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Riding Bikes and Searching for Bats on Permanent Car-Free JFK
By Kristin Tieche Something historic and extraordinary happened on Tuesday, April 26th at around 9pm. After an epic 12-hour Board of Supervisors meeting JFK Drive – once a high injury corridor in our city – became JFK Promenade permanently. After decades of mobilizing for a car-free space in San Francisco’s

4 Facts You May Have Not Known About The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer is one of the most famous serial killers in the world and serves as the Bay Area version of Jack the Ripper. While everyone knows his coded letters or “ciphers,” and the San Francisco slaying that made international headlines, few know specific details surrounding the unsolved mystery

Fun & Unique Bay Area Date Ideas You Probably Haven’t Thought Of
I was at the movies on a double date watching that new flick “Everything Everywhere All at Once” when I thought to myself, “this is totally that quintessential date night activity”. While you can’t really beat those tried and true date ideas, you can do better than a typical date

The 10 Worst & Funniest Reviews of Alcatraz
Alcatraz Island, why should you go, and is it worth it? The truth is in the eye of the beholder my fair readers. We read a ton of reviews to find the funniest complaints that people had about their trips to Alcatraz in San Francisco. I’ve also visited the island

SF Officials Launch $11.4M in Grants to Help Small SF Businesses Recover
As we reopen and work to ensure an equitable recovery, we are also continuing to fund our Community Resource Hubs, which have filled essential needs for so many who have struggled so much during this pandemic.”

Carless JFK Drive in GG Park Now Permanent
The 1.5-mile span of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park that runs from the end of the Panhandle all the way past the De Younge Museum, was closed to cars 7 days a week during the pandemic, and it was a popular move. Cars have been banned from JFK Drive on Sundays, since 1967, so this is not ‘revolutionary thinking’.

How Elon Musk Buying Twitter May Affect San Francisco
So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have heard about Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter. If you haven’t heard, allow me to loop you in: Elon Musk, the dude who had a baby with Grimes and named it something absurd, now owns Twitter. You’re probably wondering why

You Can Now Buy Psychedelic Plants in San Francisco
A few months ago I was wandering around North Beach for the First Friday art crawl and bumbled into a new store called Professor Seagull’s Smartshop. As someone who really likes mind-altering substances, I was amazed to see a bunch of psychedelic plants for sale. I remember saying something to