San Francisco
Historic 1919 North Beach “Broadway Studios” Up for Auction
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that the historic 12,000 sq. ft. Broadway Studios in North Beach is going up for auction. Located in the heart of North Beach at 435 Broadway near Kearny, the classic Mission-style building was built in 1919 by the Italian community and began its first more...
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’s New Downtown IKEA Delayed (Again)
San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Just when we thought we’d finally be stress-eating Swedish meatballs while plotting our next DIY project, SF’s new 250,000 sq. ft Livat Mall, anchored by the city’s first-ever, IKEA, has pulled the rug out from under us again according to reports by the San Francisco Business Times. Oh, the irony, even more...
SF’s “Portola” 2023 Music Festival Returns to Pier 80 w/ Skrillex (Sept. 30-Oct. 1)
Fairs & Festivals, San Francisco San Francisco’s epic music festival. Portola returns to Pier 80 for a two-day festival on September 30-October 1, 2023. Eric Prydz presents Holo headlines Saturday with Skrillex headlining Sunday. Other acts include Polo & Pan, FKJ, Nelly Furtado, Jai Paul, Underworld, Major Lazer, Labrinth, Thundercat, Rina Sawayama, Carl Cox, Little Dragon, Hot Hip, more...
SF’s Epic Summer Light Show is Back in GG Park for 2023
Artsy Fartsy, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco The annual light show, Photosynthesis, on the exterior of the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park returns on Friday, May 12, 2023 around 8:30pm. We invite you to bring a picnic to set up on our front lawns as the sun sets. The 30-minute light show will transform the building more...
SF’s “Sundown Cinema” Outdoor Film Nights Return June 8th
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Free Movie Screenings, San Francisco Sundown Cinema returns for 2023 just in time for another summer in San Francisco. This free outdoor movie series, the only one of its kind in the Bay Area, will feature seven films in seven parks across San Francisco, beginning with 1978 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (filmed in San Francisco!) more...
SF to End Free Sunday & Evening Parking (Until 10pm)
San Francisco, Transportation Well, San Francisco, your “free” after-hours parking ride is just about up. Currently, most parking meters in San Francisco end enforcement at 6pm on Mondays through Saturdays and are free all days on Sundays. But starting in July 2023, (there’s no exact date listed) SFMTA will begin an 18-month neighborhood-by-neighborhood plan 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...
Treasure Island’s First 100% Affordable Housing Complex Opens
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco City Celebrates Grand Opening of Treasure Island’s First 100% Affordable Housing Development May 18, 2023 Maceo May Apartments provides more than 100 units of affordable housing for formerly homeless veterans and their families Today, Mayor London N. Breed joined City officials and community leaders to celebrate the grand opening of Maceo May Apartments, located at more...
Stern Grove RSVPs Open May 18 at 2pm Sharp
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...
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...
