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City Puts $300,000 Into Four Mission Storefronts, From a Nightclub at 19th to a Furniture Shop Headed for 15th
The city's Office of Economic and Workforce Development awarded $300,000 in Storefront Opportunity Grants to four…
Original Muralists Return to Balmy Alley, Backed by a $129,294 City Grant
Artist Tirso Gonzalez and conservator Yano Rivera have won a Community Challenge Grant to restore six murals in and…
Bay Area Black Wall Street Expands Mission for Regional Reach Amid 1921 Lounge Recovery
Bay Area Black Wall Street officially launched its region-wide expansion this past Friday, strengthening its mission to…
Cityline Sunnyvale: Office Towers Full, Retail Filling In, 793 Apartments Coming Online
The Cityline development at 200–250 W. Washington Avenue in downtown Sunnyvale has fully leased its office towers and…
SoMa's Pressroom and Mercantile: Mark E. Sackett's Treasure Trove at 1073 Howard Street
Mark E. Sackett's The Pressroom and Mercantile at 1073 Howard Street offers a unique collection of antique printed…
A Viral Photograph Claims to Show Cyclists on the Golden Gate Bridge in March 1937. The Bridge Wasn't Open Yet.
A photograph circulating online with captions claiming it shows cyclists on the Golden Gate Bridge on March 25, 1937…
Eight Clubhouses, $31 Million, and a Propped‑Open Door on Eddy Street
San Francisco's DCYF allocates $31.3 million annually for out-of-school-time programs, running through a network of…
On Van Ness at Eddy, 250,000 Square Feet of Empty and One $3.5 Million Bet on What Comes Next
Van Ness Avenue near Eddy Street carries a 35 percent commercial vacancy rate and a new city ordinance inviting chain…
Walnut Creek's Lord Richard, One of the World's Oldest Turkey Vultures, Celebrates 52nd Birthday
Lord Richard, a 52-year-old turkey vulture at Walnut Creek's Lindsay Wildlife Experience, is celebrating his birthday…
After His Murder in Greece, a Berkeley Professor's Home Has Alleged Squatters — and a Court Fight
The house at 1998 Marin Ave. in Berkeley — purchased by UC Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski in 2014 — has been…
Drawbridge: Bay Area's Ghost Town Lost to Levee Project and Time
Once an eccentric community, Drawbridge, the Bay Area's last ghost town, now sits permanently closed to the public, its…
The *Jeremiah O'Brien*'s Radio Room Has New Volunteers — and One Empty Chair
The WWII Liberty ship at Fisherman's Wharf runs an active amateur radio club restoring its original equipment.
Seventeen Puppies Left in a Livermore Walmart Lot; One Was Hit by a Car Before Help Arrived
On July 8, seventeen Border Collie mix puppies were found abandoned in a Livermore Walmart parking lot, one fatally…
KPH, the Marin Coast Radio Station That Started at the Palace Hotel, Comes On the Air July 12 — Without Its First Female Operator
Every July 12 since 1999, volunteers at 17400 Sir Francis Drake Blvd in Inverness reactivate the original transmitters…
Before the Needle Exchange, There Was Bleachman
In 1987, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation deployed a caped bleach-bottle superhero — Bleachman — into the Tenderloin…
On the 800 Block of McAllister, Demolition Permits Filed to Clear Freedom West for Senior Housing
A demolition permit filed June 3 for 870 McAllister Street confirms the first tangible step in Freedom West 2.0 — a…
The Wave Organ is Not Permanently Closed, Despite Online Rumors
Dismissing recent online misinformation, San Francisco’s iconic Wave Organ remains open and accessible, as confirmed by…
The Quiet Block of Biscoff
The Gourmet Center, Inc. at 465 Green St, San Francisco, is the registered U.S. distributor of Biscoff cookies…
On Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale’s Pedestrian Future Takes Shape with 479 New Units
The 100 block of South Murphy Avenue in Downtown Sunnyvale, recently converted into a permanent pedestrian mall, is now…
Jenny Lin Foundation Brings Free Concert to Chabot College Saturday, 32 Years On
The Jenny Lin Foundation's annual free youth music concert takes place Saturday, July 11 at Chabot College in Hayward —…
City College Launches Taishanese Class, Spotlighting Heritage Language Demand in Chinatown
City College of San Francisco is launching a highly anticipated Taishanese language class at its Chinatown/North Beach…
Tilden Park's Grizzly Peak Corridor Is Being Stripped of Eucalyptus. The Project That Would Have Done More Just Ran Out of Funding.
EBRPD is actively removing eucalyptus across 56 acres along Tilden Park's Grizzly Peak Trail, but a multi-agency fuel…
The Eames Archive at $85 a Ticket, in an Old Richmond Warehouse
The Eames Institute's archive of more than 40,000 objects occupies a renovated 1997 warehouse at 1324 South 51st Street…
Three Engineers Bought the Alley off Kirkham for $26,000. Now It's a Crowdsourced Canvas.
Three San Francisco tech engineers purchased a neglected Sunset District alley for $26,000 and launched a crowdsourced…