City Insight
After 44 years of studies & planning, BART is finally going all the way to Oakland Airport in the fall of 2014. In the meantime, you are invited you to a series of outreach events to learn more about the Oakland Airport Connector extension to Oakland International Airport (OAK) and provide comments on key more...
The Castro Business District (CBD) has voted to fill in any funding gaps of the $200,000+ bill to help beautify the Castro – a plan which includes creating rainbow crosswalks, programmable LED light poles, and a rainbow honor walk stamped in the sidewalk. >> Read more: castrobiscuit.com >> See the full Castro Street more...
Celebrate 2014 with a day of free parking throughout the city of San Francisco. Although parking hazardously is always ticketable and towable – as is parking in a red or blue zone – much of the rest of the city is yours for the parking. Here’s the Basics: New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January more...
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 hours more...
Join San Francisco Heritage and the San Francisco Entertainment Commission on Monday, November 18, 2013 to honor San Francisco’s most legendary eateries, watering holes, dives, and haunts during an evening of drinks and lore at Vesuvio Café.” Find out which establishments get announced as the 25 most recent inductees into Heritage’s more...
If you’ve got a car in San Francisco, in addition to crazy high gas prices, you also have to worry about the insanely complex, nearly impossible to decipher conflicting parking signs and rules. Thankfully on Veterans’ Day 2013, the city of San Francisco is going to reward you with a ticket-free more...
Join San Francisco Architectural Heritage at the historic Haas-Lilienthal House on Sunday, October 20, 2013 for a free day of tours – the only free day of the year. Many people regularly pass this Queen Anne residence, yet most have never explored its original and luxuriant interior. Expert docents are stationed in every room of more...
Join renowned architect and Chinese American studies historian Philip P. Choy for an insider’s guide to the history and architecture of San Francisco’s Chinatown in his book San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History and Architecture. In this lecture and slide presentation, witness the triumphs and tragedies of the Chinese more...
Join environmentally conscious people all over the globe by turning off your lights for one hour on Saturday night and instead light candles. Dozens of buildings, monuments all over the country, as well as cities like Mill Valley, Albany and Martinez, will be turning off their non-essential lighting at 8:30pm on more...
One of San Francisco’s well-known and iconic streets, Castro Street will be redesigned to help accommodate the thousands of residents and visitors who use the street daily. The City, along with the Castro/Upper Market Community Benefits District, Merchants of Upper Market and Castro, and the Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association invites all more...
This Sunday at Noon the 49ers take on the Atlanta Falcons for a trip to the Super Bowl. Where will you be cheering (drinking and eating) them on to victory? Read on for Funcheap’s picks of the best places to watch the game – many offering cheap drinks, great grub, and, of course, a more...
So Outside Lands 2012 is totally sold out… so you’re out of luck, right? Not a chance! There’s two ways to win a pair of 3-day passes to this amazing festival, a way to listen to live streaming of concerts for free from Golden Gate Park and also a way for more...
Are you an avid antiques-seeker who loves the thought of treasure troves and trinkets? Then check out FuncheapSF’s guide to the best places in the Bay Area to hunt for bargains, and finally score that obscure B-side or Art Deco bureau you’ve been searching for. What’s your favorite flea market in the Bay more...
If you’ve got a car in San Francisco you’re already paying a crapload in insurance, your dents have dents, you have to suffer through critical mass and people hating on you for ruining the planet. And if that wasn’t enough… there’s the insanely complex, nearly impossible to decipher conflicting parking signs more...
This Sunday at 3:30pm the 49ers take on the New York Giants at Candlestick for a trip to the Super Bowl. Where will you be cheering (drinking and eating) them on to victory? Keep out of the chaos (and expense) of going to the game and read on for Funcheap’s picks more...
