City agencies and Haight Ashbury business owners are preparing for massive crowds to descend on the neighborhood on Saturday for the annual 4/20 Hippe Hill celebration
San Francisco’s annual Hippie Hill event is anticipated to draw thousands of visitors despite its main organizer pulling out last month, leaving Haight Ashbury businesses and San Francisco agencies working together to ensure it goes off safely.
Despite the cancellation, the occasion is still expected to be a major draw, and safety issues have arisen in years past. In 2016, the year before Aquino became the event’s organizer, a stampede led to the trampling of some attendees. Over the years, she’s seen crowds of people coming into businesses seeking to use the bathrooms and the long waits for public transit to leave the neighborhood after the event is over.
SFO expects residual delays following FAA grounding of Alaska Airlines The Washington-based carrier requested the ground stop"out of an abundance of caution" following a technical issue that occurred during a system upgrade “The overdoses in the past obviously are when people are partaking of things other than cannabis,” she said. “We just want everyone to be safe for the day.”
Recreation & Parks Department Haight-Ashbury Dean Preston Robin Williams Meadow
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