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Unfortunately, the Haight Ashbury Street Fair was scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 12, but just 10 days before the festival, the organizers suddenly announced that the festival will be postponed. “The 43rd annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair will be postponed until later this year. With the hiatus over the more...
SF Neighborhood Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against The City
Housing, San Francisco By Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News Foundation A class-action lawsuit seeks to hold the City of San Francisco responsible for raising up the sinking sidewalks in the city’s Mission Bay neighborhood. The suit, filed last week in the Superior Court of San Francisco County, is based on a chain of agreements more...
Bars Open Until 4am? It Might Happen in SF and Oakland
Bars, Brand New, Oakland, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that there’s another attempt to try to allow bars to stay open until 4 a.m. in seven California cities (including San Francisco and Oakland) to try to help bars become more profitable. The legislation, introduced by California State Senator Scott Wiener, would extend open more...
SF & Oakland Set Record Rainfall for June 5
Oakland, Outdoorsy, San Francisco By Tony Hicks, Bay City News Service Sunday’s rainfall set records for June 5 for both downtown San Francisco and at the Oakland Museum, according to the National Weather Service. San Francisco received .23 of an inch, which beat the previous record of 0.15, set in 1934. It also beat the June more...
Warriors’ Host Huge 2022 NBA Finals Watch Parties at Chase Center
Get Out: Events, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco For the NBA Finals the Warriors are not only hosting their free outdoor watch parties at Thrive City for all games (home and away) but also they are opening up Chase Center for a massive indoor game watch party for away games. Please note the outdoor watch parties will be much more...
Tourists Visiting SF Get Puppy Stolen From Van
Crime, Jerk Alert, San Francisco By Tony Hicks Bay City News Service A San Francisco woman is trying to help an Arkansas couple recover their 8-month-old gray Chihuahua, they claimed was stolen along with their belongings from a parked van on May 24th. The couple siad they were in San Francisco for just one afternoon, parked at more...
SF’s Epic Free Pride Show w/ VINCINT is Coming (June 4)
Get Out: Events, LGBTQ+, Pride, San Francisco, Sponsored What better way to kick off Pride Month than at a free show? In celebration of pride, The Turn Up The Love Tour is a 3-city live event series coming to the AT&T Flagship Store San Francisco on June 4th with live musical performances headlined by VINCINT, a talented lineup of more...
SF Opens 127-unit, 100% Affordable Housing Development in the Mission
Brand New, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco just celebrated the grand opening of Casa Adelante – 2060 Folsom Street, a 127-unit, 100% affordable housing development in the Mission District. Located on the site of what was once a vacant parking lot, the nine-story development includes 29 homes designated for transitional-aged youth and 95 homes for more...
SF Police Can Now March in Pride Parade in Uniform
Bay Area Updates, Pride, San Francisco San Francisco police said Thursday that they will march in the city’s annual Pride Parade after coming to an agreement with parade organizers who had previously said officers could not wear their uniforms at the event. The San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance came to an agreement with Pride organizers who more...
SF Getting a New Branch Library
Brand New, San Francisco San Francisco is getting a brand new library in Ocean View and they are asking for your help in the new design. Check out the plans or attend one of the upcoming meetings to give your input. The current Ocean View Branch Library, at 345 Randolph Street, opened on June 7, more...
SF’s Summerfest Kick-Off is Back (June 4th)
Community, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Sponsored Grillin’ in the ‘Mo” is Back in Person! Free Blues Concert & Family Bar-B-Q Niecey, Living Single and Yolandra Rhodes will headline this year’s in person “Grillin’ in the ‘Mo” at Hamilton Recreation Center on June 4th. After 2 years of COVID, The Village Project is back in person with our more...
SFO Gets its First New Low Fare U.S. Airline in 15 Years
Brand New, San Francisco, Travel San Francisco International Airport (SFO) just welcomed U.S. low-fare airline Breeze Airways which just launched three new routes, plus four more coming in June through November. Fares originally started at $49 to $99, but have since creeped up. Per usual for the “low fare” airlines, there are tons of restrictions on the more...
SF Police “Quack the Case” and Save Baby Ducklings
Adorable, San Francisco When a mother duck’s babies fell through a grate into a drain in Oracle Park Sunday morning, San Francisco police officers quickly quacked the case. Averting a flap, officers who heard the mother’s frantic quacking around 6:30 a.m. Sunday rescued the ducklings. The babies were apparently walking over a metal grate more...
SF’s Massive Carnaval Festival & Parade Returns (May 28-29)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Carnaval is back in San Francisco for 2022! The annual, free, two-day festival and grand parade drawing thousands of attendees and featuring international music, dance, arts & crafts and cuisine — is making a celebratory return in 2022 after a two-year pandemic related hiatus. Although expected to be smaller than more...
SF City Guides Now Offers “Express” Walking Tours: 1 Hour or Less
City Insight, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco City Guides is thrilled to introduce its new “express tours”. Their fabulous Guides have streamlined a few of their most popular tours into less than an hour. They understand that not everyone may have two hours to spare. You may be in town for the day or want to get more...
