SF News Day Around the Bay: City Looks at Total Reimagining of Embarcadero Plaza The city and the owners of Embarcadero Center are looking to build a new park at Embarcadero Plaza; 23andme is looking to settle a case about their data breach last year; and Biden has COVID.
SF News Justin Herman Plaza About To Be Renamed, But Rec & Parks Commission Flubs Vote The name of Justin Herman is all but certainly going to be removed from the plaza at the foot of Market Street, but a vote taken by the Recreation and Parks Commission in
SF News Entire Board of Supervisors Wants To Rename Justin Herman Plaza There is not much suspense to this afternoon’s San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee vote on whether to rename the Embarcadero’s Justin Herman Plaza. Considering that every
SF News Appalling Embarcadero Fountain Would Cost a Half Million Dollars To Turn Back On I love the angular Vaillancourt Fountain, the 40-foot tall concrete tangle of disjointed modernist square tubes at the northern end of Justin Herman Plaza, mostly thanks to fond memories of the location that
SF News 158 Justin Herman Plaza Vendors Get $590 Each For Shoving Off During The Super Bowl For three weeks in February, art vendors like Michael Trachiotis were blocked from selling their wares from the stalls near Justin Herman Plaza for which they buy Arts Commission permits. Though Super Bowl
Arts & Entertainment Video: ABC Reporter Pounded, But No One Knocked Out At This Year's Valentine's Day Pillow Massacre After someone was knocked unconscious during last year's Valentine's Day Pillow Fight, several folks wondered if the messiness and violence of 2015's event would keep it from returning this year. Well, good news!
SF News Video: 4 Injured In Skater Brawl In Justin Herman Plaza Multiple people were injured Friday when a brawl broke out in Justin Herman Plaza. The above video shot by a vendor who sells t-shirts shows some of the carnage (before she ducks to
Arts & Entertainment Free Janelle Monáe Concert In Justin Herman Plaza Friday! Marc Benioff now stands as my favorite mega CEO in SF. Why? Because tomorrow, Friday, March 7th, he's celebrating Salesforce's 15th anniversary with a free concert in Justin Herman Plaza starring Janelle Monáe!
Arts & Entertainment Video: Watch San Francisco's Massive Valentine's Day Pillow Fight From Above Filmmaker Beto "Mooncricket" Lopez flew his "quadcopter" (a type of drone) over Friday night's massive Valentine's Day pillow fight, and it's kind of amazing. "Watch one of the guys on the bottom left
Arts & Entertainment 7 Tips For Enjoying Tomorrow's Massive Pillow Fight What better way to meet your future spouse than by pounding the crap out them with fluffy softness. Tomorrow, Valentine's Day, that day, marks our city's annual tradition of holding a massive pillow
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Hanging Out At Naked Bike Ride S.F. [NSFW] The warm weather proved a boon for those who striped down to nothing for San Francisco's annual World Naked Bike Ride. Here are a few images of cyclists taking it off at Justin
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, At Justin Herman Plaza... Greenpeace crunchies inflated a giant tiger to celebrat International Day of Forests, holding a banner calling attention to one of Indonesia's most noted rainforest destroyers: "APRIL." “APRIL is Indonesia’s second largest pulp
Arts & Entertainment 7 Scenes From Valentine's Day Pillow Fight Massacre In S.F. The annual tradition of holding massive pillow fight in Justin Herman Plaza on Valentine's Day brought out all sorts of festive and costumed types. This year's winner? They guy who brought his childhood
SF News Gun Control Advocates to Stage 'Lie In' at Justin Herman Plaza Saturday In the wake of the Newtown tragedy, a local chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence plans to host a silent protest on Saturday at Justin Herman Plaza to call attention
SF News Neck Stabbed At Justin Herman Plaza A heated verbal altercation between two men quickly deteriorated into physical fright at Justin Herman Plaza on Friday. According to SF Appeal, "The suspect and the victim were in an argument in the
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Meager Turnout At Tea Party Rally In San Francisco Grandparents from across the Bay Area gathered in Justin Herman Plaza on Saturday to protest the national debt, President Barack Obama, and fashion élan. Members danced to music, applauded vitriolic speeches, and waved
SF News Six Months After Occupy SF: How Are Those Bocce Courts Doing? It's been over half a year since the Occupy Movement first sprang up, which seems like as good a time as any to take a reading of the movement's local impact. Specifically: are
Arts & Entertainment Two Guys Go At It During Valentine's Day Pillow Fight [Video] Bob Horowitz captured this excellent shot of a boy in blue caught among the flying feathers from San Francisco's annual Valentine's Day Pillow Fight at Justin Herman Plaza. Below: two guys go at
SF News SF Police Chief Talks Occupy SF Response [UPDATED] Compared to OPD and the city of Oakland's reaction, the San Francisco Police Department's response to cleansing out the encampment at Justin Herman Plaza was a gentlemen's affair. No serious injures were reported,
SF News Occupiers Vow To Retake Justin Herman Plaza In SF [Updates] Members of Occupy SF, who were booted from Justin Herman Plaza early this morning, are now in the process of trying to reclaim the area. At least three people have been arrested so
SF News SFPD Putting Up Barricades Around Occupy SF Encampment [Updated] Uh oh, you guys. We're getting word that the SFPD is throwing up barricades around the Occupy SF camp at Justin Herman Plaza. We don't yet know what this means, but a confrontation
SF News High Noon At Occupy SF: Little Police Presence It's past noon and Occupy SF campers remain put after the city gave the Justin Herman Plaza encampment orders to clear out today. Or else. Or else what? We'll have to wait and
SF News Occupy SF Has Until Noon To Clear Out The Department of Public Works gave Occupy SF word yesterday that they have until noon Thursday to clear out. The makeshift tent city at Justin Herman Plaza has become a public health hazard
SF News Occupy SF Says No Thanks To Sketchy Mission Campsite San Francisco's Occupy contingent voted last night to stay put on the relatively luxurious bocce ball grounds at Justin Herman Plaza, thereby shooting down the Mayor's offer to move to a pre-blighted block
SF News Reports of Disorderly Conduct Near Occupy SF Not Helping Camp's Image While things have generally been quiet around Justin Herman Plaza lately, no camp raids or riots to speak of, the Occupy SF camp attracted rowdy out-of-towners over the past few days. And that
