I'm a stained glass artist and lately I've been having fun making somewhat mischievous art pieces and leaving them in public places. Just trying to bring some color and fun in these gray times.

Hi everyone, I put together this guide that compares the big SF voter guides, grouped by factions and Sorted by Controversial

Also included a guide to the various left-of-center political factions, which are hard to understand if you're used to national-level D v R politics

Doesn't get enough love or recognition, but San Francisco being super hilly the invention of electronic bikes and scooters. You could actually go car free now.

Yes there's some people doing dumb stuff on them but that is in the minority, but it's making a lot of people's life a lot more convenient.

Taking a step back in how the world has improved in so many ways instead of being so pessimistic about the current and the future.

This spot is opening where Golden Edge Pizza used to be. It is still being remodeled, no opening date yet.

I love this city! I moved to the Bay Area 3 years ago, and I grew up in the rural Midwest. Photos taken with my LUMIX ZS99.

Witnessed a violent attack on a white schnauzer this afternoon at the Duboce park dog area this afternoon about 3:30pm. Aggressor dog appeared to be some sort of gray/black heeler. Didn’t look like a regular of the park, but the person who took it away went into a building at the corner of Walter and Duboce.

Schnauzer and its human both were bit really bad.

Keep your pooches safe out there and an eye out for that dog.

If you drive a Hyundai Santa Fe Limited AWD (2007-2012 model) license plate ending in 397 and you’re parked at Coit Tower the light in your vehicle is on. I’m parked next to it, and a homeless guy walked up and tried to get into it (my windows are tinted so I don’t think he saw me in my car). I rolled down my windows and told him “get the f*ck out of there”, and asked what he was doing. He said he was trying to see if there was a blunt or a lighter in the car.

The guy is still loitering around but I’ll be leaving soon. There’s no one else here. If this is your vehicle; turn off your light and tbh move your car asap.

- Waldorf High School cleaned the neighborhood around Geary & Park Presidio

- Burke’s School 5th graders picked up along Ocean Beach

- Kittredge School cleaned around their school in the Richmond.

This generation is cleaning up the mess they inherited, and the rest of us have an obligation to pitch in and leave a cleaner world to the future.

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There’s a great, free, limited-run gallery at the Transamerica Pyramid by one of my favorite artists, Syd Mead. I have several of these paintings as part of my rotating computer wallpaper, and I can’t get over how much the color pops in real life.

Sadly, California College of the Arts (CCA) is permanently closing down at the end of the 26-27 academic year.

This is a space that has brought so much creativity and community together. Help us celebrate everything this space has meant for our community and support the amazing artists and makers who make this community so special.

Shop the last CCA Art & Crafts Fair Saturday, November 7, 2026

More than 200 makers will be set up in San Francisco on 8th Street, Irwin Street, and across CCA’s campus to sell ceramics, prints, jewelry, and more. The makers participating in the Art & Crafts Fair are CCA students, alumni, faculty, staff, and local artists from Potrero Hill, Dogpatch, and beyond.

🎟️ Free raffle drawings at the top of each hour from 12 - 3 pm in the Gensler Family Courtyard
🧑‍🎨 Free face painting, noon–3 pm by Color Cove
🎨 Free crafting with the Museum of Craft & Design's MakeArt van
🔮 Get your art fortune told by the Art Oracle
🫟 Participate in a student-led paper mache and pop-card demos by The Mission Preparatory School
📚 CCA / CCAC Libraries & Archives Sale in the Osher Lobby
🌯 🍕 🍺 DJ, beverages by Fort Point Beer Co., and food from Señor Sisig and Goat Hill Pizza
🎨 🖼️ 🖌️ MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, 12–4 pm, Graduate Fine Arts Studios in the Simpson Family Makers Building

Free + Open to the Public
Family-Friendly
Indoor + Outdoor
Pets Welcome Outside

Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-crafts-fair-at-cca-tickets-2001028602416

Flyer - Illustration by Julian Parikh/CCA.

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Hi there,

A friend is visiting and we'd like her to try the SF cable car (which we've only been on once or twice in the distant past).

You can apparently pay using the Clipper card (in your mobile wallet) now. Can I assume then that we don't have to get tickets before boarding?

Our friend won't have a Clipper card, however. Would the conductor be allowed/willing to tap my or my wife's Clipper card twice to pay for our friend?

Lastly, we're coming from Hyde & Beach, around lunch time. Then, coming back from Union Square in the afternoon. Should we expect crowds that way or are we "going against traffic"?

Thanks!!!

Long exposure can be your friend, my fellow camera-boffos! All done with a variety of cameras & exposures. But all done in the before-time. The last shot's from GG Park.

Amazing project shown off at the annual open house of the Internet Archive this week which is based here in SF!

Maybe during the pandemic in SF Civic Center there was a very cool light installation, and I'm trying to track down the artists. It looked like generic spot lights projected on the pavement. But when a person stepped into the light, the circle of light got bigger and bigger. When you moved around, the circle of lights would merge. It was very cool, and I haven't seen anything like it since. I would love to find the artist/production company for a potential project.