San Francisco
SF to Get New Zero-Emission Electric Ferry to Treasure Island
Bay Area Updates, Brand New, San Francisco, Transportation The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently announced that it has been awarded $3.4 million by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to build a zero-emission, electric ferry to connect San Francisco’s growing Treasure Island and Mission Bay neighborhoods. Investment in bringing zero-emission ferry technology to the more...
Meet SF’s Cutest New Members of the San Francisco Fire Dept.
Brand New, Getting Help, San Francisco Marley and Sadie are the newest and cutest crew members of the San Francisco Fire Department. Marley is a 16-month-old Red Fox Labrador Retriever and Sadie is a 20-month-old Yellow Labrador. The job of each dog is to help firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and other first responders unwind and relieve more...
Over 650 of SF’s Bus Shelters to Lose Predictions on Feb. 22. Here’s Why
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation Due to the nationwide AT&T 3G shutdown on February 22, 2022, over 650 NextMuni displays that are currently utilizing AT&T 3G modems will no longer be able to display real-time Muni vehicle arrival predictions or other information. The push-to-talk buttons at shelters using 3G modems will also be inoperable. This outage will not impact online real-time information provided on mobile and web formats. To address this situation, the SFMTA more...
SF’s Small Businesses Can Apply for $35k Relief of Unpaid Rent Debt
Brand New, Getting Help, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco small businesses can apply for a grant to pay rent debt due to COVID-19. This grant will pay for a portion of the rent debt you accrued from March 2020 to September 2021 if your property owner agrees to extend your repayment term to September 2024. The pilot program more...
SF’s Huge New Market St. “Whole Foods” Opens March 10
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Whole Foods Market will open its new 64,737-square-foot San Francisco flagship store at Trinity Place (1185 Market Street) in San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood on Thursday, March 10. The store’s design nods to classic San Francisco with inspiration from the former Crystal Palace Market, the modern, industrial feel of the Tenderloin more...
SF Offers Free Muni & Cable Cars for Lunar New Year (Feb. 19-20)
Freebies, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), in partnership with Supervisors Chan, Peskin and Preston, announced Muni will be offering free rides for the Lunar New Year weekend and festivities. Complimentary service begins Saturday, Feb. 19 at 5 a.m. to Monday, Feb. 21 at 5 a.m. Free Muni Weekend – Lunar New Year more...
Giordano Bros. Closing After 18 Years in SF
Bay Area Updates, Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the news that San Francisco’s Giordano Bros. (3108 16th St, San Francisco) will close on February 27. Having opened originally in North Beach in 2004 (a location that has since closed down) and the Mission location in 2011, Giordano Bros. says goodbye after 18 years more...
Someone Mapped All 3,700+ of SF’s Crosswalks
Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Transportation UC Berkeley PhD candidate Marcel Moran took the time to map every crosswalk in San Francisco. Moran used satellite imagery to investigate all 6,400 intersections in The City. He then mapped all the intersections to indicate which have crosswalks and which do not. His map reveals the city’s geographic patterns in more...
SF’s Pride Parade & Festival Back for 2022 (June 25-26)
Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, LGBTQ+, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Reggie Aqui from ABC7 for letting us know that San Francisco’s Pride is planning a return for 2022 for both the big Civic Center festival as well as the parade. SF Pride is back. Let’s get sickening (in the good way). https://t.co/5SrLD6deqY — Reggie Aqui He/Him (@reggieaqui) February 16, 2022 After two more...
SF’s Amazing Immersive Art Show Ends February 28
Artsy Fartsy, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco, Sponsored Step into an experience like no other: at teamLab: Continuity, you become part of an interactive landscape of blooming flowers, darting fish, and soaring crows. Ends February 28, 2022 – Due to popular demand, teamLab: Continuity has been extended through Monday, Feb. 28. This is your last chance to experience this more...
Noise Pop 2022: Free Happy Hour Concerts (Feb. 20-26)
Eat & Drink, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, San Francisco, Sponsored Noise Pop Festival 2022 is adding even more artists to their jam-packed week of events Feb 21-27. Check out the full lineup of local artists playing the festival as well as their FREE happy hour series happening each evening of the festival plus a special kick off happy hour on February more...
SF’s Magnolia Brewing Closing Dogpatch Location
Bars, Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Eater SF for sharing the sad news that Magnolia Brewing is closing its Dogpatch location, located at 2505 3rd St, San Francisco. The Brewery took to Instagram to announce its departure. They cite COVID as a factor in their decision to close, plus Eater notes that they had been more...
SF’s “Soapbox Derby” Returns for First Time Since 1978
Artsy Fartsy, Brand New, Fun & Games, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco Witness Bay Area creativity in overdrive when SFMOMA’s Soapbox Derby returns to McLaren Park for the first time in more than 40 years. The original artists’ derbies from the 1970s are legendary events in our history. Between the two races in 1975 and 1978, the museum commissioned cars and trophies more...
Free Valentine’s Day Comedy Night in Downtown SF
San Francisco, Sponsored, Things to Do, Valentine's Day Get ready for downtown San Francisco’s newest outdoor comedy club – part of our new pop-up comedy shows at unique outdoor spots all across the bay. We’ll take over a new venue and you’ll get notified of the secret location. RSVP for free tickets (limited first 100) This HellaSecret Comedy Show takes place at more...
SF’s “F*ck Valentine’s Day” Comedy Show (2022)
San Francisco, Valentine's Day After a year off, come to SF’s F*ck Valentine’s Day Comedy Show to hear about hilarious dating mishaps, some of the funniest Tinder horror stories and some fire stand-up comedy from some of SF’s top comics with credits like Punch Line, Cobbs, SF Sketchfest, Tommy T’s and more. Produced by HellaFunny. We sold out all more...
