14 February 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries , San Francisco Bay Area
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The War Memorial Opera House is an
opera house in
San Francisco ,
California ,
United States , located on the western side of
Van Ness Avenue across from the west side/rear facade of the
San Francisco City Hall . It is part of the
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center . It has been the home of the
San Francisco Opera since opening night in 1932.
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17 August 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit , San Francisco Bay Area
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Cioppino (from
Ligurian : cioppin) is a
fish stew originating in
San Francisco , California, an
Italian-American cuisine related to various
fish soups in
Italian cuisine .
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1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Berlin , French Riviera , Greater Los Angeles Area , Hamburg , London , Miami / South Florida , New York City , Paris / Île-de-France , San Francisco Bay Area
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LGBT Pride Month is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of
lesbian ,
gay ,
bisexual , and
transgender (
LGBT )
pride . Pride Month began after the
Stonewall riots , a series of
gay liberation protests in 1969, and has since spread outside of the United States. Modern-day Pride Month both honors the movement for
LGBT rights and celebrates
LGBT culture .
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6 February 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area , Sport
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Levi’s Stadium is an
American football stadium located in
Santa Clara, California , just west of the much larger city of
San Jose , in the
San Francisco Bay Area . It has served as the home venue for the
National Football League (NFL)’s
San Francisco 49ers since 2014. The stadium is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) south of
San Francisco . It is named after
Levi Strauss & Co. , which purchased
naming rights in 2013.
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5 December 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit , San Francisco Bay Area , Shopping
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North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to
Chinatown , the
Financial District , and
Russian Hill . The neighborhood is San Francisco’s “
Little Italy ” and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy. It still has many Italian restaurants, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the
beatnik subculture and has become one of San Francisco’s main
nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families, and Chinese immigrants. The
American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten “Great Neighborhoods in America”.
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11 September 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Novato is a city in
Marin County, California , in the
North Bay region of the
Bay Area . At the
2020 census , Novato had a population of 53,225. What is now Novato was originally the site of several
Coast Miwok villages: Chokecherry, near downtown Novato; Puyuku, near
Ignacio ; and Olómpali, at the present-day
Olompali State Historic Park .
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13 April 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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South of Market (
SoMa ) is a neighborhood in
San Francisco, California , situated just south of
Market Street . It contains several sub-neighborhoods including
South Beach , Yerba Buena, and
Rincon Hill . SoMa is home to many of the city’s museums, to the headquarters of several major software and Internet companies, and to the
Moscone Conference Center .
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19 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Telegraph Hill (elev. 285 ft (87 m)) is a hill and surrounding neighborhood in
San Francisco ,
California . It is one of
San Francisco’s 44 hills, and one of its original “Seven Hills” . The
San Francisco Chronicle defines the
Chinatown ,
North Beach , and Telegraph Hill areas as bounded by Sacramento Street, Taylor Street, Bay Street, and the water. The neighborhood is bounded by Vallejo Street to the south, Sansome Street to the east, Francisco Street to the north and Powell Street and
Columbus Avenue to the west, where the northwestern corner of Telegraph Hill overlaps with the North Beach neighborhood.
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28 November 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Pleasanton is a city in
Alameda County, California , United States. Located in the
Amador Valley , it is a suburb in the
East Bay region of the
San Francisco Bay Area . The population was 79,871 at the
2020 census . In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. Pleasanton is home to the headquarters of
Safeway ,
Workday ,
Ellie Mae ,
Roche Molecular Diagnostics ,
Blackhawk Network Holdings , and
Veeva Systems . Other major employers include
Kaiser Permanente ,
Oracle and
Macy’s . Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a few county offices are located in Pleasanton. The
Alameda County Fairgrounds are located in Pleasanton, where the county fair is held during the last week of June and the first week of July.
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park is located on the west side of town.
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