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48Events this week
10Free things to do
87New spots
93New stories

Checked Friday, September 4, before the 6 AM send.

This week in San Francisco

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 48 events, day by day →

Excelsior Community Food Pantry

Saturday 10:15am · San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living · Free

Haunted Hike

Saturday 11am · Buena Vista Park, SF · Free

The Brunch Affair

Saturday 11am · DACHA Kitchen & Bar

Insect Pinning Class: Orb Weaver Spider

Saturday 12pm · Paxton Gate

Free Shakespeare in the Park

Saturday 2pm · Jerry Garcia Amphitheater · Free

New in San Francisco

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Muse Permanent Makeup

Beauty

Makeup on autopilot: Muse Permanent Makeup is a San Francisco spot for natural-looking brow, lip blush, and eyeliner tattoos that nix smudges and the morning draw-in ritual.

musepmu.com

Hydration Room - Cow Hollow

Health & Wellness

Quick wellness reboot: Hydration Room - Cow Hollow is a physician-founded spot for IV and injection therapies that keep locals moving, with options for immune support, fitness recovery, stress relief, jet lag resets, B12 shots, NAD+ services, iron infusions and more, all in a calm, private setting…

hydrationroom.com

Sign Hill Park

Parks & Outdoors

Quick hilltop escape: Whether you need a quick nature reset or a reminder that South San Francisco literally spells it out, Sign Hill Park is a 30-acre hilltop preserve with short trails, butterfly and bird habitat, and the 1923 hillside sign reading "SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY"...

ssf.net

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Most read in San Francisco

The five stories San Francisco readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Golden Gate Park Music Concourse hosts various live music events each week

    Golden Gate Park Music Concourse in San Francisco hosts over 125 free concerts each week.

    Full story at audacy.com

  2. AI Nouveau Riche Paying Cash Drive San Francisco Home Prices to Fastest Gains in Nearly a Decade — BigGo Finance

    The artificial intelligence (AI) industry is driving San Francisco home prices to the fastest growth in nearly a decade, driven by a flood of newly minted AI millionaires with substantial cash reserves and pre-IPO equity.

    Full story at finance.biggo.com

  3. ‘Clean slate’: Pet shop at heart of Sunset political scandal starts over in the Richmond

    Julia Baran, owner of Animal Connection, the controversial pet shop at the center of a political scandal in San Francisco, is relocating to 658 Clement St.

    Full story at missionlocal.org

  4. Bucking the billionaire tax

    Democratic Party leaders in San Francisco are set to vote next week to oppose a tax on California billionaires, a move seen as a striking rebuke of the progressive ballot measure in the heavily Democratic city.

    Full story at politico.com

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