Burning Man Contemplates Office Space In San Francisco’s Mid-Market
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – You can add Burning Man to a growing list of art and cultural groups that could be part of Mid-Market’s revitalization in San Francisco. KCBS’ Barbara Taylor Reports: Burning Man...
View ArticleLured By Tax Breaks, Burning Man HQ Follows Twitter to SF Mid-Market
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood has added a new tenant to its growing roster of businesses persuaded to relocate to the beleaguered stretch of Market Street: the...
View ArticleBurning Man Festival Gets Under Way
BLACK ROCK DESERT, NV (CBS SF) – “Rites of Passage” is the theme for this year’s sold-out Burning Man festival, which began Monday in the Nevada desert. This is the 25th anniversary of Burning Man, a...
View ArticleBurning Man Draws Record Crowd To Nevada Desert
RENO (CBS / AP) — More than 50,000 revelers are gathering on the northern Nevada desert for the climax of the annual Burning Man counterculture festival. Federal Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman...
View ArticleBurning Man Organizers Set Up Ticket Exchange To Thwart Scalpers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Tickets for the 26th annual Burning Man festival, which begins in late August, are already in high demand and organizers trying to increase participants’ odds of getting a...
View ArticleBurning Man Ticket Lottery Leaves Loyal ‘Burners’ Out In The Cold
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – A new lottery-style ticketing system for this year’s Burning Man Festival has turned into a massive headache for the event’s organizers. Burning Man attendees often work in...
View ArticleSF-Promoter Gets Permit To Increase Burning Man Attendance
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Ten thousand more people are expected to be on hand in the Nevada desert for this year’s Burning Man festival after federal officials increased the event’s attendance cap. The...
View ArticleMan Who Torched Burning Man Dies In BART Accident
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — A San Francisco man who was once convicted for illegally torching the Burning Man effigy has died after jumping in front of a Bay Area Rapid Transit train. The Medical...
View ArticleSan Francisco Socialite Found Dead In Nevada Apartment
GARDNERVILLE, Nevada (CBS/AP) — A jewelry designer, arts aficionado and one-time fixture on San Francisco’s wealthy social scene was being remembered Thursday for her contributions to conservation...
View ArticleBigger Crowd Will Be Allowed At This Year’s Burning Man Festival
RENO, Nev. (CBS/AP) — The largest outdoor arts festival in North America is about to become bigger. Federal land managers have issued Burning Man organizers a four-year special recreation permit that...
View ArticleBurning Man Crowd In Nevada Near Capacity
RENO (CBS/AP) — A federal official says more than 61,000 people have turned out so far for the weekend Burning Man outdoor art and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada. U.S....
View ArticleSF-Based Burning Man Organizers Agree To Pay Millions For Security
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Burning Man organizers have agreed to pay the Pershing County sheriff’s office more than $600,000 a year over the next 10 years for security and other services at the annual...
View ArticleBurning Man Sculpture Becomes San Francisco’s Newest Light Show
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A sculpture with roots in Burning Man has become the newest attraction on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. The 60-foot sculpture named “SOMA” combines metal and LED lights to mimic...
View ArticleFreak Rainstorm Drenches Start Of Burning Man, Thousands Turned Away
RENO, Nev. (CBS SF) — Day one of Burning Man in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert has turned into a bummer. A freak rainstorm has drenched the festival, forcing organizers to cancel events and lock out...
View ArticleWoman Hit, Killed By Bus In ‘Tragic Accident’ At Burning Man
BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (CBS SF) — A woman who died at the Burning Man festival in northern Nevada early Thursday morning after reportedly being run over by a vehicle carrying festivalgoers has been...
View ArticleFirst Ticket Offer For 2015 Burning Man Cost A Whopping $800 Each
If you really, really want to make sure you get your tickets to this year’s Burning Man be prepared for a little sticker shock.
View ArticleWeekend Magazine: Love At The Marina Safeway, Grateful Dead History, And SF...
You can listen to the broadcast of Weekend Magazine with KCBS Public Affairs Director Liz Saint John every Sunday morning from 3:00am-4:00am and again from 5:00am-6:00am on KCBS All News 740 AM and...
View ArticleBay Area Techies Hack Into Burning Man’s Ticket System, Jump Ahead 80,000...
(CBS SF) — About 200 Silicon Valley software engineers hacked into the Burning Man ticketing system Wednesday to jump in front of 80,000 others waiting in line from all over the world. Wired reports...
View ArticleBurner Air Offers To Fly You From SF To Burning Man, Starting At $2,199
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Nearly 70,000 people from all over the world expected to attend Burning Man later this summer have a new way to travel to the Nevada desert. Santa Monica-based Burner Air...
View ArticleBurning Man Organizers Push Back Against BLM Request For Cushier Digs For...
RENO (CBS/AP) — Burning Man festival organizers are pushing back after the U.S. Bureau of Land Management requested upgraded accommodations for its officials at this year’s event in the Nevada desert....
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