Hey, San Francisco!

Matt Charnock here — The SF Minute's second guest editor. Some of you might know me as the human behind The Bold Italic and SFist (on the weekends). TBH, I’m just glad to be here and for the free snacks.

Oh! And Nick will be back next week doing all the good and groovy things on The SF Minute.

Now, on to some weekend content.

San Francisco streets that are part of the City’s Slow Streets Program have become a means of respite for residents. On the weekends, in particular, they fill with people dining inside al fresco seating areas and passersby taking full advantage of this urban renaissance — sans passing cars.

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The first ever @SundayStreets #PhoenixDay will take place on Sunday October 17th, 2021 • 12-5 pm. 📍 Featuring historic #SanFrancisco Sunday Streets routes, pop-ups, the Cross City Connector Bike Ride & block parties for neighbors to enjoy citywide. 🔗 sundaystreetssf.com/phoenixday/

September 30th 2021

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Phoenix Day — a program created by Sunday Streets, which is a part of the San Francisco nonprofit Livable City — aims to celebrate SF’s resilience amid the pandemic and the rise of “car-free fun” in San Francisco streets. On Sunday, October 17th, from noon to 5 p.m., five SF neighborhoods will have a litany of events that span the gamut from arts and crafts workshops to streetside dance performances.

There’s also going to be a 20-plus-mile urban bike route — called the “Cross City Connector” — that will comb through San Francisco’s network of Slow Streets corridors. Bikers are welcomed to join the community bike ride that will start at Chan Kaajal Park in the Mission District at noon.

That said: Phoenix Day attendees are encouraged to choose their own adventure during the day’s festivities, which includes when and where they may want to bike along the Cross City Connector route.

You can see the entire lineup of events at sundaystreetssf.com/phoenixday.

Quick News Bits

• We mentioned Wednesday that City employees who hadn’t yet updated their vaccination status had until 11:59 p.m. that day to do so or risk termination — but there appear to be several SF police staffers who failed to meet that deadline. (Here/Say)

• As of today, fully vaccinated individuals in San Francisco don’t have to wear a mask when inside certain indoor public areas, like at gyms or in the office. (SFGate)

• … But you may very well need to wear your wildfire smoke-approved face mask as smoke from SoCal’s Alisal Fire begins working its way into the Bay Area tonight, hazing the skies above San Francisco. (Chronicle)

• Was last night’s call by first-base umpire Gabe Morale for a checked swing? An actual swing? Either way: It was a demoralizing, anticlimactic end to Game 5 in the National League Division Series against the Dodgers. (SFist)

What Else I’m Reading, ATM:

• There’s more than meets the eye about those Walgreens locations closing than you might think.

• I think I need to give Portuguese white wines another chance, especially those poured at SF’s Uma Casa.

• The saga around landlords trying to evict a group of longtime tenants (who just so happen to be the family of housing activist Fernando Marti) from a Noe Valley property is worth keeping tabs on.

More Weekend Things and Stuff:

• Stretch those legs and take a hike! And try to get out Saturday, as that’s when this weekend’s weather will be the sunniest. (Maybe take this as an opportunity to go up the Filbert Steps.)

• Don’t forget about Judy Chicago’s colorful smoke show in Golden Gate Park on Sunday. The performance is set to start at 5 p.m. at the main entrance for the de Young Museum; there’s also going to be a livestream of the performance, should you want to stay indoors.

• There’s going to be a Filipino night crawl on Saturday. UNDISCOVERED SF is hosting the curated cultural crawl that will showcase many artists, food vendors, and local merchants to celebrate San Francisco’s SOMA Pilipinas culture district.

• The wildly creative art center CounterPulse is hosting an outdoor aerial acrobatic show. This Saturday and Sunday, you can stop by the Tenderloin nonprofit to see the off-the-ground spectacle, Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy, which addresses the devastating effects of mass incarceration.

• SF Restaurant Week kicked off today! And here are some of the best deals to gobble and slurp up before it comes to a close on the 24th.

Have a great evening. See y’all… sometime soon! — Matt Charnock

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