more...
NYC’s Milk Bar Comes to SF for Two Days Only (July 31 – Aug. 1)
Brand New, Eat & Drink Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that the famed NYC dessert shop “Milk Bar” is hosting a weekend pop-up in San Francisco on July 31-Aug 1 as 2020 “Birthday Do Over” party. Milk Bar Birthday Do Over Tour: San Francisco Saturday & Sunday, July 31 – Aug 1, 2021 | more...
SF Might Start Charging $6.50 to Drive Downtown in 2024
Bay Area Updates, Brand New Thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle and the Daily Mail for giving us the full details on San Francisco’s exploration of “congestion pricing” for downtown. Sign up to get involved and have your say This is still the early stages of researching whether or not San Francisco will follow models of other more...
Chase Center’s Free Outdoor Comedy Night is July 23
Brand New, Get Out: Events One-night-only outdoor comedy takeover of Chase Center’s Thrive City w/ SF’s top comics Get ready for Friday night laughs as the team behind the Bay Area’s popular HellaSecret comedy shows comes to Thrive City, the plaza surrounding Chase Center, for the first time ever for a big comedy show featuring an outdoor beer garden more...
SF Adopts New Climate Action Goals to Become “Net Zero” by 2040
Brand New, Green, Only in San Francisco The City of San Francisco adopted new climate action goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address the urgent threat of climate change. San Francisco has made significant progress on its climate action goals to-date, including a 41% reduction in emissions six years ahead of schedule. Building on that success, more...
Brand New Arts Center Coming to SF’s Chinatown in 2024
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco Assemblymember Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, on Thursday announced he was able to secure $26.5 million in state funding for a new arts and media center in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood. Ting, chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, said the new center, to be called Edge on the Square, would be a more...
SF Unveils New “Shine” Plan to Clean Streets & Sidewalks
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced a new partnership between the city and several organizations and businesses to launch Shine On SF — a new initiative encouraging cleanliness along city streets. Shine On SF brings together more than 40 neighborhood groups, benefit districts, nonprofit organizations, and businesses to engage more...
CA Kicks Off $1.1 Billion Effort to Beautify Streets & Clean Up Trash
Bay Area Updates, Brand New By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation State and local officials gathered in Richmond to kick off a $1.1 billion effort to beautify and clean up garbage in communities across the state. The three-year effort is expected to generate as many as 11,000 jobs, according to state officials, including for formerly more...
GG Bridge’s Historic Round House Will Reopen As Equator Coffees Cafe
Brand New, Parks & Beaches, Reopening The historic Round House Cafe at the Golden Gate Bridge will reopen at Equator Coffees‘ newest cafe, offering nearly 360 degree views. With a spectacular vantage point of the Golden Gate Bridge, the gateway connecting the Pacific Ocean with the San Francisco Bay, the Round House Cafe will soon be Equator more...
Free Muni for Everyone 19 and Under Kicks Off August 15
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Transportation San Francisco just announced that it will be expanding the Free Muni for Youth Program to include all youth starting August 15, 2021, in conjunction with the full-in-person-return of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) 2021-2022 school year. The expansion will now allow all youth under the age of 19 to ride Muni, more...
