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SF to Waive Fees for Night Markets, Fairs & Block Parties?
Brand New, Good News, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed has introduced legislation to encourage and expand outdoor community events. The first will waive City fees for certain events, making them less costly to produce. The second will simplify the health permitting for special event food vendors through the creation of an annual permit. Both pieces more...
Giant Pandas Coming to SF Zoo from China
Adorable, Brand New, Good News, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Just announced, giant pandas from China are coming to the San Francisco Zoo. It’s the first official residency for giant pandas in San Francisco in the city’s history. Mayor London N. Breed joined officials from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA), the China Wildlife Conservation Association (CWCA), local leaders and members more...
SF’s Cult Fav “Rosamunde Sausage Grill” Reopening Dec. 8
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Good News, Reopening, San Francisco Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the good news that in a surprise turn of events, Rosamunde Sausage Grill, a cult favorite San Francisco restaurant located at 2832 Mission Street, will reopen on Friday, December 8, 2023. Initially, the iconic restaurant took to Instagram in October 2023 to share the sudden more...
SF’s Martin Luther King Jr. Pool Reopens
Good News, San Francisco We’re excited to share that Martin Luther King Jr. Pool reopened earlier this week with a limited schedule after completing repairs to its roof, as well as other maintenance work around the facility. A special thanks to our structural maintenance team including our roofers, painters, electricians, iron workers, sheet metal more...
Brand New 1,300 Foot Long Boardwalk Through the “Grove of Titans” Redwoods
Brand New, Good News, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches California State Parks, Save the Redwoods League, Redwood Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service have completed construction on the 1,300-foot-long boardwalk through the Grove of Titans in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Access to the Grove of Titans is now open, but limited while construction of the Mill Creek more...
New I-80 Freeway “Urban Forest” Coming to SF in 2023
Brand New, City Insight, Good News, Green, New Parks, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Uplifting Thanks to the SF Examiner for letting us know that the litter-strewn entrance to the Bay Bridge in SoMa is soon going to be converted into an “urban forest” and tree nursery which will take root (he he) new freeway offramps. According to the San Francisco Department of Public Works, the more...
SF’s Climate Action Month: 50+ Free Events (April 2022)
Community, Freebies, Good News, Green, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Sponsored Let’s face it. With all of the negative news headlines, the world has felt overwhelming lately. All this tolerating uncertainty takes a toll. But there’s some good news, too! It’s a well-known fact that taking action is good for our mental health, and just when we need it most, the more...
San Francisco is No Longer the Least Affordable City in the US
Bay Area Updates, Good News, San Francisco Thanks to KUSI News and iHeart for sharing the results from a recent study by real estate market researcher OJO Labs that found that San Diego has topped San Francisco as the least affordable city in the United States. Their study compared the ratio between the median home price to household more...
SamTrans Launches Free On-Board WiFi on All Buses in February 2022
Brand New, Good News, Transportation SamTrans has launched a passenger WiFi program, allowing SamTrans riders to use the internet while onboard. WiFi is currently being enabled on the 800 series articulated buses, with the entire SamTrans fleet expected to be online by February 2022. Passengers will be able to use WiFi free of charge, simply by more...
Good News: Parking at SF & Marin Beaches Will Remain Free
Bay Area Updates, Good News, Have Your Voice Heard, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches Good news… Thanks to MarinIJ for sharing the news the National Park Service is dropping its proposal to charge parking fees at several popular coastal sites in San Francisco and Marin including Baker Beach, Lands End Lookout, China Beach, Stinson Beach, and others. The proposed parking fees would have instituted a more...
SF is No Longer the Priciest Place to Rent in USA (Barely)
Bay Area Updates, Good News, Housing San Francisco just got demoted. Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco is no longer the most expensive city for rent in the United States. According to data from the August 2021 Zumper report, New York just edged out San Francisco to take the number 1 spot with the more...
Oakland Zoo Releases 33 Rare Frogs Into The Wild
Adorable, Good News By Keith Burbank Bay City News Thirty-three Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs leapt into the wild Wednesday and Oakland Zoo officials hope they will help restabilize their species. Frogs and other amphibians are being decimated across the world due to disease. “It’s a global amphibian crisis,” Oakland Zoo spokeswoman Isabella Linares said. The population of more...
