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11/21/2025

Love it or hate it, San Francisco’s famous Vaillancourt Fountain will soon be gone.

has feelings about that.

WHY IT MATTERS: The city’s Arts Commission has voted to remove the Brutalist artwork as part of a $32.5 million redesign of Embarcadero Plaza. The demolition alone will cost $4.4 million.

⛲ Officials say the fountain is contaminated with lead and asbestos, and that repairing it would nearly drain the entire project budget.

🇨🇦 The fountain was designed by Québécois artist Armand Vaillancourt, who named it “Québec Libre!” Since its installation in 1971 it has made headlines, graced the cover of Thrasher magazine and even been spray-painted by U2 lead singer Bono.

Now, the fountain is on its way out – and the debate over it still cuts to the heart of San Francisco’s identity.

For more, head to the 🔗 in bio.

🎥 : / Axios

11/19/2025

Those X’d out eyes and giant plastic-looking figurines can only mean one thing: KAWS has landed in SF.

’s newest exhibition shows off the work of Brooklyn-based pop artist Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS. It features early sketches, paintings, sculptures and even a room-scale installation dedicated to breakfast cereal (seriously).

KAWS recreates iconic characters like Snoopy, the Muppets and the Simpsons, but with a quirky edge. It’s an ode to commercialism and culture, where the lines between craft and capitalism are blurred.

KAWS: Family at SFMOMA
📍 151 3rd St, San Francisco
🎟️ $10 weekdays, $12 weekends (in addition to museum entry ticket)
🗓️ Runs until May 3, 2026

🎥: / Claire Reilly / Axios

11/12/2025

⛸️ San Francisco’s holiday tradition is back!

The has opened for the winter so we strapped on our skates and went for a spin (if the toddlers are skating without falling over, you can too!)

❄️ Share this with a friend and see you on the ice.

📍 Union Square
📆 Until Jan. 19
⏰ 10am – 11pm everyday
🎟️ $22 for adults and $17 for kids under 8, includes 1 hour of skating and free skate rental

Buy tickets online in advance
🔗unionsquareicerink.com

11/10/2025

👀 Nancy Pelosi’s retirement has kicked off a game of political musical chairs and things are about to get interesting!

While the speaker emerita’s departure after almost 40 years is a huge moment of change in Californian politics, it’s not the only change we’re likely to see in the near future.

, , and are all vying to take a step up in local and state politics. So who will win?

We’ve turned to the whiteboard to map it out (it’s kinda like football playmaking, but way nerdier).

11/04/2025

SF is full of AI startups and lots of big promises around the future of AI – but can anyone actually explain in simple terms HOW this tech is changing our lives?

We headed to Disrupt to ask AI’s biggest fans what the hype was about.

Turns out 🤖 = 📄 = 🤯

11/03/2025

🚗 You’re not going crazy — your commute has genuinely gotten worse.

Last year, commuters in SF and Oakland totaled 134 hours stuck in congestion. Compared to the U.S. average of 63 hours in 2024, the Bay Area is going above and beyond once again.

Traditional rush hours are returning, but midday congestion is also on the rise, possibly tied to remote and hybrid work changing people’s schedules.

For more, head to the 🔗 in bio.

Source: Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s 2025 Urban Mobility Report.

10/31/2025

🎃 Halloween ⁠and Día de los Mu***os have arrived in San Francisco and we’re ready to get out on the town!

➡️ Share with your spooky crew and head to the 🔗 in bio for our full guide.
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Castro Night Market: ⁠📆 Friday, Oct. 31⁠
⏰ 5-10pm⁠
🎟️ FREE⁠
📍 18th St. between Hartford and Collingwood, SF⁠nightmarket⁠
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Nightmare on Front Street⁠📆 Friday, Oct. 31⁠
⏰ 2-10pm⁠
🎟️ FREE⁠
📍 254 Front St., SF⁠
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Black Cat Hotel⁠📆 Friday-Saturday, Oct. 31-Nov. 1⁠
⏰ Various timed entrances from 5:30pm⁠
📍 Palace Theater, 644 Broadway, SF⁠
🎟️ From $75⁠
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Haunted Chenery in Glen Park⁠📆 Friday, Oct. 31⁠
⏰ 5-9pm⁠
📍 Chenery St. between Diamond and Elk, Glen Park, SF⁠
🎃 See the pumpkins at 354 Sussex St.⁠
🎟️ FREE⁠
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Tenderloin Street Fair Diá de los Mu***os Celebration⁠📆 Saturday, Nov. 1⁠
⏰ 2-8pm⁠
📍 Golden Gate Ave. between Larkin and Jones, SF⁠
🎟️ FREE⁠
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Día de los Mu***os Procession⁠📆 Sunday, Nov. 2⁠
⏰ 7pm⁠
📍 22nd and Bryant Sts., SF⁠
🎟️ FREE⁠
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Diá de los Mu***os Festival of Altars⁠📆 Sunday, Nov. 2⁠
⏰ Installation begins: 8am ⁠
Ceremony: 12pm ⁠
Performances: 5pm⁠
📍 Potrero Del Sol Park, SF⁠
🎟️ FREE⁠
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Our fave Halloween houses:⁠⁠
🎃 (pictured)⁠
📍 282 Divisadero St. in Lower Haight.⁠
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👻 Ghostbusters House: ⁠
85-87 Diamond St. in the Castro.⁠
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💀 Skeletons House⁠
2229 Divisadero St. in Pacific Heights.⁠
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🪦 Graveyard House⁠
45 Upper Terrace in Corona Heights.⁠
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🏴‍☠️ Pirates of the Caribbean House: ⁠
4274 24th St. in Noe Valley.

