SF Bay Area

05 Oct 2024

Plans Submitted for Another SF Skyline-Altering Skyscraper

  Who would like another shiny skyscraper offsetting San Francisco’s skyline? Apparently, project developer Crescent Heights does. The Florida-based company’s plans for a 65-story skyscraper feel like another ploy to fleece profit from San Francisco. If built to specs, 10 South Van Ness would be the city’s fifth-tallest building. Here’s

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03 Oct 2024

Bearing Witness: Grieving Palestine Together at Día De Los Muertos Exhibit

Grief is a shadow and art is the communal fire that makes it move. It’s easier to digest the suffering when it’s shared. That’s why we’re recommending the upcoming SOMArts Día De Los Muertos exhibit Bearing Witness, which focuses on Palestine this year. Below are our interviews with co-curators Rio

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03 Oct 2024

Catch Sex-Positive Performance Abbey’s Box While You Can

San Francisco is largely a sex-positive town, but the weekend drama over a Folsom Street Fair attendee’s discomfort with genitals shows that we’ve got some growing to do. To quote a hilarious tweet on the matter, “maybe don’t go to the circus if you’re afraid of clowns.” But on the

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03 Oct 2024

The KQED & Noise Pop Festival Looks Awesome

When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party it’s a great reason to get excited.  KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters and opening up its doors for an all-day, live music-infused, street

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03 Oct 2024

Kayaking in Point Reyes was Bioluminescence Magic

Last Friday on a moonless night, Liz Willhelm and Dallas Smith, owners of Point Reyes Adventure Co. made my dream to see bioluminescence on Tomales Bay come true. Combining their love of adventure, fifteen years of guiding kayaking tours, and delicious food, these two curated a unique experience. I was

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02 Oct 2024

San Francisco Amazon Warehouse Workers Unite, Join Teamsters

More than a hundred Amazon employees at San Francisco warehouse #DCK6 formed a Union this morning, represented by the Teamsters. Underpaid warehouse workers fed up with unsafe conditions demanded that Amazon recognize the coalition in a “March on the Boss” early today. The worker-led initiative echoes many similar movements happening

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01 Oct 2024

Best Bay Area Events 10/1-10/21

Two Nights With The Sisters of Mercy Goth rock legends The Sisters of Mercy are coming to San Francisco for two nights next week—October 8th at the Fillmore, and October 9th at The Masonic. Get your tickets here now! The Universe Knows Best by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor This past weekend

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30 Sep 2024

The L-Taraval Is Back!

The L-Taraval train, which runs from the Embarcadero to the San Francisco Zoo, returned to service on September 28th after five years of construction and delays, with new station islands and overhead wires connecting trains to MUNI’s electrical grid.

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