San Francisco
Castro Bar “Harvey’s” Closing After 27 Years in SF
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, LGBTQ+, San Francisco Thanks to Hoodline for sharing the unfortunate news that Harvey’s, located at 500 Castro Street, is closing its doors for good after 27 years. Harvey’s bar and restaurant opened in 1996 in memory of Harvey Milk. Before Harvey’s, the bar and restaurant was the iconic Elephant Walk in the 1970s and more...
Performing Arts Venue PianoFight Closing Both Locations
Goodbye, Oakland, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the unfortunate news that PianoFight, which has performing arts venues in San Francisco and Oakland, is closing both of its locations. PianoFight will shutter both SF and Oakland locations on March 18, 2023. What began in 2007 with an unproduced play by a few young artists more...
North Beach’s Brand New Carol Doda Mural
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Local Icons, San Francisco Thanks to our friend Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing that San Francisco has a brand new mural honoring local icon Carol Doda. You’ll find the new mural in North Beach at Bodega SF, at the corner of Filbert and Columbus. If you walk by, you might remember there was another iconic more...
Someone Ditched a Zipcar Stuck in the Sand at an SF Beach
Getting Help, Jerk Alert, San Francisco Thanks to itsthebay on for sharing an unusual sight. The Instagram account shared a video from @rolemodelrick showing an abandoned Zipcar stuck in the sand on the beach in San Francisco. We have questions. How did the person get their car onto the beach and how much did that mistake cost more...
SF’s Esprit Park Closes for a Year for Renovations
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco By Victoria Franco, Bay City News Foundation A renovation project at Esprit Park in San Francisco broke ground on Friday and will leave the park closed for about a year, according to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Once renovated, the 2-acre Dogpatch neighborhood park will still have its original design, more...
SF’s Iconic Ferry Building is Getting a Big Makeover
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Local Icons, San Francisco The Ferry Building is planning a series of enhancements to benefit the public, protect its status as a historic landmark and support the Ferry Building Marketplace’s beloved local, farm-driven and ethnically diverse merchants by improving the infrastructure and visitor circulation they need to be successful. The proposed enhancement plan will create more...
SF Pushes for Privately-Funded Overdose Prevention Sites
Getting Help, San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed and Supervisor Hillary Ronen recently announced local steps the City is taking to address a recently identified permitting barrier to move forward with a non-city-funded Overdose Prevention Site. As the City has continued to wait for federal guidance around whether it can fund an overdose prevention program more...
Palace of Fine Arts’ Beloved Swan ‘Blanche’ Dies at 28
Goodbye, San Francisco Blanche, the swan who captured the hearts of generations of visitors to the Palace of Fine Arts, has died at 28, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. Blanche passed away Thursday, Jan. 12 at her home in Sonoma County, where she retired in July 2022 after a lifetime more...
McDonald’s Closes SF’s Fisherman Wharf Restaurant
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that the McDonald’s restaurant located at 145 Jefferson Street in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf has closed. A sign was put up on the front door stating that the restaurant has closed, but a new restaurant would take its place. McDonald’s has disclosed that more...
SF Launches Flood Relief Grants for Residents & Small Businesses
Getting Help, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation San Francisco residents, property owners, and businesses that were badly impacted by January’s series of winter storms may be eligible for financial relief, Mayor London Breed announced on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the year, San Francisco has been hit by a series of more...
Watch Lightning Strike Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, Storm Watch Thanks to the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area for sharing this cool footage of lightning striking the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, January 14, 2023. Thanks to their Mersea cam, they were able to capture the distant video of the lightning striking the bridge at 4:42 pm. Check out the more...
SF’s WWII Battery Bunker Slides Down 200 Foot Cliff Onto Beach
San Francisco, Storm Watch A World War II-era military structure has fallen onto the beach at Fort Funston, park service officials said on Monday. The concrete battery bunker slid down a rain-soaked bluff, according to a post on social media by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. No injuries were reported, but visitors are urged more...
SF’s “Esprit Park” Is Getting a Huge Makeover After 40 Years
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Esprit Park was built as a private, corporate park in 1982 and transferred to San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department in 2001. The park is an urban oasis, connecting the neighborhood to nature within an urban environment. As Dogpatch transitions to a high-density residential neighborhood, the park is experiencing an increased more...
Chase Center Hosts Free Movie Day & Talk w/ Jeremy Lin (Jan. 14)
Free Movie Screenings, San Francisco Golden State Entertainment, the content arm of the Golden State Warriors, will host a free film screening and live panel discussion featuring Jeremy Lin and the team behind his documentary, 38 At The Garden. Lin’s documentary, 38 At The Garden, examines the cultural impact of NBA trailblazer Jeremy Lin and the more...
Check Out Chinatown’s New Bruce Lee Lantern
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco San Francisco’s Chinatown has some brand new illuminating art, and there’s one very unique lantern that honors Bruce Lee. Lantern Stories: San Francisco is a new public art installation of 29 illustrated lanterns by award-winning interdisciplinary artist Yu-Wen Wu was installed in October 2022 and illuminates San Francisco Chinatown’s history, culture, and community. Creating a luminous canopy on the more...
