Only in San Francisco
SF’s Portsmouth Square Gets $66 Million Upgrade in 2025
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, Parks & Beaches Plans for a new and improved Portsmouth Square cleared a major hurdle after being unanimously approved by the Recreation and Park Commission Thursday, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. See the full plan for Portsmouth Square 2025 Following a long line of speakers in support of the project, commissioners more...
SF’s Fav Icon “Karl the Fog” Returns to Twitter
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s sassy weather icon Karl the Fog has returned! @KarlTheFog went mysteriously silent in January 2020 right around the time the 49ers were in the Super Bowl and when COVID started to dominate the news. After two years missing, Karl the Fog has reappeared nearly to the day of his more...
SF’s Castro Theatre Getting Major Makeover for 100th Birthday
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the SF Chronicle for letting us know that San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre, originally built in 1922, is about to get a major makeover for its 100th birthday. The 100-year-old movie theater (429 Castro St.) will be shutting down temporarily later this year and then will reopen as a more...
49 of SF’s Most Inspiring Pandemic Murals from Boarded-Up Storefronts
Artsy Fartsy, Community, Fairs & Festivals, Murals, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Uplifting When San Francisco shut down during shelter-in-place in early 2020 artists created gorgeous temporary murals throughout the city on boarded-up storefronts. Fortunately, as the city reopened, many of these works of art were saved and are now on view together for the first time in the nation’s largest exhibit of more...
SF Debuts 6 Life-sized Tiger Sculptures for Chinese New Year (Jan. 17 – Feb. 19)
Artsy Fartsy, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco is proud to bring back the public art project, Tiger on Parade, to its list of festivities this Lunar New Year. Six life-sized Tiger statues will be publicly displayed around San Francisco, from January 17 – February 19, 2022 to help ring in the more...
SF Will Now Text You A Warning Before Towing Your Car
Brand New, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco On January 13, 2022, SFMTA announced “Text Before Tow,” a first-of-its-kind program where customers can sign up to receive a text message notification prior to having their vehicle towed. This pilot program applies to four categories of tows: (1) parking more than 72-hours (2) blocked driveways (3) construction zones and (4) temporary more...
SF Might Get Free Admission to Conservatory of Flowers & Japanese Tea Garden
Brand New, Freebies, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Parks & Beaches Mayor London N. Breed today proposed legislation to make admission to the Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden free for San Francisco residents. The proposal, which will go before the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee on January 26, would remove resident admission fees at both attractions, opening more...
SF’s Colorful Golden Gate Park Show Wins “Best Fireworks” Design Award
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Judy Chicago’s multicolored, site-specific Atmospheres performance: Forever de Young just won Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022’s Best Fireworks award. The artist performed the open-air smoke sculpture performance outside the de Young museum on Saturday, October 16, 2021 in Golden Gate Park, in celebration of the artist’s exhibition Judy Chicago: A Retrospective, now more...
SF is Home to the Oldest Aquarium Fish in the World
Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco Thanks to ABC7 and BoingBoing for sharing the news that the oldest living aquarium fish in the world resides right here in San Francisco. Methuselah, an Australian lungfish who’s at least 90 years old, lives at the California Academy of Sciences. In 1938, Methuselah arrived by boat from Queensland, Australia to her more...
SF Proposes Paid Sick Leave During Public Health Emergencies
COVID-19 Updates, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar on Tuesday proposed a ballot measure to ensure workers will continue to get two weeks of paid leave during public health emergencies. At the start of the pandemic, Mar authored an emergency measure granting some 200,000 city workers at private companies with more than 100 employees more...
SF to Require Boosters at 1,000+ Indoor “Mega Events” in 2022
COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Vaccines, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco temporarily tightens universal indoor masking requirement & augments vaccination requirements amid Omicron surge Indoor mega-events will require up-to-date vaccinations, including boosters, starting February 1, 2022. December 29, 2021. Mayor London Breed N. Breed and SF Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax announced today updates to the Safer Return Together Health Order in response to the sharp increase more...
San Francisco New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show Canceled (2021/22)
Festival Updates, New Year's Eve, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s New Year’s Eve Fireworks Show Canceled Due to Concerns Over Public Health and Safety Priority for continuity of key public safety operations prompts proactive measures as surging COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant impact staffing levels SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Mayor London N. Breed and City public safety leaders more...
Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco: Free Walking Tour (Dec. 26)
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco Take a tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s San Francisco on December 26. There’s not one, but two tours offered on the day after Christmas. San Francisco is an inherently cinematic city. Its rolling hills, Victorian rooflines, and panoramic vistas would make it a tremendous backdrop for any director — but nobody knew more...
Popular SF Brunch Spot Dottie’s True Blue Cafe Closes
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Only in San Francisco Sadly, a San Francisco brunch institution, Dottie’s True Blue Cafe, has closed its doors for good after nearly 30 years. The SoMa cafe, located at 28 6th St., was featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Patrons would often wait for hours in line outside the busy restaurant to more...
Polk Street’s Brand New 2021 Holiday Festival
Christmas, Community, Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Holidays, Local Highlight, Only in San Francisco, Partner, San Francisco, Sponsored Enjoy a free holiday festival for the neighborhood thanks to the “Discover Polk” nonprofit community benefit district Saturday, December 18th enjoy a free family festival at Helen Wills Park (11a-3p) w/ Santa coming at 11:30a, free bouncy house & party in the park. At night, enjoy carolers from 5:30-7:30p up and down Polk St. btwn California and more...
