While the name may seem misleading, The Laundromat S.F. – located on Balboa Street in the Outer Richmond – is not the place to drop off your laundry. However, if you are craving well crafted bagels, pizza – and the star of the show, smash burgers every Wednesday night – it is the perfect place.
Comparison photos of Irving Street Near Eighth Avenue 44 years apart.
San Franciscans are accustomed to living with uncertainty. We know that earthquakes are a fact of life, that coastal weather can be unpredictable and that the next emergency may arrive with little warning. With forecasts pointing to a particularly strong El Niño this winter, now is the time to examine how prepared our City is.
Every Californian deserves to feel safe in their home and in their neighborhood. But for survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking and other crimes, safety is not always a given. Finding a safe place to go, accessing legal support or getting help in a moment of crisis can be life-changing – and quite often lifesaving.
We’re living through a frightening time in this country. The cost of living has skyrocketed to levels that are pushing families out of San Francisco. A.I. is advancing rapidly with few safeguards in sight. People are losing faith that the government can make a difference in their lives.
In San Francisco and across the country, we are seeing the brutal impact of President Donald Trump’s cruel immigration tactics. Just in October in the Mission District, an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, who was not wearing any identification, ran across the street with his gun drawn, terrifying neighbors and violently detained a man on our streets.
HoneyMood, a brunch restaurant that puts Korean, Japanese and other Asian twists on classic dishes, opened on Oct. 20 at 726 Clement St. The restaurant sits between eighth and ninth avenues in the space once occupied by Chili House, which closed in 2023 after a fire in the apartment above it.
Hundreds of people filled Clement Street between sixth and eighth avenues for the third annual Clement Street Art Fair on Oct. 17. Under a clear sky, local artists and organizations set up tents where families browsed various goods.
District 4 Supervisor Alan Wong wants to give San Francisco’s Veterans’ Affairs Commission back its name and remove a 2029 termination date placed on the body earlier this year, as he rallied veterans and supervisors on the steps of City Hall ahead of Veterans Day.
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in November 2026.
The first housing development approved by the City using S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie’s new Family Zoning Plan is set to land on Anza Street, near Collins Street in the Laurel Heights neighborhood. Although the building is only eight residential units, it is seen by many as a harbinger of what lies ahead.
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) board voted on Oct. 13 to replace its longstanding lottery for assigning elementary school students with a neighborhood-based system.
Roughly 60 neighborhood residents gathered at the Richmond Recreation Center on Oct. 22 to tell city agency representatives what the City is doing well and what it could do better. The evening was one of 14 Family Summits the City is holding as it prepares its first joint plan for children and families.
In their second years of existence, the Golden State Valkyries have reached the pinnacle of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). A 68-63 win over the Atlanta Dream on Halloween night clinched the franchise’s first ever WNBA championship. They became the fastest North American (NBA/NFL/NHL/MLB/WNBA) professional expansion team since 1967 to win a championship.
The 19th Annual Induction Dinner Gala will take place on Nov. 22 at the world-renowned Olympic Golf Club in South San Francisco, the stunningly picturesque site to a number of the past U.S. Open Golf Championships.
