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“Nash Bridges” Reboot Filming in SF
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Only in San Francisco Thanks to JR Stone at ABC 7 News and KTVU for sharing that a reboot of “Nash Bridges” has started filming in San Francisco. USA Network’s former police procedural TV show “Nash Bridges” is getting the movie treatment with Don Johnson and Cheech Marin reprising their original roles. The revival has been more...
SF Launches 1st Ever African American Reparations Advisory Committee
Brand New, Healing, Only in San Francisco San Francisco Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously appointed 15 people to the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee — touted as the first body of its kind to create a comprehensive reparations plan for African Americans. The newly created committee is the result of efforts by Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, more...
SF’s Lighted Pink Triangle Coming Back June 1
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco On June 1, Illuminate will again light the Pink Triangle. One year after creating a sensation in San Francisco with a full acre of pink light above the city, Illuminate will again bring (night) life to Patrick Carney’s epic canvas triangle on Twin Peaks. And this year, the Triangle will remain more...
SF’s Historic Roxie Theater Reopens May 21
Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s historic Roxie Theater is finally reopening. In March 2020, our doors closed to the public and we’ve spent the past year and nine weeks waiting to finally make this announcement. The Roxie will reopen Friday, May 21st with limited showtimes and seating capacity. For the reopening day, Roxie Theater is more...
Mission District’s Brand New Mural Dedicated to Latino Community
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Murals, Only in San Francisco A new mural in San Francisco’s Mission District unveiled Thursday aims to uplift the city’s Latino community, which has been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The mural, located in the famed Clarion Alley, was commissioned by the San Francisco COVID Command Center and created by local artist Elizabeth Blancas. The mural more...
Salesforce Tower’s Midnight Screenings at 1,070 Ft Elevation (May 1-31)
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Only in San Francisco From midnight to 1am, each night for the month of May, RAWdance will be poised 1,070 feet above the city on the Salesforce Tower screen, lighting up Jim Campbell’s Day for Night installation as part of the artist’s studio’s monthly “midnight artist collaboration,” in partnership with Boston Properties, owner of more...
SF’s Electoral Map is About to Get Carved Up
Election, Have Your Voice Heard, Only in San Francisco The San Francisco Elections Commission is inviting residents to apply for appointment to one of three open seats on the Redistricting Task Force that will help make decisions on how to redraw lines for Board of Supervisor districts. The nine-member task force has three appointees from the Board of Supervisors, three more...
San Francisco Will Likely Be in Yellow Tier Next Week
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Museums / Cultural Institutions, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that San Francisco will likely be in the Yellow Tier next week. UPDATE – San Francisco officially enters Yellow Tier with expanded reopenings on May 6 Thanks to the changes to the state’s blueprint for reopening metrics, to reach the Yellow Tier, they’ve adjusted the more...
SF’s Brand New “Bearrison Street Fair” Coming in October
Brand New, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco Join the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Bears of San Francisco for the inaugural Bearrison Street Fair. Come as you are or in nothing at all. Everyone is welcome to celebrate who you are or who you want to be as we celebrate body positivity and community. The brand new Bearrison more...
SFMTA Says Van Ness Will Be Ready “Early 2022”
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open After years of planning and construction, SFMTA gave an update yesterday saying that work on the Van Ness Improvement Project is progressing rapidly and the “end is in sight.” Construction is projected to be finished by the end of this year, with Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service running on Van Ness Avenue more...
SF’s New “Floating” Fire Station Set to Open Summer 2021
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Fire Updates, Only in San Francisco We’re closer than ever to the opening of a first-of-its-kind floating fire station on the San Francisco Bay. The new Fire Station 35, which will serve as a base for fireboats, is berthed at Pier 22½ just north of the Bay Bridge. Exterior construction on the new station was completed on April more...
SF’s “F” Market Street Car is Back in May
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, What's Closed / What's Open Just announced, San Francisco’s “F-Market & Wharves” historic street car line returns in May. But the F may only run its full route for a couple of months. It will run from the Castro to Fisherman’s Wharf until September, when “Better Market Street” construction begins which might disrupt service around Powell more...
SF’s New Tip Line to Report Hate Crimes
Bay Area Updates, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco, Stop Asian Hate Amid a rise of reported attacks against Asians, San Francisco Chinese community leaders on Friday announced a new hotline that will make it easier for Mandarin and Cantonese speakers to report hate crimes. The hotline is (415) 558-5588. The new hotline was possible thanks efforts by the nonprofit organization Asian Pacific Islander more...
SF’s Indoor Concerts Are Back + 11p Dining Curfew Ends
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Festival Updates, Indoor Dining, Only in San Francisco, Reopening Beginning Thursday, April 15, San Francisco will resume indoor live-audience events, performances, meetings, and receptions with capacity limits and following other protocols, and will expand existing guidelines for outdoor live-audience events, performances, and other activities. San Francisco will reopen and expand additional activities that are allowed by the State for counties more...
SF’s 420 in the Park is Canceled (Again) for 2021
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open For the second year in a row, due to the ongoing concerns around COVID and avoiding large crowds, the annual 420 Hippie Hill celebration on April 20, 2021 in Golden Gate Park has been officially cancelled by the city. City officials scheduled a press conference at 11:30am on April 13 to discuss plans more...
