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Popular sandwich pop-up specializing in muffalettas will open a permanent space in the Haight
A pop-up specializing in muffalettas, the large cold-cut-and-olive-salad sandwich originating in New Orleans and made with Sicilian sesame bread, will soon open its own brick-and-mortar shop in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury.
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HAUM welcomes yogis to new Haight-Ashbury studio, will have grand opening in July
After months of construction and planning, HAUM — the queer-owned, community-driven yoga studio, which opened its first location in the Mission District last year — debuted its new Haight-Ashbury studio this week, complete with a plethora of plants and fresh indoor murals.
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Journey album cover artist Stanley Mouse gets a new resident artist exhibit in Haight-Ashbury
Counterculture artist Stanley Mouse designed many of the best-known album covers for Journey, the Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane, and has a new artist-in-residency exhibit at the Haight’s Doolan-Larson Building.
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New yoga studio set to open in Haight-Ashbury at old Yoga Tree location
Less than a year after debuting its Mission District location, HAUM — the queer-owned, community-driven yoga studio currently at 2973 16th Street — is set to open its second studio inside the closed Yoga Tree Stanyan space (780 Stanyan Street).
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4/20 at Hippie Hill will be 21+ and checking ID, plus requiring proof of vaccination
Mayor Breed sounded less than thrilled that 4/20 is around the corner in a Monday press conference on the topic, and laid out the new rules now that there will be legal cannabis sales that day in Golden Gate Park.
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Large parts of Valencia, Fillmore, and Haight Streets get speeds reduced to 20 MPH
A new law took effect January 1 allowing streets with dining and retail to lower their speed limits, and San Francisco wasted no time implementing this on seven retail-heavy streets.
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City Hall abandons plan to make former Haight McDonald’s site a homeless drop-in center
Plans to build affordable housing at the troubled ex-McDonald’s are still on, though much delayed, but the city just scrapped plans to put a homeless drop-in center there during the interim.
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One person was shot and had “life-threatening injuries” in Friday’s Upper Haight shooting
While initial reports described “no reported injuries” in a shooting that also hit Ritual Roasters and several cars, SFPD announced Sunday that one victim has been shot and suffered “life-threatening injuries.”
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New Haight and Ashbury-themed shop ‘Haight & Ashbury’ opens at Haight and Ashbury
A new "Welcome Center and Counterculture Museum Shop for the Haight” brings a breath of fresh air, and bouquets of fresh flowers, as boutique shop Haight & Ashbury celebrates the neighborhood's rich history.
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The Booksmith to move closer to first Haight Street home, taking over Bindery space
After several years of planning, legacy bookstore The Booksmith is moving to its third home later this spring. The new location is just down the block on Haight Street in a building the business already leased for an event-focused space called The Bindery.
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Two arrests made in fatal Haight-Ashbury attack on private investigator Jack Palladino
Private investigator Jack Palladino, who worked on high-profile cases including celebrity and political scandals involving Bill Clinton and Kurt Cobain, among others, has died after suffering from a violent attack and attempted robbery in the Haight-Ashbury.
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Giant cypress tree at Golden Gate Park still done up for Christmas, despite pandemic
For the 91st holiday season in a row, the gigantic Monterey cypress tree at Stanyan and Fell Streets still dazzles as San Francisco‘s ‘official’ Christmas tree.
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Haight smoke shop owner arrested in Salt Lake City after allegedly refusing to wear a face mask to board an airplane
A man who made international headlines after allegedly attempting to board a Delta flight out of Salt Lake City while refusing to put on a face mask turns out to be the owner of Upper Haight smoke shop Pipe Dreams (1376 Haight St.), which advertises itself as the oldest smoke shop in San Francisco.
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Citing pressures of the pandemic, Haight Ashbury T-Shirts to close this winter after 43 years
After 43 years in business, the family-owned Upper Haight mainstay Haight Ashbury T-Shirts is closing permanently at the end of the year, citing the economic pressures of a pandemic that's killed virtually all tourist traffic to the neighborhood.
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Ghouls, clowns, and a grave for "Kellyanne Conwoman": visiting a Corona Heights Halloween landmark
Wade Joffrion and Greg Price's Corona Heights "storybook house," the 1917 brick-clad cottage at 45 Upper Terrace, is regularly the most-decorated house in the neighborhood and a seasonal highlight for passersby at Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Halloween — and this year's display is worth a detour.
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Developers host planning meeting for 730 Stanyan affordable housing project this evening
Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., developers of the 100% affordable housing project slated for construction at 730 Stanyan Street will host a third community meeting for area residents, to answer questions, reveal further information about potential site design, and solicit feedback.
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City approves new Stanyan Street cannabis dispensary
The city's Office of Cannabis this week approved the application filed earlier this summer for FGW Haight to operate a cannabis dispensary at 768 Stanyan Street, currently a residential garage on a quiet block near Kezar Pub and facing Golden Gate Park.
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District 5 pilots $100,000 victim assistance program for vandalized small businesses
The program, administered by the SF District Attorney's office, will reimburse merchants up to $1,000 for replacing broken windows.