In San Francisco, street parking at a broken or inoperable parking meter is permitted for the posted time limit or 4 hours, whichever is shorter. Read more...
Prepayment can be made at San Francisco street parking meters before their designated operating time from 4:30 am, except at Port meters near the waterfront. Most San Francisco parking meters operate from 9 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday. The prepaid time begins when the meter starts operating and parking prior to that is free of charge. Read more...
Madison Square Garden is the home arena of the New York Rangers NHL ice hockey team and the New York Knicks NBA basketball team. St John’s Red Storm men’s NCAA basketball team also plays some home games at The Garden. Read more...
Debbi Fields opened her first cookie store as Mrs Fields’ Chocolate Chippery in Palo Alto on August 18th, 1977 in the Liddicoats Market food mall at 340 University Avenue, where the Apple store stands today. The popularity of the store’s freshly baked cookies grew, and in 1979 a second location was opened at Pier 39 in San Francisco. The business Read more...
The city of Lexington, Nebraska is approximately halfway between San Francisco and New York City on the I-80 at Exit 237. There are chain restaurants, hotels, gas stations and a Wal-Mart just off the highway. Read more...
On the evening of September 29th, 2003, Atlanta Thrashers hockey player Dany Heatley lost control of his Ferrari on Lenox Road in the residential district of Buckhead, Atlanta. The car collided with a brick pillar and wrought iron fence outside the Plantation apartment complex, splitting the vehicle in two. Heatley and his passenger, Thrashers teammate Dan Snyder, suffered serious injuries. Read more...
The Burning Man festival started as a gathering held on San Francisco’s Baker Beach to mark the 1986 summer solstice. On June 22nd, 1986, Larry Harvey and Jerry James burned a 9-foot wooden human effigy they built at the northern end of Baker Beach, in the presence of a small group of friends. While the beach was already a place Read more...
Rob Hill Campground, the only campsite within the city of San Francisco, is situated in a forested area of the Presidio above Baker Beach. This group campsite is open seasonally between April 1 and October 31, and has restrooms but no showers, no RV camping and no hookups. Advance credit card reservations are required and the maximum stay is three Read more...
Oakland, California was named after the oak groves growing in the area, particularly until the mid 19th century. Spanish settlers referred to the area spanning present-day Emeryville, Piedmont, and parts of Oakland, as Encinal de Temescal, derived from encina, the Spanish word for the evergreen oak. Oakland was incorporated as a town in 1852 and as a city in 1854. Read more...
The Caltrain commuter rail line terminates in San Francisco at 4th and King Street Caltrain Station where there are connections to Muni bus lines, E Embarcadero historic streetcar and Muni light rail services. Read more...
Stand at a brown and white Cable Car Stop sign. As the cable car approaches, raise your hand to signal the driver to stop. Pay the conductor after boarding (with $20 notes or less) if you don’t already have a ticket or pass. If the cable car does not stop, it is likely full. Between 8 am and 5 pm, Read more...
Tolls on the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge (also called the John F McCarthy Memorial Bridge) are collected in the westbound direction towards San Rafael at the toll plaza on the east side of the bridge. Read more...
In-person help at the San Francisco IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center (TAC) is available by appointment only, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. To make an appointment call 844-545-5640. The TAC is located in the south lobby of the Phillip Burton Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate Avenue (between Polk Street and Larkin Street) and government-issued photo ID Read more...
Presidio Golf Course is a public 18-hole course with driving range, practice facility and a public clubhouse with restaurant and golf shop. Tee time reservations may be made online or by phone and discounts are offered to residents of San Francisco and Northern California. Note that the separate Tudor-style clubhouse fronting onto the 9th green is a private members facility Read more...
Chicago’s Navy Pier has on-site self parking at the West and East Garages on the Pier’s north side. Accessed from East Grand Avenue, they offer tiered hourly parking payable at pay stations located throughout the Pier. Motorcycle parking and valet parking are available at Entrance 1, located just after the West Parking. Harry Caray’s Tavern and Riva Crab House will Read more...
Duke’s restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, does not allow dogs, with the exception of service animals such as guide dogs, signal dogs or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability. Read more...