Articles for Golden Gate Park

Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor
3 weeks ago

Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor

LA Times  

On a recent Sunday on the far edge of the Outer Sunset, a cozy oceanfront neighborhood with rows of pastel bungalows, hundreds of people enjoyed a stretch of the iconic coastal road known as the Great Highway. The dispute reached a new fervor in last month’s election, when the majority of San Francisco voters approved a controversial ballot measure to …

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Outside Lands’ creators double down on music fests to help revitalize San Francisco
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Outside Lands’ creators double down on music fests to help revitalize San Francisco

LA Times  

Last weekend marked the 16th year of Outside Lands, the San Francisco music and arts festival that has become a cultural beacon. Recently, Another Planet Entertainment, the brains behind the festival since its launch in 2008, partnered with San Francisco officials to produce a series of concerts, some ticketed and some free, intended to revitalize the city. “Ninety percent of …

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Coyote that attacked girl at San Francisco’s Botanical Garden is killed
6 months, 1 week ago

Coyote that attacked girl at San Francisco’s Botanical Garden is killed

LA Times  

The hunt for an adult coyote that attacked a 5-year-old girl in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is over after DNA tests confirmed it was among three killed by state wildlife trappers over the weekend, officials said. A person enters the Botanical Garden in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in April 2023. It’s not unusual to spot a coyote at …

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How dirty is your weed? A joint investigation finds high levels of pesticides in products
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How dirty is your weed? A joint investigation finds high levels of pesticides in products

LA Times  

It’s Monday, June 17. But as a joint investigation by The Times and cannabis industry newsletter WeedWeek found, that doesn’t mean it’s safe, as California regulators are often failing to get contaminated cannabis products off shelves. “The contaminants include chemicals tied to cancer, liver failure, thyroid disease and genetic and neurologic harm to users and unborn children,” Times reporter Paige …

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420 celebration canceled at San Francisco’s Hippie Hill? Not if a psychedelic church can hash out plan
8 months, 3 weeks ago

420 celebration canceled at San Francisco’s Hippie Hill? Not if a psychedelic church can hash out plan

LA Times  

Marijuana fans converge on Hippie Hill for the annual 420 celebration of cannabis at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in 2018. Budget cuts and financial woes forced San Francisco to cancel its annual 420 celebration at Golden Gate Park this year, but a self-described psychedelic church says it will step in to help support the thousands of people expected …

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San Francisco just canceled its 420 fest. Marijuana fans thought it had gotten too commercial anyway
9 months, 2 weeks ago

San Francisco just canceled its 420 fest. Marijuana fans thought it had gotten too commercial anyway

LA Times  

Golden Gate Park rangers police Hippie Hill when it was closed in April 2020. San Francisco’s Hippie Hill will not host the annual pungent, hazy and packed cannabis 420 festival whose roots trace back to the Summer of Love, event organizers announced Monday. Organizer Sound Bazaar posted on Instagram that the annual event held in Golden Gate Park would “not …

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How to spend a day in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco’s historic home of counterculture
1 year ago

How to spend a day in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco’s historic home of counterculture

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery You’ll find psychedelic art and can explore the band’s history at the Grateful Dead House Explore …

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San Francisco city guide: Where to eat, drink, shop and stay in California’s counter-cultural heartland
2 years ago

San Francisco city guide: Where to eat, drink, shop and stay in California’s counter-cultural heartland

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Today Golden Gate Park’s 1,000 acres of public grounds are overflowing with beautiful gardens, lakes and culture, including the California …

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Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting San Francisco
2 years, 7 months ago

Mistakes Tourists Make While Visiting San Francisco

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING San Francisco is one of the most popular cities in the United States for tourism ― and for good reason. If you want to put stuff in your trunk, put it in before you get to your destination and don’t open your trunk once you get there.” ― Allie Tong, blogger at Allie Eats Spending the whole …

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Car-free San Francisco streets: Residents debate reopening
3 years, 7 months ago

Car-free San Francisco streets: Residents debate reopening

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — For Vanessa Gregson, the four-lane highway that borders the beach along San Francisco’s Pacific Ocean is now an automobile-free sanctuary where she can blissfully ride her bicycle and enjoy the quiet. “You feel like you’re in nature, and you’re in San Francisco.” Like cities from Paris to New York that shut roads to motorists when the coronavirus …

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Commentary: It’s time to cancel ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ Here’s what should replace it
4 years, 5 months ago

Commentary: It’s time to cancel ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ Here’s what should replace it

LA Times  

The Francis Scott Key monument in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is one of those old-fashioned pieces of public art that, shall we say, lays it on thick. A high school junior in New York City made news by refusing to record the song for her school’s socially distanced “virtual graduation.” A petition posted on Change.org advocated dropping the song …

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