San Francisco
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...
BART Reopens Powell Street Station Restrooms for the First Time in 20 Years
Reopening, San Francisco, Transportation, What's Closed / What's Open On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 11am, BART will hold a “ribbon-cutting” event with rolls of toilet paper to mark the reopening of the Powell Street Station restrooms that have been closed for more than 20 years. Restrooms at 10 of BART’s underground stations have been closed since 9/11 because of more...
New African American Historical Art Posters Comes to SF’s Market Street
San Francisco, Transportation The Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series has commissioned new artwork by artists on an annual basis, since 1992. Each year, the Program commissions three or four artists to create a new body of work that responds to a theme specific to San Francisco. Each poster series is on more...
SF’s Sai Vietnamese Restaurant Forced to Close After Nearly 40 Years
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that sadly, Sai’s Vietnamese Restaurant in San Francisco is being forced to close. The restaurant has been around for nearly 40 years, but unfortunately, their landlord has told them they have to vacate the building in 30 days. The family-run business, which opened in 1985 more...
SF Proposes Curbing the Construction of Mega-Mansions
Housing, San Francisco San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on Tuesday proposed legislation that would curb the construction of luxury “monster homes” in select residential neighborhoods. Mandelman’s proposed ordinance would only apply to his supervisorial District 8 and create a new Central Neighborhoods Large Residence Special Use District, which would comprise of the neighborhoods Glen more...
SF’s 49ers vs. Rams NFC Championship Watch Parties (2022)
Bars, Get Out: Events, San Francisco, Things to Do The Niners are one win away from the Super Bowl… and the Rams stand in their way. Here’s our list of some of the best places in SF to watch all the action. Any place showing indoors will require proof of vaccine. 49ers vs. Rams Game Watch Parties Sunday, January 30, 2022 more...
