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San Francisco Chinatown Union Square
The city leaps into the Year of the Rabbit with the annual Chinese New Year Parade
Rain didn’t dampen the new year spirit over the weekend as participants and onlookers alike converged on downtown to celebrate the 2023 Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday night.
San Francisco Castro
SF Historical Preservation Commission recommends Castro Theatre landmark expansion
On Wednesday, the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) voted unanimously in support of recommending the expansion of the Castro Theatre's landmark designation to the Board of Supervisors.
San Francisco Bernal Heights
City Hall inexplicably declares war on lovely Bernal Heights sidewalk benches
These lovely sidewalk benches are now being declared "unpermitted encroachments" on Mirabel Avenue in Bernal Heights, with the Public Works department now demanding $1,400 permits for benches that have been there as long as 20 years.
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Immersive exhibit in Richmond takes visitors on a virtual trip to the Space Station
An immersive, virtual-reality exhibit in Richmond lets visitors experience a voyage to space – virtually, that is – and explore a replica of the International Space Station. The exhibit will be in the Richmond waterfront's historic Craneway Pavilion through March.
San Francisco Mission Potrero Hill
SF SPCA celebrating 155th anniversary, offering free adoptions
As the San Francisco SPCA gears up for its 155th anniversary, we took a tour of their adoption facility, because for the next few days, the “fourth-oldest rescue society in the U.S.” will be furr-nishing the pet adoptions for free.