SF Politics SF Props Roundup: Car-Free JFK Wins, Mayoral Election Years Moved, Dueling Affordable Housing Props Still Dueling Big victories in local SF propositions for car-free JFK Drive, moving the mayoral election year, and a vacant homes tax, but the affordable housing propositions D and E are still locked in battle.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Beloved LED Art Forest Coming Back to Golden Gate Park in December That bizarre case of a buried car in Atherton appears to be solved, a customer is alleging rough treatment at the DNA Lounge, and the hit light-up art installation Entwined will again return to Golden Gate Park for the holidays.
Arts & Entertainment Check Out Some New Public Art — and Doggie Diner Heads — In Golden Gate Park This Weekend The Golden Mile Project, the latest project from Illuminate — the nonprofit that put up the Bay Lights and did that rainbow laser installation up Market Street during Pride — has brought a series of public art pieces to JFK Drive.
Arts & Entertainment SF's Japanese Tea Garden Pagoda Unveiled Amidst $2 Million Renovation (Which Is Not Done Yet) The white plastic has come down and the renovated Japanese Tea Garden debuted Wednesday in Golden Gate Park, though there’s still another year of stonemason and landscaping work until the job is complete.
Arts & Entertainment Your Guide to Flower Piano 2022, Happening This Weekend In Golden Gate Park The pianos descend on the SF Botanical Garden for five days beginning Friday, and here’s what to see, do, and bring so you can do Flower Piano like a maestro.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Day One of Outside Lands 2022 Sees SZA Shine... and a Young-Skewing Crowd Descend on Golden Gate Park On the first day of Outside Lands 2022, a youngish crowd — made up of twentysomethings dressed in Coachella-appropriate regalia — convened at Golden Gate Park... where friendships were tested when choosing between the conflicting set times from SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, and Disclosure.
Arts & Entertainment Miniature Victorian House on a Tree Stump In Golden Gate Park Sparks Curiosity, Tweets Someone put a cute little blue house on a tall tree stump in Golden Gate Park, and it's becoming a mini attraction.
Arts & Entertainment Giant Roller Skating Mural Unveiled in Golden Gate Park, Roller Disco Grand Opening Set for Saturday A 93-foot roller skating-themed mural has been painted on the surface of the park's famed Skatin' Place area, and gets its Grand Opening Saturday morning with, of course, a roller disco celebration.
SF Politics Disability Advocate and de Young Museum Pursue Ballot Measure to Reverse Car-Free JFK The JFK Promenade could get railroaded less than six months after it was officially declared permanently car-free, with a signature drive now underway for a ballot measure to bring cars back to JFK Drive.
SF News [Update] Supes Approve Permanent Car-Free JFK Drive, After 12 Hours of High-Drama Debate After debating the issue for 12 hours — including nine non-stop hours of public comment — the SF Board of Supervisors just gave permanent car-free status to a 1.5-mile span of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park.
Arts & Entertainment Starting Today, Golden Gate Flower Parks Are Free for SF Residents The Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden are now officially free for all San Francisco residents, though this will be offset by slightly higher prices for out-of-towners.
SF Politics Supervisor Chan (Again) Bucks Consensus Plan for Car-Free JFK Drive, Goes Her Own Way With Dueling Proposal In what is becoming a pattern in the debate over a car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park, District 1 supervisor Connie Chan introduces a rival plan to the plan around which consensus is otherwise forming.
SF News SF’s Largest-Ever AIDS Quilt Display Coming to Golden Gate Park in June We’re gonna need a bigger box of Kleenex, because the largest AIDS Quilt display since the 2012 Washington, D.C. National Mall display — and the largest ever here in San Francisco — is set for June 11 and 12 in Golden Gate Park.
Arts & Entertainment 4/20 Is Indeed Happening on Hippie Hill for 2022, With Special Guest… Mike Tyson? It will finally be the first 4/20 with legal cannabis sales in Golden Gate Park, after the last two 4/20 celebrations were canceled by COVID-19, with boxer-turned-bud proprietor Mike Tyson scheduled to appear as a special guest.
SF News Car-Free JFK Drive Gets Boost From Rec & Parks Report, Will Ultimately Be Up to Supes A new report from the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department strongly recommends that the city make JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park permanently free of vehicle traffic, and following a hearing on the proposal Thursday, the ball is in the Board of Supervisors' court.
SF News Golden Gate Park Shuttle Gets Major Improvements That Include More Stops, Weekday Service Golden Gate Park's shuttle service introduced a slew of upgrades this past Saturday, which now means riders can enjoy shorter wait times — by far the most bemoaned complaint regarding the free service — and the option to board the shuttle Monday through Friday, as well.
Arts & Entertainment In Its History, SF's Conservatory of Flowers Has Burned Down Twice, and Was Nearly Destroyed By a Windstorm In 1995 The history of the grand Victorian greenhouse in Golden Gate Park that has served as the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers since 1879 is kind of crazy, and it's had to be rebuilt three times already.
Arts & Entertainment SF Residents May Soon Be Able to Visit the Japanese Tea Garden and Conservatory of Flowers Free of Charge A proposal to bring three attractions in Golden Gate Park under the same umbrella and nonprofit management is moving forward with help from SF Mayor London Breed — and it would mean that SF residents could visit all three free of charge.
Arts & Entertainment From Vaccination Policies to Shuttle Services: Your Logistical Checklist for Outside Lands 2021 With Outside Lands soon upon us, time is ticking to get all your ducks in a row and plan your festival experience. Here’s how to save a few headaches (and some hard-earned cash) before descending on Golden Gate Park for OSL this Halloween weekend.
Arts & Entertainment Will Golden Gate Park Be a Mud Pit for Outside Lands? We Scoped It Out We checked the mud conditions in Golden Gate Park in the aftermath of Sunday’s ‘bomb cyclone’ storm, as Outside Lands prepares to bring 200,000 pairs of feet tromping through the park this weekend.
SF News Possibly Aggressive Coyote Menaces Children In SF Botanical Garden There's been some fairly odd and aggressive behavior by one or more coyotes in the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park recently, which may have something to do with a litter of coyote pups spotted there this spring.
SF News Body of Homeless Man Found In Golden Gate Park; Area Woman Says He Was Notorious 'Terror' A dead body was found in the area of Metson Lake in Golden Gate Park on Monday, and the dead man was reportedly well known to women who walk dogs in the area.
Arts & Entertainment News Anchor-Turned-Sculptor Dana King Unveils Her Sculpture 'Monumental Reckoning' In Golden Gate Park In honor of Juneteenth, local sculptor Dana King is unveiling a significant new installation at the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park, titled "Monumental Reckoning."
SF News We've Got Seven Baby Coyotes in Golden Gate Park You cannot go see or pet these adorable coyote pups, as their Botanical Garden home is an “Active Coyote Den Area,” but a Coyote Cam offers some pics of the little critters.
Arts & Entertainment 'Monumental' New Sculpture Installation Commemorating America's First Slaves Likely Coming to Golden Gate Park A collection of 350 sculptures that commemorate America's "original sin" of slavery is set to arrive by Juneteenth at the Golden Gate Park's Music Concourse.