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How to Get Married at City Hall During SF Pride (Updated for 2023)
LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, Pride, San Francisco Ten years after California first resumed same-sex marriages, 250 couples will wed in a special LGBTQ+ Pride marriage celebration at City Hall. San Francisco City Hall is throwing the wedding shindig of the year, smack dab in the middle of the Pride festivities! In a salute to the City’s vibrant more...
SF Announces First Ever “Drag Laureate”
LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco The City’s first-ever Drag Laureate, who was announced at the SF LGBT Center today, will serve as ambassador for San Francisco’s drag, LGBTQ+, arts, nightlife, and entertainment communities Mayor London N. Breed joined Senator Scott Wiener, elected City leaders, community members, LGBTQ+ advocates and allies today to announce D’Arcy Drollinger as San Francisco’s Drag more...
Rogue Butterfly Sculpture Removed From Golden Gate Park
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Causes, Controversy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Bay City News An illegally-erected monument to an extinct butterfly was removed from Golden Gate Park on Friday by San Francisco public art officials. The sculpture, “Memorial to the Extinct Xerces Blue Butterfly,” was “an unauthorized sculpture intervention of unknown provenance by an unidentified artist or group of artists that was more...
Here’s the Rival Plans for SF’s Castro Theatre
Bay Area Favorites, Controversy, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Thanks for Hoodline for letting us know that the Castro Theatre Conservancy has finally released their rival plan on what they would do with the Castro Theatre if they were put in charge (and if they could raise $20 million) There’s more drama unfolding at SF’s historic Castro Theatre. Amidst the controversy more...
SF’s Historic Castro Theatre Reopens April 18
Community, LGBTQ+, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, San Francisco After being closed for three months San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre is set to reopen on April 18, 2023, despite the ongoing controversy surrounding its future and potential changes to its permanent “raked floor” seating. The theater, originally built in 1922, has been closed since mid-January 2023 while it awaits a more...
Happy 415 Day: San Francisco is 173 Years Old Today (2023)
Only in San Francisco Happy Birthday to the city of San Francisco! San Francisco was incorporated on April 15, 1850. Now, San Franciscans celebrate #415 Day on April 15th every year which is not only our city’s area code, but also the day when San Francisco officially became a city. New for 2023: San Francisco’s 415 more...
SF’s Iconic Pizzeria Tommaso’s Needs New Owners
Eat & Drink, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Thanks to the San Francisco Standard for letting us know that our beloved North Beach gem, Tommaso’s Ristorante Italiano, is searching for a new family to carry on its delicious legacy. Agostino, Carmen, and Anna Crotti have been dishing up heavenly Neapolitan pizzas for 50 years, but now they’re ready to more...
Downtown SF’s “New” Whole Foods Closing After Just 1 Year
Goodbye, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the San Francisco Standard for letting us know the depressing, but unsurprising news that the “new” 64,737 square foot flagship Whole Foods that opened in Downtown SF on March 10, 2023 is temporarily closing down after just 1 year. The location, set in the ground floor of Trinity Place more...
SF Drafts Plan for Reparations for Black Residents: $5 Million Payout to Each?
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News San Francisco supervisors voiced early support to provide reparations to Black residents for enduring systemic racism over the past 200 years. The 100-plus recommendations the supervisors heard from an advisory committee on Tuesday included $5 million payouts to every eligible Black adult, personal debt and tax more...
This SF “Kink” Castle Might Become a Jazz Club
Brand New, Only in San Francisco The San Francisco Armory, located at 1800 Mission Street, could become a new jazz club. Thanks to SF Yimby for sharing the details that a project review meeting has been requested to transform the famed “Kink Castle”. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the plans shows that the historic more...
SF’s Great Highway Blocked By Sand Dunes (Again)
Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Wow By Thomas Hughes Bay City News Foundation Southbound lanes on the Great Highway in San Francisco remained closed Wednesday after sand accumulated over the weekend due to high winds and rain. The roadway was kept closed on Monday morning in both directions as crews from the San Francisco Department of Public Works more...
SF’s Half-Marathon Returns to the Golden Gate Bridge for 2023
Bay Area Updates, Only in San Francisco After six years, the most iconic bridge in the world will once again host half-marathon runners from across the world. The San Francisco Marathon officially announced the 2023 first half-marathon race will return to the Golden Gate Bridge after a six-year hiatus. The iconic bay bridge will now be featured more...
SF’s “Crappy Valentine’s”: Send Your Ex Guinea Pig Poop
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Valentine's Day To send a scatological, albeit symbolic, gesture toward an ex this Valentine’s Day, look no further than the guinea pig enclosure at San Francisco’s animal shelter. The shelter is offering “Crappy Valentine’s Day” cards that will be shredded and provide, ahem, excretory assistance to 30 guinea pigs currently in residence. “Valentine’s more...
You Can “Adopt” & Name SF’s Storm Drains
Only in San Francisco, Storm Watch Thanks to our friend Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing that San Franciscans can now name our storm drains, and they’re amazing. San Francisco wants you to adopt a drain. Join thousands of local volunteers and adopt one of the 25,000 storm drains in our beautiful city and pledge to keep it free more...
SF’s Midnight Fireworks Officially Back for New Year’s Eve! (Dec. 31, 2022)
New Year's Eve, Only in San Francisco, Reopening, San Francisco After being canceled in 2021 with just three days to go, fireworks are officially returning to San Francisco for New Year’s Eve for 2022! On Thursday morning, city of San Francisco finally officially announced the return of fireworks after several years off. So the big fireworks show will take place at midnight more...
