The Latest in SF Bike Lanes: Upper Market & Two-Way Lanes June 06, 2017 | By Shayna Yasuhara At the beginning of May, dozens of people attended the SFMTA Board meeting in support of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s push for protected bike lanes on Upper Market. Good news: it worked! (Read More)
The Unauthorized SFMOMA Shows: Somewhere on the Internet June 05, 2017 | By Shayna Yasuhara One writer’s quest to connect with a DIY artists’ network turns up some interesting surprises. (Read More)
Political and Community Events 6/3 - 6/9 June 02, 2017 | By JayAnn Leyson Every Friday, we post the Beacon’s Politics and Community Calendar - where you can find (almost) all the political and community events in San Francisco for the upcoming week. (Read More)
A Later Last Call at 4AM? June 02, 2017 | By Jordan DeAngelo On Wednesday, the California State Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 384, which would allow bars to stay open for two more hours. (Read More)
Art with Heart: Mural Artist Sirron Norris Teaches SF Seniors to Draw May 31, 2017 | By Shayna Yasuhara Sirron Norris’ paintings are a staple of San Francisco’s mural and street art culture. (Read More)
Safe Injection Sites: Sweeping the Nation, Coming to SF May 29, 2017 | By Diego Aguilar-Canabal “Today, you can’t walk from City Hall to Civic Center BART without seeing people shooting up in broad daylight,” Supervisor London Breed said last week. (Read More)
Political and Community Events 5/27-6/2 May 26, 2017 | By JayAnn Leyson Every Friday, we post the Beacon’s Politics and Community Calendar - where you can find (almost) all the political and community events in San Francisco for the upcoming week. Have an event you want us to list? Email us at contact@baycitybeacon.com and we’ll be sure to include it. (Read More)
The Return of Alamo Square Park May 26, 2017 | By Daniel Herzstein Just over a year after its closure on May 10, 2016, Alamo Square Park reopened again to delight locals and tourists alike on May 24th. (Read More)
Doing Your 'Fair Share' of Housing [GuestOpinion] May 25, 2017 | By Matthew Palm San Francisco’s painful and vicious battles over new development revolve around just a handful of neighborhoods. (Read More)
Can New Trains Fix MUNI? [PedestrianObservations] May 24, 2017 | By Alon Levy San Francisco’s Muni light-rail offers a convenient ride to most of the city, but it hasn’t kept up with the times. Fixing it will be no easy task. (Read More)
The Honey Hive: An Outpost of Culture in Outer Sunset May 22, 2017 | By Tyler Walicek At this tiny gallery by the beach, there’s more than meets the eye. (Read More)
Common Grounds: Urban Space to Art Oasis May 19, 2017 | By Shayna Yasuhara Common Grounds is a free two-week arts festival, transforming urban space into an art oasis with 105 local artists and 23 local arts organizations. (Read More)
Political and Community Events 5/20 - 5/26 May 19, 2017 | By JayAnn Leyson Every Friday, we post the Beacon’s Politics and Community Calendar - where you can find (almost) all the political and community events in San Francisco for the upcoming week. (Read More)
Will Groundwater Change the Quality of Your Coffee? May 17, 2017 | By Courtney Newton Plans to blend San Francisco’s Hetch Hetchy water supply with groundwater have left some local merchants feeling queasy. (Read More)
Oakland's 'Black Misfits' Concerts Build Bridges, Break Ground May 16, 2017 | By Diego Aguilar-Canabal “Everybody wants you to be black and positive,” says Maya Songbird. “Yet no one offers you a door or a window to escape white supremacy.” (Read More)
Local Resistance: Democracy Action Organizes at Home and Abroad May 15, 2017 | By Mike Ege At the level of city politics, it's easy to forget that various shades of Blue and Green can actually work together to have a real impact across the country. (Read More)
Political and Community Events 5/13 - 5/19 May 12, 2017 | By JayAnn Leyson Every Friday, we post the Beacon’s Politics and Community Calendar - where you can find (almost) all the political and community events in San Francisco for the upcoming week. (Read More)
Arts Flourish in SF Public Schools May 11, 2017 | By Mike Ege The 2017 SFUSD Arts Festival is an annual event that showcases the best in student creativity from our public schools, which has become an oasis for public arts education in a nation where it often goes underfunded. (Read More)
A Day With Bike Lane Vigilantes May 08, 2017 | By Diego Aguilar-Canabal In a city addicted to cars, a renegade band of bike activists takes safety into their own hands. (Read More)
Politics and Community Calendar 5/6 - 5/12 May 05, 2017 | By JayAnn Leyson Every Friday, we post the Beacon’s Politics and Community Calendar - where you can find (almost) all the political and community events in San Francisco for the upcoming week. (Read More)