Olivia Harden

Los Angeles

Travel Reporter at SFGate

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Kendrick Lamar’s SF show gives ominous nod to his legal feud with Drake

4 days ago | sacbee.com | Olivia Harden

May 30-It's been more than a year since the dust settled from the rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, yet it seems that Lamar is still riding high. In that time, he's put on a one-night-only show in Los Angeles for Juneteenth and headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Now Lamar shares the stage with SZA in a coheadlining tour that sustained a buzz throughout San Francisco's Oracle Park over an almost three-hour set Thursday night.
Kendrick Lamar’s SF show featured ominous video depositions in nod to Drake feud

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

It’s been more than a year since the dust settled from the rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, yet it seems that Lamar is still riding high. In that time, he’s put on a one-night-only show in Los Angeles for Juneteenth and headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Now Lamar shares the stage with SZA in a coheadlining tour that sustained a buzz throughout San Francisco’s Oracle Park over an almost three-hour set Thursday night.
A cursed Calif. Egyptian-themed waterpark became a rave venue until burning down

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

Gale was one of thousands who showed up in 2009 at the defunct Pharaoh’s Lost Kingdom Water Park. After opening halfway between Los Angeles and California’s desert towns in the 1990s, the site lived many lives over its three decades. What was once a family-friendly water park with an Egyptian theme became the hotbed of all-night dance parties that city officials would fight to rid the city of until the parties came to an end.
Southwest flyers notice strange change in onboard service

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

Eli Weiss, a resident of San Francisco and frequent flyer on both Alaska Airlines and Southwest, told SFGATE he noticed he was not served snacks about half the time he flew on Southwest so far this year. Weiss said he usually flies short routes between San Francisco and Burbank or Los Angeles, and from Seattle to Denver. “I have found this to be a recent, and disappointing trend. … It has happened to me many times when I’m on a flight, it’s pretty short, like under 2 hours,” Eli Weiss told SFGATE.
Mexico slashes cruise fee by almost 90%

3 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

A fee that could have made Mexico one of the most expensive countries to cruise to has been narrowly avoided. In winter 2024, the Mexican government planned to start charging cruise passengers a $42 fee to visit the country’s ports in 2025, regardless of whether or not they disembarked.
This is the best California beach according to 1,300 strangers

3 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

A picturesque day at the beach is nearly a guarantee in Orange County, and especially at Crystal Cove, known for its natural seashore, open spaces and great sunsets. After all, it was named in 1927 by a regular visitor named Elizabeth Wood “because the name seemed right for such a beautiful place.” So it should come as no surprise to anyone who’s visited the cove that it’s the best state beach in California, according to the California State Parks Foundation.
Fans of America's national parks use thirst traps to drive awareness

3 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

It all started when a Yellowstone National Park fan account went viral with a series of posts featuring provocative music, funny captions, adult entertainers and even shirtless celebrities, paired with shots of the park’s natural beauty. Soon after, about a dozen other copycat TikTok accounts began posting similar thirst traps, or social media posts aiming to evoke desire in viewers.
Real ID is a waste of my time and I don't need one

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

Does Real ID really make us safer? Before the first enforcement date in 2008, more than a dozen states were not on board and considered legislation to bypass it for the invasion of privacy. Maine legislators put their money where their mouth is and did just that in 2007. However, a decade later, the state overturned Legislative Document 1138 over concerns of what implications it would have for Mainers who were not in compliance with the rest of the country.
Calif. city issues thousands of tickets for a law that SF doesn't enforce

1 month ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Harden

Police in San Diego revealed they have written thousands of tickets in the last two months, fining drivers over $100 for a controversial law that other cities, including San Francisco, have decided is too difficult to enforce. The San Diego Police Department's Parking Enforcement team has issued 4,200 tickets to drivers who violated California's new daylighting law, the department's supervisor Erin Longen told SFGATE in an email.
Historic casino on Lake Tahoe’s south shore to be reborn as new brand

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Olivia Harden

Caesars Entertainment has plans to completely transform Harveys Lake Tahoe, remaking the legacy hotel and casino into a luxury destination through a $160 million renovation and rebranding. Harveys Lake Tahoe originally opened in 1944 as a family-owned and -operated casino on the south shore. In 1963, the casino expanded to a high-rise hotel.