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Putting young artists to work with YBCA

Every time you buy a there there San Francisco tee, you’re helping the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts put artists to work. The program, called YAAW, encourages young people to draw connections between art and community, and to make… Read More

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Wiggle your way across SF

Forget cabs and public transit. In San Francisco, the speediest route across town is a zig-zag bike path. Known as the Wiggle, the path starts out on Market Street and winds its way West towards the ocean. Its real selling… Read More

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Dolores: four parks in one

Mission Dolores isn’t just one park. It’s four independent states, stitched together with some palm trees: gays, hipsters, families, and sports players. Cross the sidewalk to the bathrooms, and you’re in a completely different city. Nobody seems to mind the… Read More

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San Francisco’s urban herd

An urban herd of bison exist in San Francisco? How many people have made five bucks on this bet? Shockingly, bison really do roam the fields of Golden Gate Park. And the cross-town trip to see them is definitely worth… Read More

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Fairyland: the magic key that started it all

Long before Disneyland opened its gates, Children’s Fairyland was inviting Oakland kids to enter a world of imagination on the shores of Lake Merritt. And its famous Magic Keys became familiar to magic-seekers across the country. A few years later,… Read More