San Francisco
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...
Where to Get 10 Free Sand Bags in SF for Heavy Rains
San Francisco, Storm Watch More rain is coming and San Francisco wants you to feel prepared. Flood Watch in effect for the forecast area later Friday & continuing through Saturday evening. Rain light to moderate at times thru Friday, saturating the soils. A strong Pacific storm brings HEAVY rain Friday night & Saturday w/ rapid 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...
Castro Neighborhood Bakery Broken Into for the Sixth Time
Crime, Eat & Drink, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation A Castro neighborhood bakery was reportedly ransacked Monday evening. San Francisco police officers said they responded to reports of a robbery at Le Marais Bakery in the 400 block of Sanchez Street shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Employees called the police after they more...
SF’s IKEA Urban Mall Opening in 2023
Brand New, San Francisco Thanks to SF Chronicle for sharing the news that the long-awaited San Francisco IKEA is finally opening on Market Street in 2023. It’s been more than two years since the vacant 6×6 Mall at 945 Market Street was purchased for $198 million. The building has sat unused since completed in more...
SF’s “Nick’s Crispy Tacos” Closes After 20 Years
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the unfortunate news that Nick’s Crispy Tacos, located at 1500 Broadway at Polk, a mainstay in San Francisco’s Polk Gulch for over 20 years is closing. The popular restaurant, famous for its $2 Taco Tuesdays and oversized tacos made “Nick’s Way,” will close its doors more...
