treasure island

02 Jan 2024

One Dead In Fireworks Accident On Treasure Island

New Year’s Day in San Francisco took a tragic turn when a young man lost his life just an hour into 2024 due to firework-related injuries. The incident unfolded on Treasure Island, bringing a cloud of sorrow to what should have been a day of celebration. Around 12:40 a.m. on

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A photo of the San Francisco skyline silhouetted in late afternoon sunlight, as seen from Treasure Island.
03 Nov 2022

Treasure Island to Add 8,000 New Homes Amid Contamination Concerns

Dangerous ground was broken on Treasure Island for a twenty-two-story highrise. The new tower, slated for completion by 2024, is the first of six mixed-use highrises planned for the contaminated landmass. 8,000 apartments, 300,000 ft2 of retail space, 500 hotel rooms, and 300 “open space” acres comprise the development. The

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27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

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19 Aug 2022

The Bay Area’s Lost Statue Of Liberty

I was snooping around old newspaper clippings the other day, looking to see what San Francisco was like 100 years ago, and found a super interesting article. Did you know that Treasure Island (Yerba Buena) almost had its own 700-foot Statue of Liberty?! The local paper, San Francisco CALL, reports

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24 Sep 2019

Tom Loughlin’s Signal Repurposes 22 Tons of Bay Bridge Steel Into Public Art

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge near Seattle was a late-1930s public works project that became a notorious engineering disaster. Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie,” the bridge began vibrating shortly after the roadbed was installed. It opened to vehicular traffic anyway, but the vibrations continued as the area’s natural winds matched the bridge’s own

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05 Aug 2019

Treasure Island Music Festival Cancelled…Possibly Forever

Treasure Island Music Festival was always one of my favorite weekends of the year. The fest was small and manageable; you got to see all your friends and all the bands you wanted, without running back and forth for miles. And the music was SO good. Over the years headliners

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
28 Jun 2019

SF Mime Troupe Celebrates 60 years with musical comedy “Treasure Island”

It says it right on the side of the giant truck that transports their self-contained outdoor theater set: “Not that kind of mime!” Far from being silent, the San Francisco Mime Troupe has presented musical comedies in the parks for 60 years, making them the longest running political comedy troupe

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26 Aug 2016

A Huge List of Things To Do If Your Friends Are At Burning Man

  Burning Man is going on and you’re not going. But don’t trip! Turns out nightclubs are still having club nights, stores are open regular hours and tons of wack events are scheduled in the Bay Area from August 28 – September 5. The Broke-Ass Borg has your itinerary covered

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08 Oct 2015

Win Two Tickets: Treasure Island Music Festival!

  We have your attention, don’t we? We’re giving you an entire month to enter this Treasure Island Music Festival giveaway. This is your chance to win two tickets to two days of: DeadMau5, The National, Chvrches, Jose Gonzalez AND WAY MORE! With no overlapping sets, Bay Area cuisine, and the gorgeous,

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