San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week: July 21, 2025
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July 2025 Calendar of Events (updated with more events this weekend)
Updated: North Bay Trivia Nights (Marin, Sonoma, Solano, Napa Counties)
Updated: San Francisco Coworking Spaces (more places added, reviews added)
New: August 2025 Bay Area Calendar Of Events
Includes some events beyond August & 1 new place to work remotely in SF
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Weekly Recommendation
This week’s recommendation is to check out Oasis Nightclub while you can. In case you haven’t heard, Oasis Nightclub To Close January 1, 2026. Their drag & cabaret shows are some of the best around.
See all the archived weekly recommendations (drinks, plates, causes & more).
San Francisco Bay Area Weekly News Roundup
—Curated mix of local/state news; see local publications, independent media list here—
Trump’s SNAP Cuts Threaten Customers, Farmers At The Civic Center Market -The Frisc
Medicaid and Other Cuts Threaten Older LGBTQ+ Adults in SF -SF Public Press
Amid ICE arrests, activist finds hope in ‘being organized’ -SF Examiner
SMART (Sonoma-Marin) Trains Sets New Monthly Ridership Records
The Anti-Ice Bagpiper of Montgomery Street -SF Gazetteer
Beloved Campbell brewery shuts down (article states employees given no notice, stopped paying vendors last week). Entities Kelly Companies own (to avoid them). Google Reviews | Glassdoor Reviews | Check back once their Yelp biz listing goes live.
‘No One in Public Media Is Safe’: Layoffs Underscore Peril of Federal Defunding -KQED
Trump admin. has fired four S.F. immigration judges since April -Mission Local
SFMTA investigates video of meter maid driving at pedestrian -SF Gazetteer
SF mental health nonprofit to lay off around 200 -SF Examiner (this is the organization I mentioned to support 2 weeks ago in my newsletter)
Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’ -The Verge
Feds pressure California sheriffs for lists of noncitizens in custody -Berkeleyside
Alameda County says it cut ties with ICE. This program says otherwise. -Oaklandside
San Francisco Bay Area Events This Week, Things To Do
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More events in the monthly calendar, (more exclusive, intimate one-time events as well as ongoing events, exhibits and festivals).
More events this week in the July calendar (updated today, including awesome events just outside the Bay Area, ongoing events, exhibits & more that I couldn’t fit below).