City Discoveries
14 Hours of The Bay Lights (Longest Night of 2020)
City Discoveries, Holiday Lights Many people view the winter solstice grimly as the shortest day of the year, but The Bay Lights, the world’s largest LED light sculpture, offers us a brighter outlook. We can now relish winter solstice as the longest night of the year because The Bay Lights will shimmer for more than 14 more...
SF’s Newest Beach & Waterfront Park Now Open
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Discoveries, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy A brand new park has opened in San Francisco. Linking the Mission Bay and Dogpatch neighborhoods, Crane Cove Park is a 7-acre bayfront park in the Port’s Southern Waterfront that’s transformed an inaccessible industrial shoreline into a stunning vista. The park is part of the Blue Greenway, a necklace of waterfront public more...
SF Park Gets Awesome New Dino-Slide (Or is it Jar Jar Binks?)
Adorable, Brand New, City Discoveries, Fun & Games, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, What's Closed / What's Open, Wow SF just debuted its $3.5 million makeover for the West Portal Playground which includes a super cool dinosaur slide, or is it Jar Jar Binks? The renovation of West Portal Playground is part of the Let’sPlaySF! Initiative, a partnership between the Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance more...
Big “Heart” Grass Art Spotted in Balboa Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, City Discoveries Thanks to the San Francisco Parks Alliance who showed off this pretty cool grass art that popped up in Balboa Park. This is a tribute to the “Heart Your Parks” campaign to help raise money to support our local parks for as little as $25. Shout out to San Francisco Recreation and more...
SF City Hall Lights Up Red, White and Blue for 9/11
City Discoveries San Francisco’s City Hall and its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures will illuminate in red, white, and blue to commemorate 9/11. City Hall Lighting Schedule September 11, 2020 – 9/11 The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject to change when there are special events and the building is lit in honor of those.
SF Bay’s ‘Upside Down Floating Reef’ Could Change Ecology of Shoreline
City Discoveries Thank you ABC7 for letting us know about an upside-down floating reef‘ in the San Francisco Bay. The California College of the Arts launched the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, an award-winning, innovative floating breakwater structure engineered to be a habitat for native marine life in order to increase marine biodiversity and more...
Tenderloin’s New “BigBelly” High-Tech Trash Cans feat. Local Artists
Brand New, City Discoveries Thank you KALW for letting us know that smart trash cans were installed in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. Last month, San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney announced the installation of 68 smart trash cans into the Tenderloin neighborhood. The project aims to provide the Tenderloin with the same amenities as any other more...
Mountain Lion Safely Captured in SF Near Oracle Park
City Discoveries Local wildlife have been making their presence known in San Francisco lately. We’ve seen coyotes spotted by Golden Gate Bridge and on our empty streets. But in the past few days, mountain lions have been on the move. As reported by KRON4, on Thursday morning, June 18, a mountain lion was more...
The Ugly Instacart Shopper Scam: Huge Tips Switched to $0
City Discoveries Some people are so desperate for their grocery delivery orders to be accepted in the face of huge demand that they are resulting to being absolute dicks. CNN shared with us a sad story that in late March, an Instacart worker Annaliisa Arambula accepted an order from a customer who offered more...
Someone Made SF’s DNA Lounge in The Sims 4… and It’s Insane
City Discoveries So we’re all cooped up inside with nowhere fun to go at night. So one rather bored DNA Lounge employee, Jun Shéna decided to keep herself occupied and recreate the venue in The Sims almost entirely from memory thanks to ADHD hyperfocus and a Red Bull-fueled craze which resulted in more...
SF’s Huge New Live Online Speaker Series
City Discoveries Unprecedented LIVE online gathering of civic leaders continues Manny’s tradition as a place for community building and civic engagement w/ guest speakers like Secretary Madeleine Albright, Golden State Warriors President Rick Welts, District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Author Michael Pollan, SF Giants CEO Larry Baer, Former Presidential candidate Tom Steyer and more...
Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Morning “MeditOcean”: Chill w/ Jellyfish
City Discoveries Monterey Bay Aquarium is doing their part to help us all chill out and stay calm which is much needed during this pandemic crisis. They’re leading guided meditations with a little help from their ocean critters. So rise and shine and peace out with some soothing sounds, a gentle voice, and some more...
The Bay’s “Shelter in Place” Order: What Does it Mean?
City Discoveries, Reopening On Monday afternoon, six Bay Area counties (plus Berkeley) announced a 3-week “Shelter in Place” order on March 16th effective 12:01am on Tuesday. Yes, you can still go outside if you need fresh air. Engaging in outdoor activity, such as walking, hiking, running, taking a pet outside to go to the more...
Drive In-Movies: The Perfect COVID-19 Era Outing?
City Discoveries Remember the Drive-In? If you haven’t been to a good ol’ fashioned drive-in movie in a while, head to West Wind Drive-in (yes, an old school drive in where you listen to the movie on FM). Is there any better “social” activity during these COVID-19 days since you’re sealed in more...
Get Outside: Free Self-Guided Audio Tours of The Bay
City Discoveries You don’t need a group or a tour guide to tour some of the Bay Area’s most beloved sights. Grab your phone, head outdoors, and explore in peace on a free self-guided tour. Learn more about SF’s beloved Lands End Lookout or the historic Fort Point from the National Park Service‘s more...
