World Cup Coming to a Close
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS)- If you’re a soccer fan you may already know that San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza is a great place to watch the championship game this Sunday. The big game is shown on...
View ArticleYoung San Francisco Demonstrators March Against Global Warming
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – An estimated 100 environmentally-minded young people marched to San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on Sunday, calling for an end to global warming. “And then your work will...
View ArticleFree Big-Screen Of The Women’s World Cup At Civic Center Plaza!
San Francisco Recreation and Parks, with sponsorship from Visa, presents three big-screen broadcasts of the Women’s World Cup at Civic Center Plaza in July. Building on our success from last year’s...
View ArticleSan Francisco To Host Women’s World Cup Finals Viewing Events
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Encouraged by the popularity of last summer’s World Cup viewing events at Civic Center Plaza, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department will host free, family-friendly...
View ArticleSan Francisco ‘Occupy’ Protesters Get New Eviction Warning, Plan Expansion
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Occupy SF protesters said Wednesday they were getting ready to move their main campsite to a new location at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza. The plan comes as San Francisco...
View ArticleOccupy San Francisco Protesters Fears Post-Election Police Raid
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— With the comparative majority of attention focused on Occupy Oakland, it’s easy to forget that San Francisco protesters are occupying two separate sites in downtown San Francisco....
View ArticleSan Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Festival Attracts Big Crowds
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Crowds gathered along San Francisco’s Market Street and in Civic Center Plaza Saturday morning to catch the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and festival. This year’s...
View Article2 Stabbed Near Pride Celebration In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two men were stabbed near the Pride celebration in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza on Sunday evening, police said Monday. The victims, two 27-year-old men, were walking with...
View Article‘Dew Tour’ Competitions Begin At SF Civic Center
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – An extreme sports event kicked off Thursday in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, which has been transformed into a landscape of concrete and dirt ramps for BMX bicyclists and...
View ArticleLive Big Screen Broadcast Of World Series Game 4 At SF Civic Center Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Following the San Francisco Giants’ 2-0 victory Saturday night against the Detroit Tigers in the third game of the World Series, San Francisco city officials plan to broadcast...
View ArticleVictims Of Shooting At San Francisco Pride Celebration Were Vendors
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two men who were shot at San Francisco’s Civic Center as the city’s Pride celebration was wrapping up on Sunday evening were vendors at the event, according to organizers. The...
View ArticleMan Faces Assault Charges For Chair Attack At San Francisco Main Library
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS / KPIX 5) — A 25-year-old man is facing assault charges for an unprovoked attack on another patron at San Francisco’s main library branch on Wednesday. Authorities said the suspect,...
View ArticleSan Francisco Main Library Adds Security, Custodians To Address Homeless Issue
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Officials with San Francisco’s Main Library at Civic Center Plaza said they have been making headway in tackling problems involving some of the city’s homeless, who use the...
View ArticleUSA, Belgium World Cup Match To Be Screened At San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Two more screenings of World Cup 2014 games will be held Tuesday at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza as Team USA takes on Belgium in the next round of the international...
View ArticleSan Francisco Announces World Series Public Viewing Event At Civic Center Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — As it has done in previous World Series years, San Francisco will host a public viewing event for Tuesday’s World Series Game 6 to be played in Kansas City. Mayor Ed Lee...
View ArticleCaught On Video: Argument Ends In Shooting During Gay Pride Celebrations In...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police in San Francisco responded when shots rang out near the U.N. Plaza. It happened around 6 p.m., during crowded gay pride Pink Saturday celebrations. The incident was...
View ArticleWoman Stabbed In San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A woman suffered major injuries when a man stabbed her Monday night in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, police said. At 8:45 p.m., police responded to a report of a stabbing...
View ArticleHuge Inflatable Rabbit Art Installation To Get 24-Hour Guard Service
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — They may seem a little late arriving over a week after Easter, but late Monday afternoon, several large illuminated rabbits were installed at San Francisco’s Civic Center...
View ArticleLegal Fight Could Force Cancellation Of SF Pride’s Civic Center Plaza Party
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — A legal fight could put a damper on next month’s Pride celebration in San Francisco after a legal motion was filed to cancel a portion of the event. The injunction, which is...
View ArticleSF’s Civic Center Welcomes Huge Comedy ‘Clusterfest’
By Dave Pehling SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — While comedy has become a significant part of many major music festivals ranging from Washington state’s Sasquatch! Music Festival, Bonnaroo and San Francisco’s...
View ArticleSan Francisco To Live Broadcast Warriors’ NBA Finals Game 3 At Civic Center
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced that Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday will be broadcast live on a jumbotron...
View ArticleFrancophiles Rejoice At San Francisco World Cup Watch Party
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Since 2010, the city of San Francisco has invited anyone in town to pull up on the lawn at Civic Center Plaza and watch the World Cup Final match together. “This is the world’s...
View ArticleMetallica, Janet Jackson Top Bill At Massive Dreamfest Benefit Concert
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Two of music’s most popular acts played a massive concert in San Francisco Wednesday night as local heroes Metallica and soul icon Janet Jackson headlined a benefit for UCSF...
View ArticleMassive Comedy ‘Clusterfest’ Returns To San Francisco’s Civic Center
By Dave Pehling SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Returning for its third year, the Comedy Central-sponsored Clusterfest brings a host of talent to San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza including ‘Parks and...
View ArticleMassive Comedy ‘Clusterfest’ Returns To San Francisco’s Civic Center
Returning for its third year, the Comedy Central-sponsored Clusterfest brings a host of talent to San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza including 'Parks and Recreation' star Amy Poehler, comics John...
View ArticleAging San Francisco Ficus Trees Causing Standoff Between City, Residents
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Dozens of aging Ficus trees in San Francisco are posing a public safety risk, the city says. Residents are fighting to keep the streets green, but trying to keep the dying...
View ArticleMan Fatally Shot by Vallejo Police Officer Remembered at Rally in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — One year after a Vallejo police officer shot and killed Sean Monterrosa, his family marked the anniversary with a rally in San Francisco to demand justice and police reform...
View ArticleUkrainians, Supporters Gather In San Francisco To Condemn Russian Attack on...
SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of protesters descended on Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco Thursday to loudly condemn the Russian war on Ukraine, including a number of Ukrainians showing support for their...
View ArticleHundreds Turn Out in San Francisco to Support Ukraine, Protest Russian Invasion
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Hundreds of Ukrainians and friends of Ukraine turned out in San Francisco Sunday to show support for that embattled eastern European nation and urged Americans to take more...
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