Only in San Francisco
SF’ First “Navigation Center” for Unhoused Youth Opens This Week
Brand New, Housing, Only in San Francisco San Francisco is getting ready to open its brand new 75-bed Navigation Center for transitional age youth, ages 18-24. The Navigation Center in Lower Polk is the first of its kind for youth experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. In addition to shelter, it will provide medical and mental health services, workforce development more...
SF Sues Its Own School District
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco Thanks to SF Chronicle for breaking the news that San Francisco is the first in the state, and possibly the entire United States, to sue its own school district. City Attorney Dennis Herrera is bringing forth a lawsuit against both the San Francisco school district and the Board of Education for more...
SF’s Chinese New Year Ox Sculpture Hunt
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Celebrations, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do Gung Hay Fat Choy. Chinese New Year will look a little different this year, but San Francisco is doing something new to spark joy. This year, San Francisco is debuting the Year of the Ox on Parade. A tradition in the making, 11 life-sized Oxen will be publicly displayed across San more...
SF’s Nearly Car-Free “Slow Streets” May Become Permanent
Bay Area Updates, City Insight, Only in San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco is eyeing making three “Slow Streets” permanent: Page Street, Shotwell Street, and Sanchez Street. SFMTA implemented their “Slow Streets” program during the pandemic to limit through traffic on certain residential streets and allow them to be used more as a shared space for foot and bicycle traffic. Due to the program’s success, more...
SF’s DNA Lounge Lawyers Up Against Copycat DC Venue
Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay A new DNA Lounge is opening in Washington D.C., but the one — and hopefully only — DNA Lounge, right here in San Francisco, is pissed. Thanks to SFGate and Eater for spilling the tea about the drama unfolding over the name. When word got out about the copycat venue on U more...
SF Opens 1st Neighborhood COVID-19 Vaccine Site
Brand New, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, Vaccines San Francisco announced today the opening of a new neighborhood COVID-19 vaccine site at 24th Street and Capp Street in the Mission District. The 24th Street site, which will be followed shortly by a neighborhood vaccine access site in the Bayview, is the first of a number of neighborhood sites that more...
San Francisco Zoo Reopens (Again)
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open Good news, the San Francisco Zoo is open once again after nearly two months of closure. Unfortunately, the zoo had to shut down once again on December 7, 2020 for the latest Stay-At-Home order. SF Zoo has once again re-opened and similar to how you visited in 2020, you will be more...
SF’s Brand New “Navigation Center” Opens for Bayview’s Unhoused
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco, Support the Bay, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco just opened the brand new “Navigation Center” in Bayview, and its first tenants have already moved in. It’s The City’s 7th SAFE Navigation Center which began housing people on January 25, 2021. With the new opening, San Francisco now supports more than 14,000 unhoused people. As with the City’s other more...
Golden Gate Park Observation Wheel Seeks Extension to 2025
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco The San Francisco Recreation Department announced today that it will seek to extend the 150-foot SkyStar Observation Wheel’s stay in Golden Gate Park to March 1, 2025 due to the impacts of COVID-19. The SkyStar Wheel, brought to San Francisco last year as the intended centerpiece for Golden Gate Park’s 150th more...
SF Considers Starting a City-Run Public Bank
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, City Insight, Only in San Francisco The city of San Francisco is considering starting a municipal public bank; it would be the first city in the nation to have a public bank. Thanks to 48Hills for letting us know about the city’s ambitious initiative. The measure introduced by Supervisor Dean Preston, was recently approved by 6 SF supervisors, more...
SF’s Zeitgeist Beer Garden Reopens Jan. 28
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Only in San Francisco, Outdoor Dining, What's Closed / What's Open Wonderful news… Zeitgeist just announced that they’re reopening on Thursday, January 28 for their first official day reopen since the latest Stay-At-Home order which went into effect on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 11:59 p.m.. Zeitgeist will be serving food, bottled beers, liquor and mixed drinks through Wednesday, February 3, 2021. On Thursday, more...
SF’s Pop-up Waterfront Drive-in Movie Theater is Back
Bay Area Updates, Drive-In Movies, Only in San Francisco, Things to Do, What's Closed / What's Open San Francisco’s first drive-in movie theater, Fort Mason Flix, returns in February. Fort Mason Flix is a pop-up drive-in theater on the waterfront showing hit movies six days a week, from family favorites and cult classics to blockbusters and art house cinema. The theater features an oversized 40’ x 20’ high definition more...
SF Sets Lofty Goal: Vaccinate Every Resident by June 30th
Bay Area Updates, COVID-19 Updates, Only in San Francisco, Uplifting, Vaccines San Francisco just set an ambitious goal: vaccinate every San Francisco resident by June 30, 2021. District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney took to Twitter to announce the big news that SF Department of Public Health just announced their vaccination goal in a recent COVID-19 vaccine rollout hearing held on January 20. SF more...
SF’s City Hall Lights Up Gold: Nationwide COVID Memorial
Causes, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s City Hall will honor and memorialize American lives lost to COVID by lighting up Gold on January 19. 2021 as part of a national moment of unity and remembrance. You can participate at home by lighting a candle (or other type of light) and putting it in your more...
SF City Hall Lights Up for Presidential Inauguration
Artsy Fartsy, Causes, Election, Only in San Francisco San Francisco’s City Hall celebrates the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States by illuminating its 220+ state-of-the-art LED lighting fixtures in red, white and blue on January 20, 2021. It’s a great photo opportunity to capture San Francisco’s iconic dome lit up for the occasion. The schedule is always tentative for the holiday lighting and subject more...
