San Francisco
Masks No Longer Required in SF’s City Buildings Starting March 18
COVID-19 Updates, Masks, San Francisco In alignment with state guidance, indoor masking will no longer be required in City Hall and City facilities beginning on March 18, 2022, except for in public hearing rooms while in session. City facilities include libraries, recreation centers, offices, and other service sites operated by the City. The San Francisco Health Officer still strongly recommends that people wear masks in more...
SF’s “Lighted Forest” in Golden Gate Park Closes March 6
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Outdoorsy, San Francisco No, really…. After multiple extensions, the San Francisco Parks Alliance assures us that Sunday, March 6th is the final night that you can experience “Entwined,” Golden Gate Park’s interactive lighted forest. Could it come back again later this year? We hope so! But as of now, this is your last more...
This is SF’s Only Ukrainian Restaurant
Causes, City Insight, Eat & Drink, San Francisco San Francisco has just one Ukrainian restaurant. And they could use your support. Thanks to 48hills for sharing their recent experience at Pushkin, located at 40 Belden Place (near Kearny and Pine in downtown San Francisco). Puskin is a family-run restaurant serving Ukrainian food with a modern twist. You can choose from more...
Here’s Which SF Festivals Allow Legal Cannabis Sales
Fairs & Festivals, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco allows the legal sale of cannabis at select permitted events. Eligible events include: 420 How Weird Clusterfest Outside Lands Folsom Street Fair Hardly Strictly Carnaval Pride San Francisco is testing the event permit process with events like these. The City notes, “We’re looking for previously held events that were permitted by the City. These events must also have had a more...
SF Just Opened a Brand New 26,000sqft Public Park in SoMa
Brand New, New Parks, San Francisco City leaders, arts organizations and community groups recently celebrated the grand opening of Brookfield Properties’ transformative 5M mixed-use cultural arts district with ceremonies at The Parks at 5M, downtown San Francisco’s newest park. “I am so excited to open 5M just as we are seeing more residents, workers, and visitors coming more...
Union Square’s “Crate & Barrel” Permanently Closing in March
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks SFGate for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Crate & Barrel store, located at 55 Stockton Street in Union Square, has announced that they are permanently closing on March 23, 2022. Crate & Barrel has cited that the reason for its closure is that their lease is up. The remaining more...
SF’s Outdoor Roller Rink Has Reopened
Bay Area Favorites, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco Golden Gate Park’s Skatin’ Place has been recently been repaved and has now reopened. More upgrades are coming soon though. Phase two of the renovations will begin in May when the outdoor skating rink gets repainted with a brand new mural. We’re excited to announce that the Skatin’ Place repaving is more...
Golden Gate Park’s Free Shuttle Expands Service
Brand New, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco, Transportation San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will see new improvements within the next few days — improvements aimed at making the park more accessible for elderly visitors and those with disabilities — city officials said. According to both the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, more...
New Mural Honors SF’s First Black Firefighter
Brand New, Murals, San Francisco San Francisco city officials on Friday unveiled a new mural in the city’s Fillmore District commemorating the city’s first Black firefighter Earl Gage Jr. The new mural is located at Rosa Parks Elementary School, located at 1501 O’Farrell Street. Gage began serving with the San Francisco Fire Department in 1955, becoming more...
Russian Spa in SF Offers Ukrainians Free Spa Passes
Causes, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that Russian spa, Archimedes Banya in Hunters Point is standing in solidarity with Ukraine and offering free admission for anyone with a Ukranian passport this weekend, February 26-27, 2022. The spa has a Turkish Hammam steam room, Russian sauna heated to 170 – more...
San Francisco is No Longer the Least Affordable City in the US
Bay Area Updates, Good News, San Francisco Thanks to KUSI News and iHeart for sharing the results from a recent study by real estate market researcher OJO Labs that found that San Diego has topped San Francisco as the least affordable city in the United States. Their study compared the ratio between the median home price to household more...
SF’s “Sunday Streets” Block Parties Are Back for 2022 (April-October)
Bay Area Favorites, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Outdoorsy, San Francisco Sunday Streets SF will be returning in 2022 with the program’s big, beautiful mile plus long routes running from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm in six historic neighborhoods between April and September. And the second annual “Phoenix Day” will be celebrated citywide on October 16th, 2022. Inspired by the Ciclovía in more...
SF’s “Rally for Ukraine” at City Hall Today at 4pm
Causes, San Francisco A “Rally for Ukraine” protest & rally has been organized for in front of San Francisco’s City Hall on Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 4pm. Stop Putin – Stop Russian War in Ukraine We call on the entire Bay Area community to join the Ukrainian-American diaspora Thursday, at 4pm at the City more...
Muni’s New Electric Buses Just Hit the Streets of SF
Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) announced the first of three battery-electric buses have entered revenue service achieving a major milestone in the agency’s greater goal of an all-electric fleet and a carbon-neutral San Francisco by 2040, as explained in the SFMTA’s Sustainability and Climate Action Program. The three new Battery more...
Pop-Up Art Installation for Ukraine Lights Up Palace of Fine Arts 2/22
Artsy Fartsy, Causes, San Francisco Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the news that the Palace of Fine Arts will turn into a pop-up art installation in solidarity with Ukraine tonight, Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Projection artist Alan Marling and the nonprofit organization Justice Murals are collaborating to bring Ukrainian art to San Francisco on the more...
