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The Jeremiah O'Brien's Engine Room Had a Hollywood Double Life

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Down at Pier 45, past the fishing boats and the morning fog that still clings to the Embarcadero railings well into…

CultureFisherman's WharfMay 31, 2026

Golden Gate Park's Free Weekend Streak: Mangoes, Swing Dance, Roller Disco, and a Reggae Anniversary

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Most weekends this season, Golden Gate Park is running multiple free events simultaneously — the trick is knowing which…

EventsGolden Gate ParkMay 31, 2026

SF Queer Art & Music Festival Runs Eight Days This June — Tiburon Does a Picnic the Same Weekend

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May 31 through June 7, the San Francisco Queer Art & Music Festival spreads across multiple venues citywide for eight…

EventsMay 31, 2026

Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble Brings the Spring Concert to SF

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The Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble is performing their spring concert in San Francisco — exact venue and time to…

CultureMay 31, 2026

Exit Through The Box Shop Is Closing — The Final Party Has DJs

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The Box Shop, the SF creative-retail-event hybrid that's been doing its thing in the city's maker-adjacent scene, is…

CultureSoMaMay 31, 2026

A Word on Trial: SF DA Brooke Jenkins Tried to Bar 'Genocide' From the Golden Gate Bridge Case. The Judge Said No.

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Seven pro-Palestine protesters who blocked all southbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge for more than four hours in…

PoliticsMay 30, 2026

The Wildest Slam: Roland Garros Ate the Favorites and Left Us a Teenager Buffet

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Let me tell you where I am: it's past midnight, the Pac-12 is still dead, the Giants already lost in Colorado, and I…

SportsMay 30, 2026

AIPAC-Linked Super PACs Put Roughly $500,000 Behind Connie Chan's Congressional Bid

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Super PACs that received funding from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have directed roughly $500,000 in…

PoliticsMay 30, 2026

Harborview Go Is the Closest Chinese Takeout to the Ferry Building. Chinatown Is Ten Minutes Away.

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Harborview Go operates out of a takeout window inside 4 Embarcadero Center, tucked into the retail corridor alongside…

FoodEmbarcaderoMay 30, 2026

Bay Area Book Festival: What the Reddit Thread Couldn't Tell You

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The Bay Area Book Festival is running this weekend in Downtown Berkeley, centered around Civic Center Park and MLK Jr.

CultureMay 30, 2026

That Smell Off the 101 Has a Name

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Somewhere between the 280 split and the first glimpse of the bay, a driver coming up from the peninsula rolls down the…

CultureMay 30, 2026

Two Conures Missing Over Visitation Valley

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Somewhere above the rooflines of Little Hollywood, two conures are loose — small, bright, loud birds that belong to…

GeneralVisitation ValleyMay 30, 2026

The Hawk on the Rock at Corona Heights

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At the top of Corona Heights Park, where the chert outcropping goes orange in the late afternoon and the wind comes…

CultureCorona HeightsMay 30, 2026

300 Octavia Returns to Construction After Fire Halted Work

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A residential project at 300 Octavia Street is back under active construction after a fire previously stopped work at…

HousingHayes ValleyMay 30, 2026

California Data Centers Are Using Unknown Amounts of Water, and Regulators Don't Seem to Know Either

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A report circulating this week claims California data centers are consuming significant volumes of water for cooling —…

TechMay 30, 2026

Humphry Slocombe Throws a Free Pride Ice Cream Party

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Details are lean on timing, so call ahead or check Humphry Slocombe's Instagram before you go — but the Mission…

FoodMissionMay 30, 2026

Gamelan in the Garden Returns for Its Fourth Year at Strybing Arboretum

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The 4th Annual Gamelan in the Garden brings live Balinese and Javanese percussion to the San Francisco Botanical Garden…

CultureInner SunsetMay 30, 2026

Found in the Fog: SF's Antique and Collectibles Market Returns

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Check SFFuncheap for confirmed dates and times — Found in the Fog, SF's recurring antique and collectibles market…

EventsMay 30, 2026

Pick Up a Block, Get a Beer: The New Calculus of the Neighborhood Cleanup

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At Manny's on Valencia, the deal is straightforward: show up Saturday morning with gloves, spend an hour moving through…

CultureMissionMay 30, 2026

Hurling and Gaelic Football Finals Hit Treasure Island — Real Hits, No Diving

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This weekend, Treasure Island hosts the San Francisco Irish Hurling and Gaelic Football Finals — two of the fastest…

SportsMay 30, 2026

Hayes Valley Comedy Night Is Free and Wants Your Sunday

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Sunday evening, The Function in Hayes Valley hosts a free standup comedy night under the banner Hayes Valley Comedy…

EventsHayes ValleyMay 30, 2026

Jurassic Park on Grass: Free Movie Night Lands in Duboce Park

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Friday night, Duboce Park hosts a free outdoor screening of Jurassic Park — the 1993 original, raptors and all.

EventsDuboce TriangleMay 30, 2026

Best of PlayGround 2026: A Free Weekend of Short Plays in the Tenderloin

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This weekend, the Rueff at American Conservatory Theater — 30 Grant Ave, one block from Powell BART — hosts…

CultureTenderloinMay 30, 2026

Next Level Out, Dice and Cards Back In: A Castro Street Storefront Gets a Second Life

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On Castro Street in Mountain View, the storefront that housed Next Level Games is getting a new set of regulars — the…

CultureMay 30, 2026