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Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Beloved San Francisco jazz festival canceled for 2025
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The 2025 Fillmore Jazz Festival has been cancelled, according to a statement on the event's website. The beloved two-day festival, which typically takes place over 12 blocks of the Fillmore neighborhood, won't take place this year due to lack of funding. 'Producing a free two-day festival in San Francisco incurs hundreds of thousands of investments in production, security, recycling, staffing, staging, city fees, musicians, marketing, porta-potties and much more,' read a statement on the event's website. 'The non-profit association is in debt due to production costs.' 'Really Stupid Park': SF commuters use Great Highway park-naming contest to vent With this year's festival no longer viable, festival organizers are turning their focus to next year's festival. 'We need to save the Fillmore Jazz Festival — after all these years of gifting jazz to San Francisco — we need to give back. We need to be loyal and support each other for all to be successful,' said Jones Memorial United Methodist Minister of Music Ricardo Scales. The largest free jazz festival on the West Coast, the Fillmore Jazz Festival was launched in 1986. Illustrious performers to have graced its stages over the years include Lonnie Smith, Lady Memphis, Pete Escovedo, Jules Broussard, and Brendy Boykin. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Politics
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Another Bay Area recall effort now underway
(KRON) — Following the successful recalls of the Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price last year, another Bay Area recall effort is officially underway. On Thursday, it was announced that the campaign to recall Fairfax Mayor Lisel Blash and Vice Mayor Stephanie Hellman was approved to begin gathering signatures. According to a statement from the recall effort, paperwork to begin the recall was submitted to the Fairfax Town Clerk by a 'community coalition of concerned citizens, local business owners, little league parents, and community leaders.' The paperwork was approved on Tuesday. 'Really Stupid Park': SF commuters use Great Highway park-naming contest to vent 'Our campaign is ready and energized to begin gathering signatures from Fairfax so we can recall Mayor Lisel Blash and Vice Mayor Stephanie Hellman,' said recall proponent Sean Fitzgerald. According to Fitzgerald, Blash and Hellman have 'routinely violated the public trust with their unwillingness to address the homeless encampment crisis in Contratti Park, their support of extreme and divisive policies like rent control.' Fitzgerand also accused the pair of 'mismanagement of taxpayer dollars,' and 'constant lack of transparency and integrity.' Recall proponents now have 90 days to gather the required signatures. Petitions must be signed by at least 25% of total registered voters in Fairfax, in this case, about 1,479 signatures, to get the recall on the ballot. The deadline to submit the gathered signatures is Monday, June 30. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Sneaker waves, rip tides possible for the coast this weekend
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Beachgoers should use extra caution on the coast this weekend as an incoming swell will increase the chances of rip tides and sneaker waves, the National Weather Service warns. 'Beachgoers should be mindful as a longer-period swell arrives Sunday,' the NWS forecast states. 'This longer period will result in hazardous beach conditions with increased sneaker wave risk, rip current risk, and larger shore break. 'Really Stupid Park': SF commuters use Great Highway park-naming contest to vent Sneaker waves are potentially deadly waves that surge up beaches well past the existing shoreline. Sneaker waves can occur at any time without warning and can potentially knock beachgoers off their feet and drag them into the icy water. KRON4 Meteorologist Kyla Grogan reports that the hazardous swell will last through Monday. 'Warmer, sunnier weather means people will likely flock to our beautiful coast this weekend,' Grogan said. 'So if you do head out to the coast, be aware of the dangers and never turn your back on the ocean. It is a great idea also to keep a safe distance from the surf zone, to keep a watchful eye on children and pets and in general to stay aware of conditions as they develop.' 'Watch your step!' Tiny, adorable newts on the move in the Bay Area 'Sneaker waves can happen on any surf coast, however, in the Northwest, water temperatures are frigid and victims caught in sneakers can lose control of their limbs in a matter of seconds,' the NWS website reads. 'The volume of sand, water, and gravel they carry and will deposit in an individuals' clothes. Survivors have described the water-sand mix in their clothes as feeling as heavy as concrete, rendering them incapable of escaping the receding waves pulling them into the ocean.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
