SF News Dazzling New Butterflies Introduced in Presidio to Replace Dazzling Butterflies That Went Extinct The Xerces blue butterfly that used to flutter across SF’s western dunes went extinct 80 years ago, but wildlife experts have identified the closest known relatives of that butterfly, and they just reintroduced a bunch of them in the Presidio.
Arts & Entertainment SF’s Free Outdoor Movies Return Friday Night, as SFFILM Presents John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’ The SFFILM festival is rolling into the Presidio Friday night with a free screening of John Carpenter’s classic 80s horror film “The Fog,” which was filmed in Marin County. The show is free, but you do have to RSVP in advance.
SF News Sunday Links: US Cyber Command Ordered to Remove Russia From Cyber Threat List Russia has been de-prioritized at the US Cyber Command; the new park along Great Highway is opening up on April 12 — help name it; and some background info on the guy who wears the light-up dinosaur costume in Dolores Park.
SF News Trump Orders Presidio Trust 'Eliminated' But That May Not Happen Another night in Washington and another executive order from Trump, this one ordering the elimination of four specific federal entities, including the Presidio Trust in San Francisco, declaring them examples of "waste and abuse."
SF Politics Republicans Want to Claw Back $200M Given to the Presidio Under Biden In the first what are sure to many, many middle-finger gestures in the direction of San Francisco and California generally, wrathful Republicans are trying to take back $200 million that was granted to the Presidio.
SF News Federal Officials Shoot and Kill Crissy Field Coyote That Had Killed Three Dogs In Three Weeks DNA tests determined that it was one single coyote who’d killed three dogs at Crissy Field and the Presidio since September 15, so National Park officials killed that coyote Sunday, as it had been getting pretty aggressive with people too.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Huge New Food Hall From Momofuku Alum Coming to Presidio Tunnel Tops A large restaurant space in the Presidio Tunnel Tops park that has been sitting empty has found a taker, and it's an alum from the acclaimed Momofuku restaurant group.
Arts & Entertainment Church of 8 Wheels Taking Over a Warehouse Near the Golden Gate Bridge In July for Inaugural ‘Skate Week’ A 20,000-square-foot warehouse near the Golden Gate Bridge will be transformed into a gigantic disco roller rink for the Church of 8 Wheels’ first-ever Skate Week in July, and wait ‘til you see the faux stained-glass windows they’ll be decorating the place with.
SF News Mentally Ill Homeless Man With at Least 60 Arrests Back In Jail on Federal Charges for Presidio Graffiti A very troubled and pretty clearly unmedicated man with a long history of mental illness, addiction, and criminal activity across San Francisco, has been in jail the past three months following an especially creepy incident in the Presidio.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Fast-Casual Cafe and Pizzeria With Golden Gate Views Opening In the Presidio A new cafe, with pizza, cocktails, beer and wine, is opening January 15 in the former Transit cafe space at the Presidio Transit Center (215 Lincoln Blvd.), right at the entry of the Presidio Tunnel Tops.
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Tunnel Tops To Get Additional Picnic Area On What's Now Sports Basement's Parking Lot There's a project that's about two years out to convert part of the current Sports Basement parking lot next to Crissy Field into an extension of the 14-acre Presidio Tunnel Tops park.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dalida, a New Eastern Mediterranean Restaurant From Noosh Chefs, Debuts Friday In the Presidio Coming this weekend to the Presidio is a brand new Eastern Mediterranean restaurant from the talented opening chefs behind Noosh and the Mission District pop-up Istanbul Modern, and it's called Dalida.
SF News USA Cycling Champ Hit By Car and Killed In the Presidio A Tuesday afternoon accident on Arguello Boulevard in the Presidio took the life of two-time USA Cycling Masters Track National Champion Ethan Boyes, who was struck by a car under circumstances the U.S. Park Police continue to investigate.
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Tunnel Tops Park Opens to the Public This Weekend, At Long Last After breaking ground nearly three years ago, the pandemic-delayed Presidio Tunnel Tops park is making its big debut on Saturday and Sunday, with special events — and hopefully pretty decent weather.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Presidio Puts Out Call for Mobile Food Vendors and Established Restaurateurs to Apply for Tunnel Tops Spaces The Presidio Trust is seeking food trucks and vendors to fill revolving slots at the new Tunnel Tops park area, and they're also still looking for a restaurant operator to fill a large space in a new building there as well.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Union Square Mexican Spot Colibri Reopens In New Digs In the Presidio Next Weekend Colibri Mexican Bistro, the high-end Mexican restaurant on Geary near Union Square that opened around 2004 and closed in 2020, has found new life in the former Arguello space at the Presidio Officers' Club.
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Tunnel Tops to Finally Open In Mid-July; New Battery Bluff Area Opens April 23 The new park spaces atop and around the Presidio Parkway tunnels, which have been under construction for over two years, will finally open to the public starting April 23, with the main Presidio Tunnel Tops opening on Sunday, July 17.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Former Arguello Space In Presidio to Become New Mexican Restaurant From Colibri Restaurateur The restaurateur behind the former Colibri Mexican Bistro near Union Square, as well as Zazil Cocina Mexicana and El Jardin at San Jose's Santana Row, has signed a deal to take over two spaces at the Presidio, including the former Arguello space at the Presidio Officers' Club.
SF News Tunnel Tops and Battery Bluff Park Areas Open In the Presidio This Spring The two long-awaited new park areas being constructed atop the Presidio Parkway tunnels, near the Golden Gate Bridge, are set to open to the public this spring, and we have a preview.
Arts & Entertainment Springtime Palate Cleanser: ‘Swan Lake’ Outdoor Ballet on the SF Bay Another stunning outdoor ballet video from Post:ballet, as their interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ premieres today and pirouettes around the Golden Gate Bridge.
Arts & Entertainment Andy Goldsworthy 'Spire' Sculpture in Presidio Damaged By Possible Arson Fire An invaluable environmental art piece by the sculptor Andy Goldsworthy was damaged early Tuesday morning in what investigators believe was an act of arson.
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Closes Roads to Create 4.5-Mile 'Loop' for Nearby Residents The Presidio Trust just announced an experimental road closure that will create a continuous, 4.5-mile, vehicle-free paved trail for pedestrians and bicyclists where they can practice social distancing. But don't get any ideas about driving over there.
SF News Video: Coyotes Battle for Dominance Over the Presidio, Certain Trail Sections Will Close to Dogs A security camera in the Presidio managed to capture a territorial fight between three coyotes for dominion over the 1,500-acre park a few months prior. Sure, it’s no David Attenborough-narrated nature documentary – but the footage is certainly welcomed respite from this dystopian news cycle.
Arts & Entertainment Presidio Tunnel Tops Project Kicks Off With Pelosi In Attendance, Completion Due in 2021 The official "groundmaking" ceremony was held Thursday to kick off the process of building and landscaping what will create 14 acres of parkland over the top of the 101 freeway tunnels near the Golden Gate Bridge, connecting the Presidio to Crissy Field.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Presidio Picnic Returns For Its 8th Season On Sunday This Sunday will mark the 8th consecutive spring kickoff for Presidio Picnic, the popular Sunday food-truck picnic on the Main Parade Ground of the Presidio.
