“Bayview Buzz” is a recurring update on changes, tidbits and other news from the neighborhood. Got news? Send us tips at tips@missionlocal.com.
District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton is teaming up with the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency and the police department to crack down on scofflaw parkers.
The Bayview supe made the announcement on Feb. 6 via Facebook. There will be “increased parking enforcement in our area” for driveway parking, curb/sidewalk parking, and double parking, Walton wrote. Since Feb. 9, transit cops and police officers have been out patrolling.
Street parking and double parking is most common on Palou Avenue. Parking tickets can range from $63 for parking on an incline without turning your wheels to $1,000 for obstructing traffic.
For the first time since its inception in 2024, SF Music Week is coming to Bayview.
Tantum Ra, a Congolese Afropop artist will perform on Feb. 27 at the Ruth Williams Opera House. R&B sibling trio MeloDious will perform there on Feb. 28.
“It’s silent disco meets Tiny Desk,” said Theo Ellington, the interim executive director of the Opera House. Performers will play in the middle of the venue’s floor, with attendees circling. Vocals and instruments will be connected to wireless headphones, delivering “pristine sound” to attendees, according to the event’s webpage.
Ellington specified that entry is donation-based, so pay what you can. Tickets are still available for both nights.
Avenue Greenlight, a nonprofit that provides money to merchant organizations to support community projects along commercial corridors, began power washing Bayview’s Third Street corridor on Feb. 23. Usually, power washing is done by the city’s Public Works department.
The project is a collaboration between the mayor’s office and Avenue Greenlight, initially funded by crypto billionaire Chris Larsen.
Earl Shaddix, executive director of Economic Development on Third, a nonprofit that works to support businesses along the corridor, said merchants are very happy with the project so far.
Residents who are familiar with the Star Trek universe know that 2100s-era San Francisco is home to Starfleet Command HQ. As part of Go Boldly SF, last week’s citywide celebration of Star Trek’s 60th anniversary, the San Francisco Public Library is offering limited-edition Star Trek library cards.
The cards are a part of an official collaboration between the Star Trek franchise and the Library. Pick one up at Bayview’s Linda-Brooks Burton Library.
Also at the library: AARP tax prep, storytime for preschoolers, an African American Mixed Media Collage workshop on Feb. 25, a Lion Dance performance with West Coast Lion Dance on Feb. 28 and a Ramadan Lantern Craft on March 1.
On Feb. 28, as previously featured in Bayview Buzz, the Black History Month bike ride will take place.
The ride will begin at 9 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Fountain in Yerba Buena Gardens. Then, along the route, riders will stop at landmarks like the Museum of the African Diaspora and statues of baseball greats Willie Mays and Toni Stone. The route will follow the city’s eastern waterfront down to Bayview for a block party at Smoke Soul Kitchen.