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San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Castro cannabis retailer Flore Store announces 4/20 opening & mural competition
The Castro's newest cannabis retailer Flore Store (258 Noe St.) has announced its grand opening on 4/20 — across the street from Flore a.k.a. Cafe Flore. Read More
San Francisco Outer Sunset
DamnFine debuts in the Outer Sunset with wood-fired pizzas, Italian wines
The pandemic has cemented our love affair with comfort foods — chief among them pizza and to-go cocktails. DamnFine (3410 Judah Street), one of the newest restaurants to grace the Outer Sunset, is intent on being a one-stop destination for all that and more. Read More
San Francisco
Girls Scout Cookie season is here, but don’t expect in-person sales
The Girls Scouts of Northern California will not do-si-do with their normal cookie sale booths during the pandemic, but tag along as we show you how to buy Girls Scout Cookies online in the Bay Area. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Castro Theatre's massive new hybrid organ may get installed in time for cinemas to reopen
The new hybrid digital/pipe organ that has been in the works for the grand Castro Theatre for about six years is finally about to become a reality, and depending on how long it takes to ship from Pennsylvania and how long it takes for movie theaters to safely reopen in San Francisco, it may arrive just time for the Castro's next public screenings. Read More
San Francisco Ingleside Mission Terrace Sunnyside
City College site ramps up mass vaccinations with hundreds per day, hoping to reach 3,000 per day
While San Francisco and other cities around the country are facing shortages of vaccine supply compared with demand, the process of getting vaccines into arms quickly and efficiently continues to be honed in the city with the opening of the first of three mass-vaccination sites, at the main campus of City College. Read More
San Francisco Twin Peaks
SFMTA proposes reopening most of Twin Peaks to vehicle access
SFMTA staff are recommending reopening more than half of Twin Peaks to cars, despite broad public embracement of the park for non-vehicle recreation. Read More
San Francisco Chinatown
$1.9 Million Chinatown relief measure passes Board of Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a relief measure that would pay ailing Chinatown restaurants nearly $2 million to serve up meals for their neighbors in need. Read More
San Francisco Tenderloin
The Tenderloin used to have a bar where a woman was convalescing in a bed behind a curtain in back
An autobiographical essay titled "The Hard Crowd" by novelist Rachel Kushner, published in last week's New Yorker, offers some vivid snapshots of several long-gone Tenderloin bars, including one with a convalescing person in a bed in back. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Milk Club holds MLK Day tribute at Castro's 'Hibernia Beach' honoring community leaders
Yesterday the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club (Milk Club) held a Martin Luther King Jr. Day tribute at Castro's Bank of America (501 Castro St.), commonly referred to as 'Hibernia Beach,' honoring the civil rights icon and the passing of recent community members. Read More
San Francisco Cow Hollow Presidio Heights
‘Purse Filled With Yogurt’ alert on Citizen app milks jokes in Cow Hollow
The culture of Cow Hollow may be under attack, or maybe some joker called the police for a pretty cheesy reason. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Castro Bank of America prohibits memorials from being affixed to the building [Updated]
Castro residents are up in arms after Bank of America (501 Castro St.) installed signs last week alerting residents and community members that posters, signs, and other materials could no longer be placed on the building — after decades during which the corner of the building at 18th and Castro has been a communal space for memorials to the recently deceased. Read More
San Francisco Castro
LA-based deli Heroic Italian opens pop-up in Castro with delicious sandwiches and salads
Los Angeles-based sandwich outfit Heroic Italian recently got its feet wet in the Bay Area, launching a pop-up in mid-December inside wine and spirits shop Swirl on Castro (572 Castro Street). With online ordering available, it's a quick and delicious lunch or dinner option — and if you pick it up yourself rather than opting for DoorDash delivery, you can snag a bottle of wine too. Read More
San Francisco Financial District Union Square
Marshalls store in the Financial District to close on January 30
SF’s only Marshalls location has its days numbered, as the discount apparel retailer will close its Market Street store. Read More
San Francisco Bayview Hunters Point Polk
Two new homeless Navigation Centers announced for Bayview and Polk Gulch
Supportive housing for more 115 people is coming to a Bayview parking lot, while 43 beds will be available at Post and Hyde Streets.] Read More
San Francisco Bayview Excelsior Visitacion Valley
Revamp of Jerry Garcia Amphitheater aims to improve access to McLaren Park venue
Renovations to the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park are underway to make the site more accessible and improve facilities for concert performers and attendees alike. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle Mission
Castro CBD extends security camera survey deadline & delays town hall
The Castro/Upper Market Community Benefit District (Castro CBD) has extended the deadline on its security camera survey and delayed an upcoming virtual town hall. Read More
San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf Marina
Sundance Film Festival will be screening some of its 2021 flicks at Fort Mason drive-in
While you can’t go to hot tub parties in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival this year, the flicks are coming to SF as Fort Mason will be a ‘satellite’ site for the 2021 festival. Read More
San Francisco Mission SoMa Tenderloin
27-Bryant bus service to return January 23 on a new route
The 27-Bryant bus route will restart on January 23, 2021, on a realigned route that aims to speed up service while still improving access to low-cost food and healthcare options for Tenderloin residents. Read More
San Francisco Japantown
Cherry blossom trees in Japantown vandalized, nearly destroyed by vandal
A pair of cherry blossom trees outside the Japanese Cultural and Community Center in San Francisco's Japantown won't be blooming this year after a vandal or vandals went to great efforts to rip all the branches off of them. Read More
San Francisco Financial District
Tadich Grill gets generous relief grant rant from ethically questionable Barstool Sports
The $31,000 a month is a godsend to keep California’s oldest continuously run restaurant open, but the source is a sports site with a lengthy rap sheet of sexual harassment and male toxicity. Read More
San Francisco Castro
Castro's vintage gay memorabilia store Auto Erotica seeks community's assistance to stay afloat
After 25 years in the Castro, vintage gay memorabilia store Auto Erotica (4077A 18th St., between Castro and Hartford streets) has turned to crowdfunding to help make it through the pandemic Read More
San Francisco Chinatown
Bruce Lee-written Chinatown action series ‘Warrior’ arrives on HBO Max
A TV pilot Bruce Lee wrote in 1971 is now a big-budget TV series set in 1870s San Francisco Chinatown, and it’s streaming now on HBO Max. Read More
San Francisco SoMa
Updated: Vigil for women killed during New Year's Eve hit-and-run postponed
Two women killed in a hit-and-run on New Year's Eve will be remembered during a vigil Wednesday afternoon at the scene of the collision in SoMa. Read More
San Francisco Cole Valley Inner Sunset
UCSF pledges to build 1,260 new housing units as part of its Parnassus campus rebuild
UCSF and the City of San Francisco announced a community benefits package that will go along with an agreement for the university to rebuild and expand its Parnassus Heights hospital over the next decade — and it includes 1,263 new units of housing, 40 percent of which will be designated as affordable. Read More
San Francisco Mission
American Indian cultural and resource center to debut in the Mission District by 2025
It’s estimated that Indigenous people — those of American Indian descent — make up just about .03% of San Francisco’s total population. But a new American Indian heritage hub expected to be built near 56 Julian Avenue hopes to bring both awareness and support to the historically underrepresented population. Read More
