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SF’s Historic 1901 Muni Car Barn to Become Youth Arts Hub
Brand New Work is complete on a meticulous renovation of the Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse, part of San Francisco’s railway history in the Excelsior District, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced yesterday. The historic landmark will open to the public as a hub for creativity, performance, youth arts education, more...
SF’s Brand New 100-Seat Outdoor Only Restaurant Opens June 18th
Brand New, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Step inside The Vault Garden, a brand new outdoor oasis in the Financial District. As far as we know, this is the first new restaurant to open in the COVID-era that is fully envisioned and dedicated to be completely outdoors. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they now present The Vault more...
Yelp’s New Black-Owned Businesses Registry is Coming
Brand New Yelp just announced that they are launching a new feature that will allow users to find and support Black-owned businesses. In their press release they announced that business can opt-in and self-identify as a Black-owned business. They’re working quickly to release the new feature within the next two weeks. Yelp Foundation also more...
A Newly Renovated 5-Block Park is Coming to Western Addition
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks Buchanan Mall is an underutilized city park that runs through a five-block section of San Francisco’s Western Addition, adjacent to the African-American Arts and Culture Center, the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, and many apartment buildings. San Francisco has worked with local residents to plan, design, and build new park more...
Construction on SF’s Newest 4.5 Acre Park has Restarted
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, New Parks Funcheap Needs Your Help Our goal is to stay open during the crisis and, more importantly, when we come out of this. If you love Funcheap, can you help us stay alive? Learn more at GoFundMe Construction on SF’s new “Francisco Park” has finally been restarted after being paused under the City’s more...
SF’s Updated Food Resources Map: Grocery Stores, Free / Low-Cost Groceries & Meals
Brand New Funcheap Needs Your Help Our goal is to stay open during the crisis and, more importantly, when we come out of this. If you love Funcheap, can you help us stay alive? Learn more at GoFundMe In April, Mayor London Breed announced a citywide effort to help San Franciscans access food during the COVID-19 more...
New Website Tracks Supermarket Wait Times
Brand New, Groceries / Supermarkets A new website has popped up, called StoreQueue.com, that tracks current supermarket wait times. Search by your zip code to find the wait time for your favorite supermarkets like Rainbow Grocery, Trader Joe’s, Berkeley Bowl, Bi-Rite Market and staples like Safeway and Costco. The data is community-sourced, so users are encouraged to more...
Jeopardy Offers New Online Test to Get on the Show for 1st Time Ever
Brand New Attention, future Jeopardy! champs! Your path to the Jeopardy! stage just got a lot simpler. If you’re a fan Jeopardy!, you may already know that to be a contestant on the show, you have to pass a test, but that test is usually only scheduled for a specific date at an more...
Celebrate 420 w/ Live Stream Parties + Virtual Smoke Outs
Brand New San Francisco’s official 4/20 Hippie Hill celebration has been canceled but that doesn’t mean there’s not a lot of great online music and smoke sessions for you to join in. 420 Online Celebrations 4/20 “Gathering of the Tribe w/ Moonalice Bay area jam band hosts a 420 party every year, so this is more...
SF’s 2020 Pride Festival & Parade Officially Canceled
Brand New We have some disappointing news to share today that was all but inevitable. After weeks of evaluating all possible solutions, San Francisco Pride announces that this year’s Parade and Celebration, originally scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, June 27-28, will not take place as planned. Read the full press release. We know this more...
BART Closes Station Entrances in SF and Oakland
Brand New Starting Monday April 13, BART will temporarily close several entrances at the four downtown San Francisco stations as well as additional entrances at the 12th & 19th Street stations in Oakland. The closures will help us focus our cleaning efforts and to improve safety for our employees and riders during times more...
SF’s Carnaval Festival & Parade Postponed Until After Summer
Brand New Carnaval San Francisco’s chosen theme, “Salud Es Poder, Health Is Our Wealth,” could not be more relevant than it is in 2020. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the value of the theme in a way that was not expected. Now, more than ever, people are more aware of how fragile more...
Unemployed in California to Get Extra $600 Starting This Week
Brand New Did you already file for unemployment yet? If not, this is a good time to file because you may be getting an extra $600 a week which could last up to 4 months. The unemployment benefits are part of the federal stimulus package approved by Congress. Gov. Newsom said on Thursday, more...
Free Unlimited “Bay Wheels” Bike Rides for Healthcare Workers Thru 4/30
Brand New Bay Wheels is offering a 30-day program to give critical healthcare workers free bike-share memberships. Through April 30, eligible healthcare workers can sign up through their employer to access unlimited 45-minute trips on Classic bikes and e-bikes. Get more information and FAQs or send an email to herobikes@lyft.com. Not all heroes wear capes, more...
Walt Disney Family Museum’s New “Zoom” Q&A + Virtual Series
Brand New In keeping its mission, The Walt Disney Family Museum has a new and unique way to connect to their audience virtually. They are thrilled to announce the bi-weekly virtual series “Happily Ever After Hours”. Happening every Wednesday and Friday at 5:30 pm, hosted via Zoom webinar. It is a virtual series more...
