Caltrain to operate its Celebration Train in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, offering free rides to SF events.

Looking for the best things to do in San Francisco and the Bay Area during MLK weekend? Add these family-friendly events to your list for the long weekend. 2025 may have just started, but it's already time for a long holiday weekend.

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recently acquired the work, which is being exhibited at the de Young Museum ahead of Martin Luther King Jr Day

To honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s values and beliefs, MLK Day is the only holiday designated as a national day of service.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Jan. 20, but there are local events and volunteer opportunities honoring the civil rights leader happening now through Jan. 22. From a symposium at Stanford and Caltrain’s Celebration Train to a community singalong and numerous volunteer projects,

The Adams County Board of Supervisors typically meets the first and third Mondays of each month. However, because Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday, is Monday, the board meets Tuesday this week.

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so,

Mufasa: The Lion King continues to roar at the box office, where it looks to beat One of Them Days - the first female-led Black comedy since 2017’s Girls Trip - over the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday crown as Wolf Man gets gouged.

After a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer granted local governments broad new authority to clear homeless camps, the mayors of the Bay Area’s three major cities vowed to ramp up sweeps.

“I am seeing so many posts on social media about boycotting the inauguration. Don't you dare,” Williams posted on Bluesky. “Don't you dare turn your eyes away from history, even the awful, scary parts. If you don't watch it with your own eyes, you rely on others to tell you what you saw. We must all bear witness to what's coming.”

Tong and his staff will be looking for executive orders that conflict with CT laws or violate the Constitution.