Hunky Jesus sightings, park openings and big wheel racing! This week in The City has plenty for you to do.
By Johnny Funcheap Special to The Examiner • April 15, 2022 11:30 am - Updated April 15, 2022 3:25 pmWatch dozens of racers risk serious injury pedaling their decorated Big Wheels down the insanely curvy streets of Potrero Hill, with nothing but a few bales of hay and their own bones to stop them. Kids race at 2 p.m., adult “children” race at 3 p.m., but all participants have to sign a waiver since this is the perfect way to spend your Easter in the emergency room.
After the earthquake hit on April 18, 1906, the cast-iron Lotta’s Fountain on Market Street became a crucial meeting point for reuniting families and is now S.F.’s oldest surviving monument. Every April 18, the San Francisco Fire Department and other early risers meet at the fountain in the wee hours to hang a wreath, take part in a moment of silence and listen to the sirens go off at 5:12 a.m. to commemorate the exact time the quake hit.
If you see a big haze descend over Golden Gate Park on Wednesday, don’t be so quick to blame Karl the Fog. The 420 on Hippie Hill gathering has long been a San Francisco tradition on April 20, cramming in thousands of people for an unpermitted and unofficial festival. But now, The City has given its blessing for what is being called the “biggest free cannabis event in the Bay Area.
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