San Francisco
SF to Host Huge 65,000-Strong Golden Gate Park Concerts in 2024?
Bay Area Updates, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Mayor London Breed today announced that the City is planning to bring more summer concerts to Golden Gate Park beginning in 2024. If approved, the two to three days of headliner-driven events would be held on the weekend following the annual Outside Lands festival. Essentially it will be like part more...
SF Bar Named One of North America’s Top 50 Bars
Bars, San Francisco San Francisco bar, Pacific Cocktail Haven, has been recognized as one of North America’s top 50 bars in 2023 by 50Best. It is the only bar from the Bay Area to be included on this list, where it sits in the 28th position. This is the first time that Pacific Cocktail more...
SF Wants to Convert Downtown Office Buildings into Housing
Brand New, City Insight, San Francisco Planning Commission Approves Legislation to Support Future of Downtown and Union Square The proposal introduced by Mayor Breed and Board President Peskin will help fill vacant spaces by facilitating a greater variety of businesses and activities throughout Downtown and Union Square, and removing barriers to converting office buildings to housing The Planning more...
Nordstrom Leaving Downtown SF After 35 Years
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open By Bay City News Nordstrom, a fixture in downtown San Francisco for 35 years, said it will close its department store in Westfield mall on Market Street and its nearby discount outlet within three months, citing changing “dynamics of the downtown.” The announcement came Tuesday in an all-company message from Jamie Nordstrom, 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...
LPGA Tour Coming to SF’s Harding Park (May 4-7)
Brand New, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The LPGA is bringing the best female golfers from the top eight countries across the globe back to the LPGA tour calendar for the first time since 2018 and will be held at San Francisco’s famed TPC Harding Park on May 4-7, 2023. Held biennially, the Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown celebrates the more...
Stern Grove 2023 Lineup Just Dropped… And it’s Amazing
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco The 2023 lineup for the Stern Grove Festival for free summer concerts in the park is stellar. Now it’s time for you to RSVP so you don’t miss out. Free RSVPs open for the first concert on May 18th at 2pm – you can reserve up to 4 spots. RSVPs open more...
$5 Outdoor Movie Night Coming to SF’s Ferry Building (May 2023)
Brand New, Get Out: Events, San Francisco Join Fort Point for “Ferry Flicks” at the their Beer Garden every Friday in May 2023 at sundown. Tickets are $5 and include popcorn. All movies were set and/or filmed in San Francisco “Vertigo” May 5, 2023 – 8:03p “Bullitt” May 12, 2023 – 8:10p “It Came from Beneath the Sea” May 19, 2023 more...
This is SF’s $600 Million Plan to Cut Homelessness by 50%
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco By Joe Dworetzky Bay City News In June 2022, a newly enacted city ordinance announced: “It shall be the policy of the City to offer to every person experiencing homelessness in San Francisco a safe place to sleep.” Last Friday, less than a year later, the mayor announced a five-year strategic plan 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...
415 Day: SF’s City-Wide Pub Crawl (2023)
Bars, San Francisco, Sponsored It’s not just an area code, it’s San Francisco’s Birthday. That’s right, San Francisco turns 173 years old today. So were going to celebrate the only way we know how. Brand new for 2023, 415 Day: The Pub Crawl, brought to you by CrawlSF and Funcheap, is San Francisco’s most epic more...
4th Annual Embarcadero Center Wine Walk (Spring 2023)
Eat & Drink, San Francisco, Sponsored Need plans for Wine Wednesday? Embarcadero Center has you covered with a Wine Tasting featuring local wineries. 🍷 Grab a friend and join them April 26th from 3:30pm-5:30pm to sample wines, receive a complimentary charcuterie box, and enter to win raffle prizes from wineries and Embarcadero Center retailers. 4th Annual Embarcadero more...
SF to Lose 100+ Shelter Beds on November 30th
Causes, City Insight, San Francisco The city of San Francisco is considering closing down “Site F,” which is home to 118 people experiencing homelessness living in trailers. The location near Pier 94 is just south of Islais Creek in India Basin. The proposal is due to be discussed on Tuesday by the Commissioners of the Port 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...
