Arts & Entertainment Skrillex to Return In Late December, Plus Swedish House Mafia Too, as Lurie Announces ‘Winter of Music’ Mayor Lurie took to Instagram to announce a series of late December SF concerts at places you wouldn’t expect them, featuring Skrillex, Four Tet, Swedish House Mafia, and Fisher, between December 19-30.
Arts & Entertainment Let’s Toast to Breakfast of Champions, Celebrating Its 25th Year of Throwing Down Hard on New Year’s Day New Year’s Day has replaced New Year’s Eve in the hearts and minds of many San Francisco’s disco bon vivants, thanks to the SF’s longest-running New Year’s Day party Breakfast of Champions, which notches its 25th anniversary on January 1.
SF News Muni Will Be Free on NYE (Don't Tag Your Clipper Card) Once again, in order to encourage people to use public transit and not drive on New Year's Eve, SF Muni buses and trains will be free to ride on the evening of December 31.
SF Politics Projection Pranksters Hit Ferry Building During New Year’s Fireworks, Mock Mayor Breed, Elon Musk, Trump Some “projection activists” did a number on the SF Ferry Building just before the clock struck midnight for the fireworks show Sunday night, briefly displaying “STFU Musk” and other messages hammering Donald Trump and London Breed.
SF News FBI Lists SF as ‘Attractive Target’ for Terrorist Attack on New Year’s Eve The FBI says that the Israel-Hamas war has “created a heightened threat environment” for domestic terrorist attacks in multiple U.S. cities, and San Francisco is listed as one of those cities that is an “attractive target.”
SF News All Muni Fare Gates Will Be Open and Bus and Train Rides Will Again Be Free on New Year's Eve Riding Muni will be free again this New Year's Eve, giving you one less excuse for making poor choices and another option for getting home after partying this end-of-year holiday weekend.
SF News BART Extends New Year’s Eve Service Until 2 A.M., Caltrain Will Be Free That Night The New Year's Eve announcements are pouring in from Bay Area transit agencies, and Caltrain will be free from 8 p.m. onward Saturday night, while BART will run extra trains going well after 2 a.m.
Arts & Entertainment More New Year’s Eve Party Cancellations, as the Oasis, El Rio, the Melvins Concert, and More All Pull the Plug The Omicron surge has forced the cancellation of New Year’s festivities for Hard French at El Rio, the Melvins concert at Great American Musical Hall, and more.
Arts & Entertainment Should We Go to That Big SF New Year’s Party? We Asked Leading UCSF Doctors Several New Year’s events with hundreds or even thousands of guests are still planning to pop the corks. Infectious disease experts worry this means we’ll drop the ball and ring in new superspreader-y times.
SF News Breaking: SF Cancels New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display Amidst Skyrocketing COVID-19 Case Count The official New Year’s Eve fireworks display was abruptly canceled late Tuesday afternoon, and don’t be surprised if other planned New Year’s Eve parties start getting canceled en masse over the next 48 hours.
SF News Muni and Caltrain Free Again on New Year’s Eve, BART Hours Extended (But Still Full Price) Both Muni and Caltrain will offer free service on New Year's Eve, and while BART will not be free, they’re running an extra 1 a.m. train.
SF News SF Nurse Who Barely Survived COVID Sparks Online Anger for Allegedly Attending New Year's Circuit Party A nurse who posted photos of himself last May as a warning to others about how COVID-19 had ravaged his body over the course of six weeks in the hospital has attracted negative attention after apparently posting online about attending a gay circuit event in Mexico over the New Year's Eve holiday.
SF News No Fireworks for New Year's In SF, and No Late BART Service Either BART is shutting down at 9 p.m. Thursday, there are no fireworks, and you shouldn't be out partying, full stop, the end.
SF News Graton Resort & Casino Suddenly Axes 4,000-Person New Year's Eve Party After piquing the attention of Sonoma County health officials and worried members of the public, the NYE shindig at Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park — which had all the makings of possibly becoming a regional superspreader event — has been canceled.
Arts & Entertainment Graton Casino in Sonoma County to Host 4,000-Person New Year's Eve Party The Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, which is on the sovereign land of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, is hosting a 4,000-person private event on New Year's Eve. And while county health officials are not happy about it, they can't do anything to stop it.
SF News Day Around the Bay: CHP Made Almost 500 DUI Arrests on NYE The Oakland man who died after being dragged by a laptop thief's getaway car was celebrating his birthday, video shows a man getting knocked off a rock by a huge wave near Santa Cruz, and a woman is killed while allegedly breaking into her ex's home in Dublin.
Arts & Entertainment 'HugTrain' to Offer Free Hugs at Golden Gate Bridge Before Midnight In a campaign to fight loneliness, a group known as HugTrain will be offering free hugs to anyone who wants one beside the Golden Gate Bridge Tuesday night, prior to and during the New Year's Eve fireworks show.
Business & Tech The 2010s: When Tech Transformed How We Think, Talk, and Consume Media Companies based in the Bay Area are largely to thank — and blame — for how much the American psyche has changed. And as we close out this tumultuous decade, let's take account of the impacts the local tech industry has had on the world in a short span of time.
Arts & Entertainment Seven New Year's Eve Parties For Locals Like so many other holidays these days, New Year's Eve is amateur hour for a remarkable number of people who don't know how to drink. It's also a traditional time when people in
Arts & Entertainment The 10 Best New Year's Eve Shows You Can Still Make Plans To See by Adrian Spinelli Options for a New Year’s Eve: stay home and mope, go to a house party and make questionable decisions, or you can make a good decision (followed by subsequent
Arts & Entertainment New Year's Eve In 1913 SF: Confetti, Barbary Coast Dancing Banned Lets you think that San Francisco's War on Fun is a 21st Century invention, a look at the New Year's Eve rules and rituals of SF in 1913 are here to prove you
Arts & Entertainment Important Question: Where Are The New Year's Fireworks? Hey, all you who are new to town and looking to do the touristy things that new folks do! Or hey to all those of you who have been in SF for years
SF News SFPD Bolsters New Year's Eve Security Over Terror Fears Like in cities across the globe tonight, San Francisco police are preparing as best they can for the possibility of a terror attack in the wake of the November attack on Paris and
SF News SFFD Promises Crackdown On Unsanctioned New Year's Fireworks Though illegal New Year's fireworks — that is, the pyrotechnics unleashed by that guy who lives down the block from you, not the fancy ones shot off that barge off the Embarcadero— are nothing
SF News For 16th Year In A Row, Muni Will Be Free On New Year's Eve New Year's Eve may be known as "amateur night," but the professionals at Muni are also on the clock that evening — and they're giving it up for free. "We wish all San Francisco
