San Francisco
SF’s UN Plaza is Getting a Mini Lighted LED Forest
Artsy Fartsy, Only in San Francisco, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco Beginning Friday night, January 26, 2024, elements from artist Charles Gadeken’s illuminated installation Entwined Meadow will dazzle visitors to UN Plaza with changing light and color, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced today. The nine shrub sculptures, each composed of hundreds of LED lights at varying heights, arrived at more...
Ocean Beach Bonfires are Back for 2024
Bay Area Updates, Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, Reopening, San Francisco For the first time in four months, it’s finally legal again to have a bonfire at Ocean Beach. During the “No Burn” Season (which runs from November 1 to the end of February), bonfires are not allowed, but starting March 1, 2024 bonfires are back through the end of October more...
GG Park’s Stow Lake Has a New Name: “Blue Heron Lake”
Outdoorsy, Parks & Beaches, San Francisco San Francisco Recreation and Park Commissioners recently approved changing the name of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park to Blue Heron Lake. William W. Stow, the lake’s original namesake, was a State Assembly Member between 1854 and 1857 and served on the City’s park commission in the 1890s. He was also more...
A Mini 1939 “World’s Fairs” is Coming to SF for One Day Only (Jan. 20)
Artsy Fartsy, San Francisco A mini version of San Francisco’s 1939 “Worlds Fair” is coming to Treasure Island for just one day only on Saturday, January 20, 2024. Dan and Armando Vargas, master model builders, are creating an exquisite miniature model of the Golden Gate International Exposition. The illuminated model is almost complete and the Vargas more...
This is What SF’s New “Harvey Milk Plaza” May Look Like
Brand New, LGBTQ+, San Francisco San Francisco’s Harvey Milk Plaza will be reimagined as a welcoming, vibrant space that honors and celebrates Harvey Milk’s life and legacy, celebrates his enduring importance to the LGBTQ+ community, and inspires all by acting as a beacon of hope to marginalized communities worldwide. The Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza more...
SF Debuts Five Giant Dragon Sculptures for Chinese New Year (Jan. 28 – March 2)
Artsy Fartsy, Lunar New Year, San Francisco February 10, 2024, marks the first day of the Year of the Wood Dragon. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco is proud to bring back the public art project, Zodiac on Parade featuring the mythical Dragon, to its list of festivities this Lunar New Year. The public art project, more...
SF’s 2024 Chinese New Year Parade w/ Awkwafina as Grand Marshall
Bay Area Favorites, Celebrations, Fairs & Festivals, Festival Updates, Lunar New Year, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 24-25, 2024). Typically, nearly 100 more...
SF’s 40-Year-Old Fillmore Safeway is Shutting Down
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Housing, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the unfortunate news that San Francisco is losing a much-needed grocery store. The Fillmore District’s Safeway, which has served the neighborhood for the past 40 years, located at 1335 Webster St., is set to close in March 2024. It’s one of the only major more...
GG Park’s Powerful Art Exhibit w/ 350 Statues Says Goodbye
Artsy Fartsy, Goodbye, San Francisco Monumental Reckoning, a poignant and radically inclusive art exhibit to honor Black lives and the history of African descendants, will enjoy a closing ceremony at noon on January 12, to mark the end of its two-year exhibition in Golden Gate Park. Monumental Reckoning surrounds the vacant plinth in the Music Concourse where more...
SF Now Has 30 New Sidewalk Gardens
Brand New, Green, Outdoorsy, San Francisco San Francisco now has 30 beautiful new sidewalk gardens. Sidewalk gardens beautify neighborhoods, create a natural habitat for butterflies, bees, and other pollinators, reduce stormwater runoff, and increase the lifespan of adjacent trees. SF Parks Alliance took to Instagram to send a thank you to its volunteers for helping to beautify more...
SF’s Only Adidas Store Set to Close
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that yet another retailer is leaving the San Francisco Centre mall, formerly the Westfield San Francisco Centre, located at 865 Market St. Sneakerheads, take note, Adidas is closing its doors in San Francisco. Adidas’ final day will be Saturday, January 13, 2024. Thankfully, if you more...
Filipino Fast Food Chain Jollibee Returning to Downtown SF
Brand New, Eat & Drink, San Francisco Downtown San Francisco will once again have a Jollibee, the world famous fast food chain that hails from the Philippines. Its previous downtown SF location, near Moscone Center, closed in 2011. The popular chain filed applications back in 2020 for its new location, and according to the San Francisco Standard, construction more...
SFO Has A Brand New Budget Airline Coming Spring 2024
Brand New, San Francisco, Travel Thanks to the San Francisco Standard for sharing the news that SFO is getting a new budget airline. Canadian airline Lynx Air is launching nonstop service between San Francisco, Toronto, and Boston starting May 2024. You can fly between SFO and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) starting at $159 for one-way flights more...
SF’s 25-Foot Tall Life-Size Victorian Gingerbread House Is Bigger Than Ever
Bay Area Favorites, Christmas, Holidays, San Francisco, Wow For more than a century, Fairmont San Francisco has enchanted guests with holiday festivities and exuberant ambiance. This season, Fairmont’s elves were back at it once again working overtime to create a dazzling, unparalleled winter display. On display from Thanksgiving through the New Year, the hotel transforms into one of the more...
SF’s Beloved (and Oldest) Toy Shop “Jeffrey’s Toys” May Close After Holidays
Bay Area Favorites, City Insight, Getting Help, San Francisco Sadly, ABC7 has shared the news that San Francisco’s oldest toy store, Jeffrey’s Toys, located at 45 Kearny Street, may sadly close its doors permanently after the holidays. If you have any last-minute Christmas shopping, consider stepping into Jeffrey’s Toys to help keep the family-owned and operated toy store afloat. more...
