Hi all, going to be visiting the USA soon, flying over from Europe. I'll be landing on 16 November to LAX, but picking up a hire a car and leaving straight away and heading to San Francisco. I'd originally planned on taking CA-1 but unfortunately it seems like parts of it are closed, so thinking of just taking I-5 now to save time.

Where would be a good area to stay in San Francisco, or should I stay across the bay in Oakland. As I'll have a car, will need somewhere with secure parking, to avoid my car being broken into.

I like hipster neighbourhoods with cool bars, restaurants and coffee spots, enjoy stret art and cool architecture.

If anyone has any craft beer recommendations, please shout out. Would love to find somewhere that does good barrel aged stouts or barely wines. Is Toronado worth visiting. I know that it is cash only and I usually avoid these places. Also, does anyone know why it is still cash only, when a lot of places are the opposite nowadays.

I like my natural wines, so any good food places that serve natural wines would be great.

Also just general food places in general, especially Mexican and Asian food and your typical American food places, be it burgers, hot dogs or breakfast.

I did visit in 2018 and really enjoyed it, but always good getting local advice. Also, is it as bad as the media makes out with the homeless situation and stores closing because of continually getting robbed. When I was there I did see someone shooting up in the middle of the day, which was a little shocking, but never felt in any danger.

Thank you all in advance.

I am voting with one thing in mind. Housing, rental housing to be specific. What candidate is going to cut down the red tape and create more housing for real? I rent in the city and only care about who will build more housing and drive prices down.

Hello, I am wondering if you have any recommendations on where to go to get low priced meat lamb and venison meat?

Thank you!

Hi I'm looking into the void to see if anyone out here might be able to point me in the right direction. I'm currently enrolled in a post bacc program and enrolled to take general college chem 2 for spring 2025 but my Uni lab times do not work with for me as I work full time and can not reduce hours only shift my time to start an hour later or hour early (9-5:30). Does anyone know any college or Uni her in the SF or close via BART that has evening, Friday, or weekend labs?

Was meeting a friend at the Battery.. (Nobody even goes there anymore)

I’ve never met a gay mean man, then again this is San Francisco. The front desk attendant, I couldn’t even ask him a question without him demeaning me. I love my city but when I meet pretentious people especially those who have been hurt for generations.. can’t even speak to me properly.. I wonder.

Yes I want to be around like minded individuals,

I’m from San Anselmo & raised in Sacramento. I literally don’t understand why everyone is so mean.

“Why can’t we be friends”

Hey folks, I've been reading through other threads but would love some more input

Stopping in San Fran for the day coming from the north, where would be my safest option to park outside the city and take public transit in? It's a relatively old car and tinted windows which maybe makes it less of a target buttttt im moving cross country so my car is full to the brim with ALL my possessions, really trying to avoid my life being ransacked

I am a friend of Mai Vue. She has been missing for three days now. Our last information is that she was dropped off via Uber at the Golden Gate Bridge around midnight. She was at the Alan Walker Rave before her Uber. She was last seen wearing a white dress, black leggings, and black high heels. Please feel free to call 415-575-4444 for any tips where she may be. Please help spread the word!!

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Looks like they’re combining two lanes into a one way with a yield sign? Why??

Any ferries that take you to the island including entrance to the prison itself? I want to spend a little bit of time just to look since I’ll only be in the city for a day but I also would like to leave whenever, if there are any that work that way! Almost like the official ferry in NYC that stops at Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Thanks!

Girlfriend caught a nasty cold and can’t make it. Send me a DM and I’ll email the tickets to you. Would hate for the tickets to go to waste.

