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SF Now Has a $125 Million Surplus. Here’s How They’ll Spend It
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Healing, Only in San Francisco Surplus funding for the current year will be allocated to one-time relief and recovery programs to support small business, arts and culture, and youth and families, and vulnerable residents. Mayor London N. Breed and Budget Chair of the Board of Supervisors Matt Haney announced an agreement on a spending plan for more...
SF Chinatown’s 1st New Nightclub in 37 Years
Brand New, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open A brand new nightclub is opening up in San Francisco Chinatown, and you can check out their second soft opening weekend. Lion’s Den will be Chinatown’s first new nightclub to open in 37 years since the entertainment restrictions were placed in 1984. The historic live music lounge carries on the legacy and more...
SF’s Newly Remodeled Garfield Square Rec Center & Pool
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Community, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, Swimming / Waterparks San Francisco’s newly renovated Garfield Center includes an indoor pool and modern clubhouse that will serve as a Community Hub for San Francisco students. San Francisco just completed their newly transformed Garfield Square Park in the Mission District. The facility has a renovated indoor pool, clubhouse, courtyard, and public art installation. more...
SF Expands Vaccines to All Adults w/ Underlying Conditions (March 15)
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Vaccines San Francisco to Expand COVID-19 Vaccinations to People with Disabilities and Severe Underlying Conditions and those in High-Risk Congregate Settings on March 15 Friday, March 12, 2021 This expansion of eligibility in accordance with the State’s prioritization plan comes as 27% of San Franciscans have received at least one dose of vaccine—a more...
SF Ferry Building’s Brand New Chinatown Pop-up Series
Brand New, Only in San Francisco Throughout the month of March, the Ferry Building will host a series of weekend pop-ups featuring some of Chinatown’s most beloved small businesses. A portion of proceeds from sales will go toward San Francisco Community Business Resources, a nonprofit organization providing business resources, information, and collaboration to various small businesses more...
Twin Peaks’ New Configuration is Now Open
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open This week, Twin Peaks opened its new configuration. Portola gate is now open for vehicle peak access and the Burnett gate is closed for pedestrian and bicycle use only. The pandemic saw many changes to Twin Peaks, which abruptly closed to car traffic at the start of the pandemic to reduce more...
SF’s “Church of 8 Wheels” Indoor Roller Disco Reopens
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open SF’s legendary indoor skating rink, located in an old church, is back open. Come join D. Miles, San Francisco’s Godfather of Skate at the Church of 8 Wheels and roll all masked up to the old school funk and roller disco. It’s lights camera, action as you roll into the legendary more...
Planned Parenthood’s New $22 Million Flagship Opens in SF
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco Thanks Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that Planned Parenthood has just opened their brand new flagship health center in downtown San Francisco. Planned Parenthood Northern California’s brand new, state-of-the-art $22MM flagship health center, located at 1522 Bush Street, was funded entirely by more than 800 individual donations. It offers access to more...
SF Plans New “Crisis Team” Ambulances for Summer 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Getting Help, Police Reform San Francisco has a new type of ambulance; it’s specifically for the Street Crisis Response Teams, which launched in November 30, 2020. And thanks to Jacob Ward with NBC News, now you can get an inside look at the team in action. There’s currently two teams that respond to 911 calls more...
Ocean Beach Fire Pits Are Back
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Ocean Beach’s fire rings are back. They’ve just been reinstalled following changes to public health guidelines. Fires are only allowed between 6am-9:30pm in the 16 provided fire rings between Stairwells 15 and 20. The rings are available to visitors for free on a first-come, first-served basis. PS: This is an old photo more...
CA’s New Volunteering Vaccination Program
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Getting Help, Vaccines Roll up your sleeves… California just a launched a brand new program to help vaccinate California. California residents can sign up for MyTurnVolunteer to help speed up COVID-19 vaccinations and save lives. In exchange for your time, after volunteering for four hours or more, you’ll be eligible for a vaccine at more...
San Francisco Opens Brand New 65,000 sqft Animal Shelter
Brand New, What's Closed / What's Open Mayor London N. Breed today announced the opening of Animal Care & Control’s new state-of-the-art, seismically safe shelter in the Mission District that will serve the thousands of domestic and wildlife critters that come through the doors every year. San Francisco Animal Care & Control is the City’s only open-door animal more...
Awesome Beach Wheelchairs Come to Santa Cruz
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Support the Bay, Uplifting Walking in the sand is tough, but rolling a standard wheelchair across the sand can be impossible. Thankfully, thanks to a grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy, five new beach wheelchairs are now available, doubling the total available for use at any of eight state beaches in Santa Cruz more...
Could Huge Outdoor Concerts Be Coming Back to SF Soon?
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Festival Updates, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open California state officials just announced updates to their blueprint for opening California and moved up the timelines for reopening. In addition to announcing that outdoor stadiums and theme parks can reopen starting April 1, officials also announced that live performances with fans/attendees can take place starting April 1. San Francisco is currently more...
Giants & A’s Ballparks Can Now Open April 1st
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open California state officials have just announced changes to their blueprint for opening up California and moves up the timeline for reopening. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that California has updated and loosened its restrictions on outdoor activities. Outdoor stadiums and live performances with in-person attendees, can now take place more...
