San Francisco
“The Obama Portraits” Are Coming to SF’s de Young Museum This Summer
Artsy Fartsy, Museums / Cultural Institutions, San Francisco The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s “The Obama Portraits Tour” will be coming to the de Young Museum. The exhibition will be on view June 18 – August 14, 2022. From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2018, the official portraits of President Barack Obama and more...
Off the Grid Returns to Fort Mason April 1st
Eat & Drink, Reopening, San Francisco Off the Grid is proud to announce the return of California’s largest weekly food truck event, OTG:Fort Mason Center. Entering its 12th season, OTGFMC is a beloved launching point for some of the Bay Area’s best-known food businesses, as well as the first food truck market in California featuring a more...
GG Park’s “Lighted Forest” Special Valentine’s Display (Feb. 11-14)
Artsy Fartsy, Bay Area Favorites, Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Valentine's Day Golden Gate Park’s Entwined will feature a special Valentine’s Day display from Friday, February 11 to Monday, February 14. Take a walk with your loved ones and stop by Peacock Meadow to enjoy this illuminated art exhibit. An illuminating art installation in Golden Gate Park transforms Peacock Meadow into an enchanted forest of more...
SF Plans to Convert Downtown Hotel Into Housing Shelter
Bay Area Updates, Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved leasing a hotel Tuesday in the city’s downtown area to convert it into a semi-congregate shelter to help people exit homelessness. The vote will allow the city to lease the Ansonia Hotel at 711 Post St., transforming it into a semi-congregate shelter with 123 units more...
SF’s Rossi Pool Reopens After $15M Renovation
Bay Area Updates, Reopening, San Francisco The newly remodeled Angelo J. Rossi Pool will welcome back community members Saturday with a celebratory free swim in its modern facility, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. The Feb. 12 free swim will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. with intermittent breaks at Rossi Pool, located more...
Dolores Park Playground Finally Reopens After Renovations
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco Dolores Park’s Helen Diller Playground has finally reopened. The playground was closed in June 2021 which was supposed to be a 3-month closure for repairs, but the renovations took longer than expected, Mission Local notes. San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department took to Twitter to announce the reopening and thanked everyone for more...
Two Banks Got Robbed in The Mission on Saturday – Just Two Hours Apart
Bay Area Updates, Crime, San Francisco Police in San Francisco are investigating two separate bank robberies that happened on Saturday just two hours apart. According to the police, officers first responded to a report of a robbery around 10:05 a.m. at a bank in the 4000 block of Mission Street. At the scene, officers learned a male more...
SF Offers 2 Hours Free Parking in Chinatown All Month
Bay Area Updates, San Francisco, Transportation To help bring more people to Chinatown, San Francisco just announced that it is now offering 2 hours free parking at the Portsmouth Square Garage throughout the month of February to help celebrate Chinese New Year. 2 Hours Free Parking at Portsmouth Square Garage – Feb. 2022 733 Kearny Street (btwn, Clay more...
SF’s New Plan for India Basin Waterfront Park
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Bayview-Hunters Point community members with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and its partners recently announced a landmark plan to ensure a waterfront park will benefit current Bayview-Hunters Point residents while preserving the culture and identity of the historic neighborhood. The India Basin Waterfront Park Project Equitable Development Plan (EDP) more...
Decathlon Closes Last 2 US Stores, Both in Bay Area
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Decathlon recently announced a “new business model” for its US operations which apparently is code for shutting down its final two stores so it can focus instead on online sales and through other retail partners. So Decathlon USA will close its Emeryville (3938 Horton St) and Potrero Hill (2300 16th more...
SF’s 26-Year Old Landmark’s Embarcadero Cinema Closing
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to the Chronicle for sharing the unfortunate and sudden news that Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema‘s final day is upon us. Without any public notice, the indie arthouse theater is shutting its doors ‘unofficially’ on Thursday, February 3. There are no future events or screenings scheduled on their website beyond that more...
Fire Burns Through Popular Mission Taqueria, Displaces 22 People
Bay Area Updates, Fire Updates, San Francisco Thanks to SFGate for sharing the sad news that a two-alarm fire early Thursday in San Francisco’s Mission District sent two people to the hospital and displaced a total of 22 people. Crews responded to a 12:18 a.m. report of the fire at 3036 16th St., where a debris fire that is more...
SF’s Easter In the Park & Hunky Jesus Contest is Back for 2022
Bay Area Favorites, Easter, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco For the first time in two years, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the kabuki-inspired cross-dressing nuns-of-fun, are planning a comeback of their annual Easter Sunday in the Park at Dolores Park for 2022. The Sisters Easter Celebration at Dolores Park Sunday, April 17, 2022 | 10 to 4pm Mission Dolores Park, 19th & Dolores more...
Free Driverless Taxi Rides Coming Soon to SF (Sign Up Now)
Brand New, Freebies, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, Transportation Thanks to SFist for sharing the news that soon you can take a driverless car in San Francisco (This is fully driverless… there’s with no back-up human driver in the front seat. Welcome to the future!) Cruise just announce that they are opening up their driverless cars in San Francisco to more...
SF Plans to Buy 114-Unit Hotel for the Unhoused
Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the acquisition of the Gotham Hotel to convert it into permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless residents. The hotel is located at 835 Turk Street, just near the city’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. Once converted, the hotel will be able to provide as more...
