San Francisco
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...
Discount Department Store Ross Closes SF Store
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that discount department store Ross Dress for Less has closed one of its San Francisco stores located at 5200 Geary Blvd. A sign was posted on its doors announcing it was closing up shop on January 10, 2023. The retail giant is also downsizing more...
SF’s Bay Bridge “Bay Lights” to Go Dark Unless $11 Million is Raised
Artsy Fartsy, Getting Help, San Francisco San Francisco’s gorgeous twinkly Bay Lights may be going dark soon. One of the largest light sculptures in the world with 25,000 LEDs has illuminated the 1.8-mile-long bridge since 2016. The installation by artist Leo Villareal was only supposed to be temporary. Originally installed as a temporary two-year artwork, this more...
Help Name SF’s Adorable Baby Penguin
Adorable, San Francisco San Francisco’s Academy of Sciences has a brand new baby penguin and the public is being asked to help name the chick. Fluffy, flightless, & feared by fish … but missing a name. You’re cordially invited to help name our new African penguin chick! Here’s how: Comment your best suggestion before more...
Emergency Storm Shelters Open in SF & Oakland
Getting Help, San Francisco, Storm Watch By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation In response to the forecasted stormy weather conditions and flood warnings in the region, San Francisco opened emergency beds for unhoused residents seeking shelter for the next week and a half. From Tuesday through Jan. 15, the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing more...
SF Runs Out of Sandbags Ahead of Storm, But More Available Today
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Storm Watch Ahead of the storm, San Francisco made 10 sandbags available to residents and businesses to prevent flooding from an atmospheric river hitting the city this week. However, the San Francisco Department of Public Works said Wednesday morning, January 4, that they unfortunately, ran out of sandbags. Thankfully, San Francisco Public Works more...
This Nonprofit Has Planted 60,000 Trees on SF Streets
Causes, Green, Outdoorsy, San Francisco By J.L. Odom, BCN Foundation On any given weekend in San Francisco, they meet in a predesignated location, wearing adhesive tags with preferred first names and pronouns, hard hats and gloves. While working together and using equipment such as ladders, barrels, shovels, hammers, stakes and stake drivers for the task more...
SF’s Restaurants Have Until Jan. 15 to Renew Their Parklets
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, San Francisco San Francisco’s popular Shared Spaces program allows merchants, restaurants and arts and culture organizations to use the curbside, sidewalk and other public spaces to conduct local business activities and stay afloat. What emerged as an economic lifeline during the pandemic is making San Francisco’s streets more energized, engaged and activated. Many of the more...
Twitter HQ to Auction Off Hundreds of Its Items (Starting at Just $25)
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that hundreds of items from Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco are going up for auction on January 17, 2023. If you ever wanted a 6-foot tall “@” symbol planter, now’s your chance. The auction will feature 388 lots of surplus corporate office assets more...
Part of Historic Warfield Theatre May Be Converted to Housing
Housing, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that part of the historic Warfield Theatre may be converted to housing. A local developer, Group i, has filed the paperwork to convert 5 stories of the 40,000 square feet building from office space to housing. 15,00 square feet would remain as more...
