San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week: November 3, 2025
Festivals, street fairs, live music, talks, night markets, cultural events, block parties & more San Francisco Bay Area, Oakland, San Jose & Beyond
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Weekly Recommendation
This week’s recommendation is to vote. Send in your ballot to drop-boxes now! If you want to do something outdoors, check out the Day of the Dead Procession in the Mission District and be sure to check out the altars as well!
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San Francisco Bay Area Weekly News Roundup
Curated mix of local/state news; see local/independent publications list.
Volunteer escorts making Immigration Court more human, humane -SF Gazetteer
Sacramento Zoo welcomes 5 capybara pups -KCRA
113 arrested in Dolores Park ‘hill bomb’ can sue as a group, judge rules -MissionLocal
Musk Basically Accuses Altman of Murdering OpenAI Engineer -SFist
Meet the all-Asian crew cleaning San Francisco’s 2,800 trash cans -MissionLocal
Bay Area transit sales tax measure clears state hurdle -San Jose Spotlight
Mayor’s Office Shields Details of Call That Defused Conflict w/ Trump -SF Public Press
Tech’s Benevolent Boosters Still Confused About How To Not Be Evil -Bay Area Current
Healthcare enrollment starts Nov. 1 in California — with big rate hikes -Berkeleyside
Lawsuit testimony leads to new claims in settled Vallejo police cases -Vallejo Sun
Why Tech Bros Are Getting Face-Lifts Now - WSJ
S.F. vintage store owner alleges Banana Republic stole her jeans design -Mission Local
OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly -TechCrunch
15 DUIs, still driving: California’s failure to stop repeat drunk drivers -CalMatters
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