San Francisco is known for its traditions, including Critical Manners, the Community Congress, Noe Valley Crack Henge, the SF Improv Festival, the Cablecar Ringing Competition, and the SF Financial District NYE Confetti, which are all worth reviving in 2025.

Gardeners and green thumbs, please proceed with delight. The San Francisco Public Library’s seed library program is a tool you should know about. What’s A Seed Library Benjamin Franklin sowed many seeds in his time. He inspired Americans to be restless, innovative, and revolutionary. Just like plants! Old C-Note Franky

KQED is hosting a series of events in San Francisco this winter, including Fixit Clinics, Dungeons and Dragons Live, Chinese New Year Parade Viewing Party, Hella Asian: Bridging the Bay, and The Flavors of the Levant, all of which offer live journalism, performance art, and community-building activities.

Oakland, California has experienced a 34% decrease in homicides in 2024, but the start of 2025 has seen 4 homicides in just 5 days, indicating that the city is not making progress in solving the root cause of racism and poverty.

San Francisco has seen a significant increase in pedestrian deaths since 2016, with many blaming the pedestrians themselves, but others suggesting that drivers may be more at fault due to their reckless behavior.

Supervisor Matt Dorsey is proposing a plan to make “at least 100 arrests” per night in South of Market, with the goal of funneling the sick and suffering into “compulsory detox and treatment” through Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s new measures.

Only five days into 2025, San Francisco has its first pedestrian death of the year. Last Saturday, a driver hit and mortally wounded a pedestrian in SF’s Portola neighborhood. SFPD received a call at about 5:37 PM that someone had been struck by a vehicle at Silver Avenue and Colby

Union Says New Standard Has Been Set for SF Hotel Workers