Arts & Entertainment Sadly, Great America Amusement Park Looks Like It’s Closing Permanently in 2027, Not 2033 as Previously Announced You might want to hurry on squeezing in your last trip to Santa Clara’s doomed Great American amusement park, as it now looks like the park’s on its final few years of operation after the land beneath it was sold to a real estate conglomerate.
SF News 12 People Need Rescue When Napa Fair Double-Ferris Wheel Breaks Down Mid-Ride Children as young as eight years old were stuck in the sky when a ride malfunctioned Saturday night at the Napa Town & Country Fair, requiring a fire department ladder truck to get them all down safely.
Arts & Entertainment New Belgium Brewing Trolls Napa Residents With Highly Implausible Beer-Themed Amusement Park Proposal A bizarre alcohol-themed amusement park proposal called Voodoo Ranger IPA Action Park claims it’s “Coming Soon to Napa,” and residents are already organizing against it, though the whole thing may just be a sudsy publicity stunt.
Arts & Entertainment Ferris Wheel Opens In Golden Gate Park and the Views Are Pretty Sweet Book your rides on the 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel in Golden Gate Park while the weather's still nice and clear! The new attraction celebrating the park's 150th birthday opened to the public on Wednesday.
SF News Uh Oh: New Tiger Exhibit Opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Yesterday, way down in Vallejo, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom opened up at new big-cat exhibit. It's called "Odin's Temple of the Tiger," featuring the headlining, "internationally acclaimed" Bengal tiger named Odin. Odin, it
misc San Francisco voted #1 U.S. City to visit by <i>Conde Nast Traveler</i> Readers Again. For the 16th year in a row. Ballot box tampering is suspected. (CN)