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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.
San Francisco Inner Richmond
Slow Street on Lake Street is the controversial wild card as SFMTA decides the Slow Streets’ fate
The SFMTA will decide the fate of nearly two dozen Slow Streets on Tuesday, and it’s pretty clear how they’re going to vote on all of them — except for one, the highly contentious Lake Street, and it’s anybody’s guess what will happen with that one.
San Francisco Tenderloin
Site of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in the Tenderloin is now a historic landmark
The SF Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to make the entire corner of Turk and Taylor Streets a historic landmark, as the site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot that helped spark the LGBTQ rights movement.
San Francisco NoPa Western Addition
Developer abandons plans to build apartment complex at former Divisadero Touchless Car Wash
Plans for a six-story apartment building at Divisadero and Oak Street are now a wash, as the developer has surrendered the property back to the previous owners of Touchless Car Wash.
San Francisco
Another Phoenix Day returns this weekend with family-friendly activity hubs across SF
For the second time this year, Sunday Streets SF — an initiative of the non-profit Livable City that’s goal is to host programs that show the benefits of car-free spaces — will host another Phoenix Day event this Sunday, featuring eleven “Family Fun Hub Destinations.”
San Francisco Mission
On first day, 24th and Mission vendor permit crackdown cleans up the corner quite nicely
The corner of 24th and Mission Streets is less chaotic, cleaner, and free of stolen goods for the first time in about nine months, as a new vendor permitting system is off to a promising start.
San Francisco Mission
SF SPCA is hosting a Clear the Shelters event this weekend and will continue to waive adoption fees
The San Francisco SPCA currently has a good amount of adult dogs and cats up for adoption. In order to help them find their forever homes, the animal rescue is participating in the Clear the Shelters nationwide campaign, which aims to help older pets get adopted.
San Francisco Outer Sunset
Outer Sunset Farmers Market wins 10-month extension, compromise deal on table with St. Ignatius
The battle between a big private school and a little farmers market could end, as Supervisor Eric Mar has brokered a compromise deal, and the Outer Sunset Farmers Market has just won a ten-month extension either way.
San Francisco Bernal Heights
Bernal Heights’ St. Kevin Catholic Church celebrates 100th anniversary Saturday with International Food Fest
St. Kevin’s parish on Cortland Avenue turns 100 years old Saturday, and their Centennial Celebration will serve up the dishes of the Latin American, Filipino, and Pakistani heritages that make up the congregation.
San Francisco Ocean Beach
Corgi Con returns to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach this weekend after three-year hiatus
The last Corgi Con held in San Francisco was in 2019, bringing with it hundreds of stubby dogs and thousands of humans eager to see corgis race one another, don cute costumes, and grab a picture with one (or several) of them. After a pandemic-spurred hiatus, Ocean Beach will again have many short tails wagging in the wind this weekend.
San Francisco Chinatown North Beach
Noodle Fest will return after a 10-year hiatus, pitting Chinatown against North Beach in a culinary battle royale
The noodle wars are coming back, as the street food festival Noodle Fest will pit 29 North Beach and Chinatown restaurants against one another in a noodle contest with celebrity judges Martin Yan, Soleil Ho, and Broke-Ass Stuart.
San Francisco Tenderloin
A 17-block ‘Yellow Brick Road’ is coming to the Tenderloin
The Tenderloin has the highest concentration of children of any San Francisco neighborhood, and the SF Board of Supervisors just approved a Yellow Brick Road to direct kids away from blight, and toward schools, parks, and community centers.
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Hotel Castro changes background-check policy after receiving privacy concerns; rooms still monitored by noise meters
Privacy concerns raised by hotel guests and Castro residents have resulted in policy changes at the newly open 12-room boutique lodge The Hotel Castro (4230 18th St.).