I hope this works but I’m selling my ticket for Kehlani’s concert in SF tonight. If you wanna go here’s your chance !

https://my.ticketmaster.com/ds/vQGA7Ido4e/event/1C0060F2AE923264

It was awesome, they were throwing shit in garbage bags & everything, like 4+ garbage bags full of most likely stolen goods being thrown into the back of city pickup trucks. There were like 5 cops cars & 10+ cops & people were trying to scoop up their goods but DPW & the police were just ripping the stuff from their hands. TBH it was pretty chaotic but this shit is much needed. When I rode back by later....people were back selling their wares, albeit not as many

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Repost because last one got deleted, idk why. Please help us find her. She's my sister, we hope to find her with more eyes from this post.

Has anyone noticed a sharp decline in e-bike availability at docking stations around the city? I used e-bikes almost every day for the last several months and have noticed recently that bikes everywhere and especially the grey bikes aren’t around.

Does anyone know why? Is it temporary or permanent? Is there a way to communicate that the decrease in bikes is impacting daily life in the city?

I'm planning to stay near this station: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mtUrzYKzqUGMyd6V9 for the next four months. I'll be commuting to the south bay so I'll be leaving home early and coming back late at night. How sketchy is the area?

Hello. I am age 65 and live in The Haight. I do not drive. This involves navigating the daily Wild West of crosswalks and cars making obscenely fast and impatient turns cutting in. Today I was in the crosswalk on a green light at Stanyon and Frederick and a driver turned so aggressively fast towards me they narrowly missed touching my leg. This is very near the intersection where a pedestrian was killed earlier this week. The more dangerous turns seem to be made at streetlights but not always. I’ve become frightened. Does anyone have advice about how I might remain safer in crosswalks? I always try to make eye contact with the driver to assess if they see me or not hoping they will wait within a safe proximity. Nope. Yelling at them to stop mildly works. They may wait a few more seconds. I know this is if course not just endemic to The Haight.

Although California voters passed Proposition 7 in 2018, supporting year-round Daylight Saving Time, this change still requires congressional approval and has shown no substantial progress to date. According to the California Department of Public Health, adjusting clocks may temporarily affect some people's routines and physical health, particularly children and the elderly. Experts recommend that people gradually adjust their schedules a few days before the time change to avoid the discomfort of jet lag.

Plans for a new 72-story residential skyscraper were greenlit for 524-530 Howard St. in San Francisco’s SoMa district, reports SF YIMBY. Thanks to Assembly Bill 2011, the project can move forward with what could become the tallest residential building in San Francisco and one of the city’s top four tallest structures overall.

What’s working, what could be better, is it helping us?

This sub occasionally gets posts for advice around such topics. Recently tried Timeleft and wanted to share the good vibes. You've likely heard about it or will, they've been ramping up advertising and expanding (275+ cities as of this post). The dating, meeting people space has seen people, especially Gen Z, "cancel" the tired swiping models that aren't working anymore. Theres been a strong push of new apps to innovate. ^([1]) ^([2]) ^([3])

Timeleft hook:

- Create account and answer a handful of questions
- Matched with a group of like-minded people for dinner
- Dinners are held every Wednesday (you pick a neighborhood)
- After dinner theres a larger, optional, social gathering where all the different tables meet. Luckily you've just got to know a few people to go with, if you want to.

That's it. Later on you can indicate if you want to connect with someone (or not).

IMO the best part is the whole experience forces people to reserve their attendance. Yes if your house catches fire, you can cancel, but theres penalties for repeat offenders. (And the group can tell on you.)

For a more thorough review:
https://www.reddit.com/r/datingoverthirty/comments/1e1kzn1/timeleft_app_a_quick_review/

My 3.5 year old son was attacked by an off leash dog at the Noe courts at 2:20 Saturday afternoon - if the owner or any witnesses sees this can you please reach out? Solo parenting and had to get out of there to comfort him so I couldn’t exactly hang out to get more information.

I've been told by the people who send texts that all registered voters have their contact info legally available for campaigns to text. That feels pretty messed up to me.

I'd like to try and get a proposed law next election to enable people to get on an opt-out list. Does anyone understand if that's feasible and the best way to approach the issue? I care more about texts than mail, at least that I can just toss into the recycling in bulk.