10/28/2025

✨ Life is more fun when you live in color!

has been bringing maximalist fashion to SF’s vintage markets for years. Now, owner and long-time stylist Katelyn Tighe has launched a “Maximalist Social Club” to bring together the city’s best dressers in her fabulous studio in Cow Hollow.

💃 It’s all about bright colors, clashing prints and a lot of amazing gold accessories.

headed down to play dress-up and bask in racks full of the brightest clothing you can find in SF – not a single Patagonia puffer vest in sight.

Tangerine Queen Vintage
📍1779 Union St, SF
⏰ By appointment
🔗 tangerinequeen.com

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10/25/2025

Calle 24 is keeping Latino culture alive in the Mission.

Walk the stretch of 24th Street between Mission Street and Potrero Avenue on any given day and you’ll find colorful murals, cumbia beats and the scent of fresh pan dulce – all things that mark this area of the Mission as San Francisco’s epicenter for Latino culture.

FLASHBACK: Gentrification in the 1990s galvanized community leaders to organize and protect the Mission’s identity, a movement that led to the creation of the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District.

Today, the neighborhood remains a vital anchor for both new and long-standing Latino-owned businesses.

1. The artwork at the entrance of celebrates Latinos with soul.

2-4: , owned by Denise Gonzales, specializes in handmade crafts and vibrant Day of the Dead merchandise. “This is a store that has been created with a lot of love and more than anything, to demonstrate our culture and art,” she told Axios in Spanish.

5: A sticker reading “No one is illegal” in Spanish.

6-7: Discodelic draws collectors and first- and second-generation Latinos seeking to connect with their roots. “For us, it’s a point of joy to be able to connect people back to these cultural lifelines,” shop clerk Jesus Iñiguez told Axios.

8: The bright neon of Roosevelt Tamale Parlor.

9: The mural outside which claims the title as “The oldest, fastest and most delicious diner in San Francisco.”

10: The street sign at 24th and Florida Streets.

11. The “Naya Bihana” (A New Dawn) mural in Balmy Alley, painted by Martin Travers.

10/23/2025

🪧 San Franciscans turned out at City Hall on Thursday to hear from community organizers and elected officials about the city’s response to the threat of ICE raids across the Bay Area.

The event, organized by Bay Resistance, featured labor, faith and community leaders who spoke out in support of immigrant communities across the Bay Area. District 9 supervisor Jackie Fielder (whose district encompasses the Mission) also reiterated that the city had been preparing for possible action from federal agents.

“Every single organization is mobilized and staying mobilized to serve the community,” she said.

While President Trump said Thursday that he had called off a “surge” of federal agents into SF, California State Senator Scott Wiener “that could change at any time.”

Speaking from the sidelines of the rally, Wiener said the city needed to be “ready and prepared to support our immigrant communities.”

10/18/2025

Tens of thousands of people gathered and marched in the Bay Area on Saturday, joining nearly 7 million people across the U.S. for a day of “No Kings” protests.

WHY IT MATTERS: This latest round of protests comes as the government shutdown approaches its third week and opposition to Trump’s military crackdown on Democratic-led cities grows.

BY THE NUMBERS: According to a statement from the “No Kings” protest organizers, Saturday’s turnout was “one of the largest single-day demonstrations in U.S. history” with over two million more people taking part than participated in similar protests in June of this year.

Protestors gathered on Ocean Beach in the morning to make a large human banner, while in the afternoon a crowd of thousands marched down Market Street holding signs and flags.

🔗 For more, head to the link in our bio.

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