San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island has shut down and shall be closed to guests for the remainder of the week to endure repairs at its dock, National Park Service officers advised SFGATE on Monday morning. The historic landmark and vacationer vacation spot is scheduled to reopen by Saturday. In an electronic mail, Joshua Winchell, the park’s…
FILE – An aerial view of Vacaville in December 2025. Stephen Lam/AP The New York Times printed a glowing profile this week on Vacaville, a Bay Area city that’s well-known, however not all the time celebrated. And whereas publicity within the nation’s newspaper of report is a welcome shock, some Solano County locals have been baffled by how…
No disrespect to Outside Lands or Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, however few San Francisco musical traditions are as universally beloved as Stern Grove Festival. Every summer time from June to August, Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove on the fringe of the Parkside and West Portal neighborhoods transforms into the most popular music venue on the town. It identifies because…
The Transamerica Pyramid offered for $691 million final Friday, in line with a information launch shared with SFGATE this week by Cyprus-based funding agency Yoda PLC, the new house owners of one among the most recognizable buildings in San Francisco. It marks the second time the 853-foot-tall skyscraper has modified fingers since its building in…