Golden Gate Park

There’s a Fight Brewing Over Golden Gate Park’s Ferris Wheel
The proposed four-year extension of 150-foot SkyStar Observation Wheel in Golden Gate Park faces another hurdle Wednesday, when the San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission will review the Recreation and Park Department’s request for a certificate of appropriateness. Installed last fall to honor the park’s 150th anniversary, the Ferris wheel is

The Baby Bison in Golden Gate Park Have A Live Webcam
You probably haven’t seen the baby bison that arrived in Golden Gate Park in March, because they arrived right when everything went straight to hell. But there’s a little bit of baby bison joy available via the magic of the internet, as Golden Gate Park now has a bison livestream

100 Best Cheap Eats in the Bay Area
This list of great places to eat in the Bay Area will leave you smiling and probably drooling. All these joints are incredibly well priced, locally owned, delicious, and serving takeout in 2020. Check their links for store hours, menus, and ordering info, because things are always changing these days,

Ulysses Grant Statue — Unfairly Toppled, Or Totally Had It Coming?
We were delighted to see the Golden Gate Park statue of Francis Scott Key torn down this weekend, we’ve been complaining about that thing for years. Same goes for that Junipero Serra statue, because that guy oversaw a genocide of hundreds of thousands of Native Americans. But Friday’s Juneteenth statue-toppling

Five New Baby Bison Are Coming to Golden Gate Park!
The Buffalo Paddock at the far west end of Golden Gate Park is getting set to add a little more cute overload, in the form of five little itty-bitty bison joining the herd! OK they are not actually “baby” bison, San Francisco Recreation & Parks describes them in a tweet

A Mountain Lion Sighted in Golden Gate Park & Lake Merced
San Francisco park officials on Friday announced two confirmed mountain lion sightings in the city in recent weeks, one at Golden Gate Park and the other at Lake Merced in the southwestern part of the city. Neither report indicated aggressive behavior toward humans, but scare the shit out of us.

Best Places to Hear Outside Land for FREE in Golden Gate Park
Outside Lands 2019 has beefed up its fencing and road closure system so much that you can no longer rubberneck from sidewalks and paths to watch Outside Lands for free like in years past. But there are still Golden Gate Park quirks that can position you to pretty clearly hear

Best Places To Watch Outside Lands For Free 2018
If cutting the wire fence isn’t cutting it for you anymore, there are still a few places where you can watch Outside Lands 2018 for free. Golden Gate Park and the Outside Lands festival (this Friday through Sunday) have a few easily exploitable quirks that can provide you with all

It Was The Biggest Hunky Jesus Competition in History
Never before in history have more Jesusses been present in one place, during Easter resurrection. There were almost too many to name. There was Refu-Jesus, Puerto Rican Refugee-Jesus, Jesus Christ Super Star, Drunk Jesus, Crucified Bunny Jesus, Shower Jesus, Sweet Jesus, Water into Wine Jesus, Old Jesus, New Jesus, and two ‘cheesuses’ (which is when you have two Christs and you decorate them with cheese).