Latest from SFBay
Stockton offers $50k in grants for art projects within the community
The Stockton Arts Commission will be accepting applications for $50,000 in grants to support art, artists, and art projects within the Stockton community.Read More
Mayor seeks ways to make event permitting less painful
San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants to make it easier for event organizers to obtain permits for parades, street fairs and neighborhood block parties. Breed issued an executive order...Read More
SF voters pass ‘homeless tax,’ arts funding
Proposition C, which would tax San Francisco's wealthiest companies to provide funds for housing and rehabilitating The City's homeless, appears To have passed.Read More
Santa Cruz police arrest arson and vandalism suspect
A man was arrested Monday on suspicion of vandalism and of starting two small fires in Santa Cruz on Aug. 22, police said.Read More
Galeria De La Raza forced out by soaring rents
An art gallery with deep roots in San Francisco's historic Mission District announced Friday it will vacate its main space after 46 years of tenancy.Read More
‘The Story of Poo’ explains City’s sewer system
San Francisco school kids will get an inside look into the city's sewer system through an animated educational video created by the city's public utilities commission and the California...Read More
Danville outdoor pianos summon public players
Anyone who can play a piano is encouraged to perform publicly in downtown Danville.Read More
New SFO mural splashes airport with local color
A new mural will welcome travelers at San Francisco International Airport this week, depicting The City's most famous landmarks.Read More
Ceremony launches 15-year Pier 70 redevelopment
City officials broke ground Thursday on one of the biggest waterfront developments in San Francisco.Read More
Larry Harvey, Burning Man founder, dies
Larry Harvey, founder of Burning Man, is dead at 70, organizers of the arts festival said on social media shortly after noon Saturday.Read More
San Francisco preps for its most legal 420 Day ever
Thousands will descend on “Hippie Hill” Friday to take a puff, a few puffs, or many, many puffs of marijuana.Read More
Burning Man founder hospitalized after stroke
The founder of Burning Man, Larry Harvey, has been hospitalized after suffering a massive stroke, organizers of the arts festival said.Read More
UCSF gets $500M donation for seismically safe hospital
The University of California at San Francisco received a $500 million commitment from a charitable foundation to pay for a new seismically sound hospital at the university's Parnassus Heights...Read More
Pier 70 redo to add 3,000 housing units
San Francisco city officials this week gave final approval to a 28-acre project at Pier 70 expected to include as many as 3,000 new housing units.Read More
Outcry seals fate of offensive Civic Center statue
San Francisco's Arts Commission voted unanimously Monday to begin the process of removing a historic Civic Center statue.Read More
Artists create works of art from San Francisco trash
Twice a day, Curtis Reid Henderson scavenges a giant pile of garbage at Recology headquarters to find objects to use in his artwork.Read More
Fall enrollment jumps as free City College kicks off
San Francisco residents still have time to enroll at City College of San Francisco for the fall 2017 semester.Read More
Taiwanese students learn on the job at SF library
The San Francisco Public Library welcomed two Taiwan university students on Wednesday as part of an observational learning agreement.Read More