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The Birthday Party at 33 Pacific
PublishedIn the early 1870s, a Barbary Coast crimper named James Kelly chartered a paddle steamer, announced a birthday party…
East Oakland's Empty Lots Are Moving. Here's the Money Behind It.
PublishedThree affordable housing projects broke ground along International Boulevard and 73rd Avenue within weeks of each other.
The 45-Foot Nude at the Foot of Market Has a Sotheby's Listing
PublishedR-Evolution, Marco Cochrane's 32,000-pound stainless-steel figure at Embarcadero Plaza, is listed on Sotheby's as…
At NewPark Mall in Newark, the Former Macy's Is Becoming T&T Supermarket's Biggest California Store
PublishedT&T Supermarket plans to take the 72,600-square-foot former Macy's anchor at NewPark Mall in Newark for a late-2027…
At Big Basin, Six Years On: 17 Miles of Trails Open, 68 Still Closed
PublishedSix years after the CZU Lightning Complex fire burned through 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, the park is open…
A Willow Glen Restaurant Owner Sends Money Home After Venezuela's Twin Earthquakes
PublishedJoanna Torres, who owns Arepas Restaurant in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood and San Francisco, is pledging 30…
At 2121 Harrison, Oakland's Free Clinic Had Its Busiest Year on Record
PublishedThe Order of Malta Clinic of Northern California recorded nearly 6,000 patient visits in 2025 — its highest since…
Dog Park and Miyawaki Forest Open at the South Berkeley Corner Where 'Here There' Once Stood
PublishedThe city of Berkeley has opened an 8,000-square-foot dog park and a pocket forest at Adeline and MLK, spending $650,000…
CARECEN Leaves Its Mission Home of Nearly 20 Years; Capp Street Bollards Get 18 More Months
PublishedThe Central American Resource Center of Northern California has moved downtown for the first time since 1986, vacating…
At the Jack London Aquatic Center Docks, Summer Camp Opened on Rowing Machines
PublishedIllegally moored boats — some in place since Friday, one visibly sinking — blocked the East Bay Rowing Club's "Learn to…
Youth Radio Unlocks 1701 Broadway Again
PublishedThe Oakland nonprofit shuttered in November 2024 after a debt-laden expansion collapsed its payroll.
Inside 1600 Jackson, Flooring Is Going In Where Lombardi's Used to Sell Skis
PublishedConstruction is underway at 1600 Jackson Street, the former Lombardi Sports building that sat vacant for eleven years…
On Third Street, Bayview Gets Its First Pharmacy Since Walgreens Left
PublishedThe D10 Community Pharmacy, funded by a city storefront opportunity grant, is slated to open at 5668 Third St.
600 Goats Return to Poplar Beach for Half Moon Bay's Annual Wildfire Graze
PublishedEvery summer, 600 goats sprint near Poplar Beach then graze for a week along the old coastal railroad right of way —…
A New Room on Clay Street: The OUT Museum Opens in Chinatown
PublishedThe OUT Museum, billed as the world's first museum dedicated to Chinese queer artists, opened May 29 in a single room…
After $2,000 in Sweeping Tickets, a Haight Developer Read the City's Own Data
PublishedAlejandro Vizio built CURB — a free, open-source web and iOS tool — after racking up roughly $2,000 in parking tickets…
The MarryLisa Billboards on 101 Are Done. She Found Him on an App.
PublishedSan Mateo's Lisa Catalano put her face on a dozen digital billboards along Highway 101 last fall to find a husband.
After 41 Years at City College, Juan Gonzales Steps Back — But Keeps the Paper He Started in 1970
PublishedJuan Gonzales, 79, steps down as chair of City College of San Francisco's journalism department this month, ending a…
A Transplant Picked Chinatown for the Price. Now He's Learning Cantonese.
PublishedAndré Lucas moved to SF's Chinatown to resist the city's premium-pricing logic, built 53,000 Instagram followers…
At 1021 Geneva Ave., a Carpet Store Is Becoming a Quilt Shop — With $50,000 in City Help
PublishedCity Made Quilts, backed by a $50,000 city storefront grant, is set to open this August in a former carpet store on…
Oakland and Costco Formally Agree to Negotiate a Store on the Old Army Base in West Oakland
PublishedThe city and Costco have executed an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement for a store and gas station at 2008 Wake Avenue —…
Asked to Name Their Favorite Bookstores, Bay Area Authors Sketch a Map That Crosses the Bridge
PublishedThe SF Standard's survey of 13 author-endorsed bookstores doubles as a literary geography of the Bay — from Clement…
At Haight and Fillmore, a Studio Where You Can Walk Out as Your 1850s Self
PublishedBrouhaha, a Lower Haight studio owned by Fontaine Hernandez, makes tintypes using a photographic process introduced in…
From South Berkeley to OMCA: Mildred Howard's Life Work, Finally in One Room
PublishedThe 81-year-old East Bay multi-media artist gets her first major museum survey at the Oakland Museum of California — a…