San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week: January 19, 2026
Things To Do This Week In San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Talks, Pop-Ups, Art, Classes, Community Events, Activities, MLK Day Events Bay Area & more
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Weekly Recommendation
This week’s recommendation is to read this opinion piece about CCA closing, Vanderbilt taking over in the SF Chronicle by Griff Williams of Gallery 16. If you can’t access it, there is another piece on the gallery’s Instagram page.
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San Francisco Bay Area Weekly News Roundup
Meet the 31 people tasked with reshaping San Francisco’s constitution -Mission Local
Uber is trying to snow voters with a supposedly pro-consumer ballot initiative. Don’t buy it -LA Times
Santa Cruz the First in California to Terminate Its Contract With Flock Safety -KQED
San Francisco’s CounterPulse In Turmoil After Layoffs, Labor Dispute -KQED
Spiral-Obsessed AI ‘Cult’ Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots -Rolling Stone
Napa County’s di Rosa Preserve listed for sale at $10.9M (no art), Napa Valley Register
San Francisco Is On the Rebound. What Happened to Its Ousted Mayor? -NYT
San José’s Batman, Fighting for Unhoused: The Real Life Superhero ‘We Need’ -KQED
San Francisco Bay Area Events, Things To Do This Week
Events, concerts, shows, pop-ups, talks, classes, & more. East Bay, South Bay, Peninsula & more.
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Some of the best events are announced within days (in monthly calendars only).
A Few Ongoing Events, Exhibits Ending This Week Bay Area
More pop-ups, one-off & ongoing events, exhibits in the January 2026 monthly calendar (includes several events beyond January likely to sel out asap).
January 19, MLK Day Events San Francisco Bay Area
1/19 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Free Community Day, MoAD
1/19 - MLK Day Literary Liberation Throwdown, Oakland
1/19 - 2026 MLK Music Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens
1/19 - 2026 Caltrain & BART NorcalMLK Celebration Train (Free Passes)
1/19 - Free Vehicle Day Use, California State Parks
1/19 - MLK Day Community Volunteer Clean-Up, Oakland
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