Bay Area Renderings show proposed public plaza, lagoon overlook at SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | September 8, 2025 In place of the iconic Alioto's Restaurant, the new waterfront plaza will open up views and strengthen the connection to the fishing industry.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: Oakland International film fest, neon signs at Roxie, ‘Baltimorons,’ ‘Paper Bag Plan,’ ‘Happyend’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | September 8, 2025 Look for social themes at the Oakland International Film Festival, a sparkling romantic dramedy, and other new releases this week.
Bay Area We belong outdoors: Bay Area groups battle inequity to make nature accessible for all By Anna Tran | Bay City News | September 7, 2025 Bay Area’s great outdoors often mirrors its difficult history of systemic inequality, revealing who gets access to nature and who doesn’t.
Lifestyle Transit Month has arrived: San Francisco officials say hop on for a smoother ride By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | September 6, 2025 Transit agencies face tough financial situation -- and the hope is to attract more riders.
Arts & Entertainment Piedmont Center for the Arts | Slavic arts, jazz, Beethoven, opera, and more on tap for September By Exedra Staff | September 5, 2025 You needn't go far to fill your weekends with music and art.
Arts & Entertainment 10 Berkeley-set crime tales offer thrilling reading By Frances Dinkelspiel | Bay City News | September 5, 2025 There are around 2,700 mysteries set in the Bay Area according to the online bibliography Golden Gate Mysteries.
Arts & Entertainment Piedmont Ave. mural at center of nudity complaint won’t be removed from public view for now By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | September 4, 2025 Some Native American neighbors are offended and say the mural lacks ‘redeeming cultural message.’
Arts & Entertainment Olivia Kuper Harris’ personal journey fuels new SF musical ‘The Day the Sky Turned Orange’ By Leslie Katz | Bay City News | September 4, 2025 San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company’s “The Day the Sky Turned Orange” runs September 5-October 5 at Z Space in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Opera in the Park, NorCal Book Awards, Jane Lynch and Kate Flannery, Anthony Wilson, ‘My Fair Lady’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | September 3, 2025 Lots of freebies this week and a loverly musical.
Food & Drink The Dish | Gazpacho By Barbara Love | September 2, 2025 Nothing says end of summer like this chilled soup.