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.

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

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

San Francisco's trash collection schedule will be adjusted for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with changes to the regular pick-up dates for city residents.

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,

Discover facts about the first official MLK March in 1987 including 2 famous attendees, plus why San Antonio hosts what's considered the nation's largest march.

King would also inspire baseball player Curt Flood, who challenged Major League Baseball’s reserve clause in 1970, bringing an end to what was a St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Fame career. Flood would lose his case in the U.S. Supreme Court, but his fight would open the door for free agency five years later.

Day of Service in North County: Community members can join the North San Diego County NAACP during their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Jan. 18. Several service projects in North ...

The San Francisco Public Library kicks off more than a month's worth of Black History Month programming starting with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Up first, a look at Black horror and its healing powers.

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal legal public holiday and, since 1994, a national day of service, "a day on, not a day off," as the late and revered Georgia Rep. John Lewis once said. "It is a day of service to our communities,

On Inauguration Day, challenge yourself to greet others in a friendly way. “Forming a smile expression makes you more poised to experience a positive state,” she says. “Sharing that with strangers and people in your community evokes a sense of collective trust and togetherness.”