Dispatches filed from Embarcadero, in reverse chronological order.
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Harborview Go operates out of a takeout window inside 4 Embarcadero Center, tucked into the retail corridor alongside Lydia's Flowers and Rosalind Coffee.
By Jules Martinez, Food · May 30, 2026
On the Embarcadero, sometime before the last Tuesday of May, the final concrete sections of the Justin Herman Plaza fountain were loaded onto a…
The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is throwing an all-you-can-eat seafood boil as a farewell event at the Ferry Building, Embarcadero at Market Street.
Details are still coming in on exact timing and location, but the SF Adaptive Sports Fair is a free, public event showcasing adaptive and para-sports…
Saturday morning, Ferry Building Farmers Market runs 8am–2pm on the Embarcadero at Market Street, free to enter, no BART transfer needed —…
The Bay Lights — Leo Villareal's 25,000-LED light sculpture running the full western span of the Bay Bridge — has a documentary clip circulating…
Friday, May 30, City Cruises runs a combination tour hitting both Alcatraz and Angel Island in a single trip.
The last Friday of every month, cyclists gather at the Embarcadero (Justin Herman Plaza, near the Ferry Building) starting around 5:30pm, with the…
At the Embarcadero Ferry Building on a recent Saturday morning, the foot traffic moved at its usual weekend pace — locals with tote bags, a few…
An Alcatraz City Cruises ferry collided with Pier 31 in San Francisco, shattering passenger windows in an incident that drew immediate attention to…
At the Embarcadero on a recent afternoon, a walker got hit — hard — from above.
September in San Francisco is the city's actual summer — the fog typically retreats, temps hit the mid-60s, and the calendar fills up.
Starting May 23, City Cruises is running its Alcatraz and Angel Island combination tour out of Pier 33 on the Embarcadero.
A pedestrian was injured after a collision with an e-bike at the intersection of the Embarcadero and Folsom Street during the afternoon rush hour…
A sizeable snake was spotted slithering near Levi's Plaza this week, prompting the age-old San Francisco question: whose escaped pet is this?
A formal development application has been filed for Seawall Lot 330 along the Embarcadero — a sprawling piece of waterfront real estate that has…
San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza is getting a facelift, and the money behind it isn't coming from City Hall's perpetually strained coffers.
If you haven't visited the Exploratorium in a while — or ever — let this serve as your nudge.
Mark your calendars: the SF Tea Festival is back at the Ferry Building on May 2-3, 2026, and if you've never been, this is your year.
Somewhere in San Francisco right now, someone is having a very rough weekend.
San Francisco is rolling out an updated vision for the Embarcadero Plaza redesign, and this time they're going bigger — literally.
There's something undeniably gorgeous about a vintage F Market streetcar rolling down the Embarcadero on a rainy San Francisco afternoon.
Here's something City Hall can't tax, regulate, or somehow spend $4.7 billion studying: the Bay Bridge at golden hour, framed through the iron…
Here's something San Francisco does right — and it doesn't involve a new tax, a committee, or a twelve-step permitting process.
Before every tech bro discovered DJ sets at Burning Man, San Francisco had a legitimate underground electronic music scene — and OM Records was at…
In a city where most public events involve either a permit nightmare, a six-figure taxpayer tab, or both, someone just pulled off an Afternoon Tea…
Starting in May, cranes will descend on Embarcadero Plaza to begin dismantling the Vaillancourt Fountain — hoisting its 10-ton cantilevered concrete…
The Ferry Building is hosting a "Little Treasures" market aimed at kids and families, and on paper, it sounds like exactly the kind of…
If you're looking for a reason to actually go outside tonight instead of doomscrolling, here it is: fireworks are lighting up the waterfront near the…
Last Sunday, the skies opened up over the Embarcadero and reminded San Francisco that, yes, it does actually rain here.
If you heard what sounded like a small war breaking out along the Embarcadero last night, congratulations — you experienced unannounced fireworks…
San Francisco got an unexpected show last night when a barge parked just off Pier 27 launched a full-scale fireworks display over the waterfront…
Saturday morning at the Ferry Building looked about how you'd expect for a rainy San Francisco weekend: crowds browsing organic produce, coffee in…
Look, we get it. San Francisco nightlife has been on life support for a while now, and most of us have settled into a comfortable routine of…
Every first Sunday of the month, something almost radical happens at the Ferry Building: small businesses show up, sell things people actually want…
If you were anywhere near the Embarcadero on a recent evening, you probably heard it before you saw it — engines revving, cars randomly parked in…
San Francisco's Embarcadero waterfront is one of the most photographed stretches of real estate on the West Coast.