City officials say extending its stay would allow time for the public to use and enjoy the Ferris wheel which provides sweeping views of downtown San Francisco to the Pacific Ocean and provide economic stimulus as San Francisco recovers from the pandemic.
The wheel opened last October at 25 % capacity but operated just five weeks before San Francisco entered the most restrictive purple tier and it was shut down.
City officials said they were expecting the observation wheel to draw about 500,000 riders in a year, but so far less than 66,000 people have had a chance to take a spin.
The Castro s Seward slides may offer one of the city s biggest thrills
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Twin concrete slides at Seward Mini Park in San Francisco s Castro neighborhood offer thrills.Yelp / Lynn R.
How do you peel a 16-year-old away from video games and a 7-year-old away from Full House reruns?
This is a question I ve faced for months amid the seemingly never-ending pandemic that has my children locked up in our San Francisco home with zombie-like stares gazing at screens.
One thing that gets them out in the fresh air are walks through our Castro neighborhood to the Seward Mini Park, which has two super-steep cement slides that offer a surprising thrill you d expect to find only in a theme park with a high price for admission.
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Updated on January 16, 2021 at 3:11 am
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San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced Friday PG&E has agreed to pay the city up to $190 to settle a legal battle that has lasted two decades over cleanup at the Marina Small Craft Harbor.
The city first sued PG&E back in 2001 over pollution coming from the utility s former coal gasification plants near the harbor after chemical compounds were discovered in the subsurface soils and sediments at the East Harbor. I m pleased that PG&E is finally doing the right thing in this instance and paying to clean up its pollution, Herrera said in a statement. It s unfortunate we had to take them to court and then negotiate for years to get this outcome. But at the end of the day, this settlement is going to benefit not only the residents of this area, but all San Franciscans by increasing opportunities for waterfront recreation.
Camp Mather near Yosemite
Sonora, CA – A popular Yosemite area summer camp attracting Bay Area residents will remain closed for the rest of the year.
Citing the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic, the announcement came Thursday by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department for the City-owned Camp Mather.
“The health of our campers and staff are the most important consideration. The Covid-19 transmission risk simply remains too high,” stated Rec and Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg.
The shutdown was made after consultation with health officials. This is the second summer the 337-acre camp that hosts about 500 campers and 70 employees each week has been shuttered due to coronavirus concerns.