San Francisco
Iconic SF Park Gets Fresh New Grass for 2023 Picnics
Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Yerba Buena Gardens is installing brand new grass that will be ready for picnics in the new year. Yerba Buena Gardens shared on Instagram, “Fresh sod has been rolled in and the lawn is now closed as we … watch the grass grow. 🍃 We anticipate the lawn will be established more...
SF Chinatown’s Firecrackers & Lion Dancing Every Saturday
Celebrations, Fun & Games, San Francisco San Francisco Chinatown is celebrating every Saturday with firecrackers and lion dancing. Hundreds of firecrackers will be set off at 3 pm in front of The Wok Shop, at 718 Grant Ave, San Francisco, along with a lively lion dance. And yes, they’ll be hosting this event even on the Christmas more...
Check Out 20+ SF Fire Stations Decked Out for the Holidays for 2022
Holiday Lights, San Francisco San Francisco Fire announces the 3rd annual Fire Station Community Holiday Decorations Competition for 2022. During the 1940s, stations would compete for the best decorations and best-decorated stations for the Holiday seasons. This tradition was lost in the 1950s, and last year we brought it back. Firefighters and their respective stations more...
SF Chinatown’s 1st Holiday Light Festival
San Francisco For the first time, San Francisco Chinatown is lit up for the holidays. Chinatown is hosting its first-ever Holiday Light Festival through the end of the year. When the initial idea was kicked around, it was going to be a low-key holiday lane with 20-30 businesses participating, but now over 200 Chinatown businesses more...
SF’s New Central Subway (Supposedly) Will Get High-Speed 5G
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and Mobilitie, the leading wireless infrastructure provider in the United States, recently announced they will bring wireless connectivity to the Central Subway system in time for its grand debut in January 2023. Passengers of the highly anticipated Central Subway will have unlimited access to ultra-fast more...
Sneak Peek Inside SF’s Famous Storybook Christmas House
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, San Francisco You may have seen Caleb Simpson‘s famous house tour videos on Tik Tok and Instagram. He makes MTV Cribs-style videos for this generation. Normally, his videos feature apartments in New York from everyday people to designers to celebrities, but now the content creator has popped up in San Francisco. In this more...
SF Getting Rid of 1,000+ Parking Spaces in 2023
San Francisco, Transportation Thanks to ABC7 for letting us know that due to new SFMTA Bus Stop Guidelines that the city will be removing approximately 1,200 parking spaces to help make it easier and safer for people to board Muni buses, especially those with mobility issues. The new guidelines, which were approved by the more...
SF’s 117-Year-Old Bar “Savoy Tivoli” Reopens After 4 Years
Bars, Reopening, San Francisco, Sponsored After a four year closure, the historic 117-year-old open-air bar, Savoy Tivoli of North Beach, will finally officially re-open on Thursday, Dec 15, 2022. In 2018, The Savoy was forced to close while the building that houses it underwent a city mandated earthquake retrofit. Prior to that, the Savoy had been more...
SF’s Mel’s Drive-In Offering $4 Burgers for 75th Anniversary
Deals, Indoor Dining, San Francisco Mel’s Drive-in, the iconic 1950s-style diner is celebrating its 75th anniversary with turn-back-the-clock prices on December 14, 2022 at all four of its San Francisco locations – giving 75% off some of their classic dishes – meaning that for one day only a burger and fries runs for only $4.24. Please more...
SF’s Great Highway Will Stay Car-Free on Weekends Until 2025
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Thanks to SF Chronicle for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Great Highway will remain car-free on weekends for the next three years through December 31, 2025 after the Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday. The Great Highway stretches 3.8 miles down San Francisco’s western coast, bordering Ocean Beach. Every weekend more...
SF Approves New “Cars to Casas” Housing Ordinance
Housing, San Francisco The Board of Supervisors recently approved a housing ordinance introduced by Mayor London N. Breed to make it easier to build more housing to replace gas stations, parking lots, and other auto-oriented lots. The “Cars to Casas” ordinance was supported by housing and environmental activists, including YIMBY Action, the San Francisco more...
Killer Police Robots Won’t Be Coming to SF After All
Police Reform, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation Following local protests and international criticism, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors reversed a decision on Tuesday that would have allowed law enforcement to deploy armed robots. Last Tuesday, the board gave a go-ahead for the police to use killer remote-controlled robots in what more...
SF Considers Allowing Police to Use Armed Robots to Kill
Police Reform, San Francisco By Kiley Russell, Bay City News Foundation A day before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to take a final vote on a policy allowing police to deploy armed robots, opponents gathered at City Hall to decry the decision. Lead by supervisors Dean Preston, Hillary Ronen and Board President Shamann more...
Container Store Plans to Close Union Square Store
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that The Container Store is planning to shut its Union Square store located at 29 4th Street. The Container Store isn’t leaving The City though; the store is downsizing its footprint in the city. They’re closing their 30,000 square-feet, two-story store near Market more...
New Queer Bar Coming Soon to the Mission
Bars, LGBTQ+, San Francisco Thanks to the San Francisco Standard for sharing the news that a brand new queer bar is coming to the Mission. Mother Bar, which describes itself as “a little womxn and femme-centered queer bar” will be opening in mid-January at 16th and Valencia streets. Although the bar has not officially announced its more...
