40 reasons why it’s the best time to live in SF right now
It’s a great time to live in San Francisco. Yes, the city has its struggles, from inequality and the ongoing drug crisis to government bureaucracy that can be almost comically …
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Even the Beatles have history with People’s Park
Yoko Ono and John Lennon at their first Bed-In for Peace in Amsterdam. Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns In May 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono made Berkeley history while lying …
40 of our favorite San Francisco shops
Lately, it’s been impossible to avoid conversations about the decline of San Francisco’s retail landscape. The number of shuttered downtown storefronts — enough to inspire a viral TikTok account — …
Tony! Toni! Toné! reunite to throw an epic ‘house party’ in Oakland
FILE: Tony! Toni! Toné! perform on their reunion tour. David “Odiwams” Wright At Oakland’s Paramount Theatre, a rapturous crowd stood at attention as former chair of the Black Panther Party Elaine …
SF’s Chinatown night market may be the best thing about APEC
Crowds surround lion dancers on Grant Street during a night market in Chinatown in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, November 10, 2023. Adam Pardee/Special to SFGATE San Francisco’s Chinatown came …
The weirdest rock band of the ’80s says farewell to San Francisco
Although scientists may debate the topic for generations to come, thousands of fans who gathered at the Golden Gate Theatre on Sunday all agree on the exact year when mankind …
Legendary pop punk band Blink-182 announces San Francisco show
Mark Hoppus (left) and Travis Barker of Blink-182 perform during Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 9, 2019, in San Francisco. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images They’ve come a long way …
Soul Train musical makes funky pre-Broadway debut in San Francisco
The cast of “Hippest Trip – The Soul Train Musical” now performing at American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater through Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. Kevin Berne & Alessandra Mello Halfway …
Pink robots tower over San Francisco’s Stern Grove at season finale
If you already did, there’s a good chance you were at Stern Grove this Sunday to see the Oklahoma City psych-rockers play their 2002 opus “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots” in full …