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San Francisco tourism official says city is building on 2025’s progress with latest conference
With the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference underway in San Francisco, Union Square is alive.
“It’s a little bit more than I thought,” said Mark Davis. “It’s beautiful, I love to see it.”
Davis and his band, Danger von Davis, are one of several that played in Union Square as San Francisco welcomed its first major conference of the year. Davis said these events are one of the key pieces of San Francisco’s economic vitality.
“The conferences bring more visibility and business,” he said. “Things are picking up a little bit. We’re obviously here at this huge conference. Our shows in the Castro — which we do first and third Tuesdays at Blush Wine Bar — are getting more and more attendance and people have been enthusiastic.”
This particular conference brings thousands of people to the city, from investors to innovators to executives and more. For many of the attendees, the city is making a good impression, whether it be a first or new one.
“This is a beautiful city,” said Bruce Ahern, an executive from South Carolina in town for the conference. “There’s a lot of charm to it, lot more than most quote, convention cities.”
That’s music to Anna Marie Presutti’s ears. She’s the President & CEO of the San Francisco Travel Association (SF Travel).
“I mean, seeing really is believing,” she said. “We didn’t have a lot of misses last year. That’s what kind of made it so beautiful.”
When it comes to this year’s convention outlook, she says the city is continuing the progress made last year.
“Right now, 2026 looks really positive. Certainly, 2025 was a big lift over 2024,” she said.
The number of Moscone Conventions has grown year over year, per SF Travel figures.
- 2024: 25 conventions
- 2025: 34 conventions
- 2026: 38 conventions
“All of the places that we were losing business to, all of a sudden are now, ‘Oh, we want back in. We want back in to San Francisco,” Presutti said. “We’re also really looking very closely at, some of these convention centers around the country are undergoing renovations or they’re completely shifting how they’re doing business. So, we’ve been able to pull from there.”
Looking at 2026 as a whole, SF Travel projects just over 24 million visitors this year, and it estimates they’ll spend $9.83 billion.
“I think what happens is when people come, particularly for a conference, they’re pleasantly surprised,” Presutti said. “Then, they go home and they tell two people, and those two people tell two people, and that’s what we’ve seen happen over the course of the last 18 months.”
Presutti said last year, a partnership with United Airlines allowed SF Travel to fly out San Francisco skeptics who were reluctant to book business in the city.
“It was sort of a see-it-for-yourself campaign. Rather than us telling you about it, why don’t you come and see it for yourself?” she said. “We closed over 70% of those.”
One big question mark for 2026?
“The only thing that is still sort of, up in the air? The international piece,” Presutti said. “That is very geopolitical right now, so we’re not really sure how that is going to behave this year.”
Division-leading Dodgers aim to snap home losing trend as they open series against the Giants in a matchup of NL West foes
After dropping their second straight home series over the weekend, the Los Angeles Dodgers head into Monday night’s series opener against the San Francisco Giants sitting atop the National League West Division standings, aiming to avenge a series loss to the Giants from two weeks ago. San Francisco has lost nine of its last 12 games overall and have dropped seven in a row on the road as they begin a 10-game road trip that will keep them away from home until Memorial Day Weekend. The Giants will start Trevor McDonald (1-0, 1.29 ERA) in his fourth start in the Majors while the Dodgers will counter with second-year Japanese import Roki Sasaki (1-3, 5.97 ERA) who has given up a home run in five consecutive outings.
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Date: May 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
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Location: Dodgers Stadium
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Dodger center fielder Andy Pages, who has helped Los Angeles claim World Series titles in each of his first two years in the Majors, leads the team this season hitting .333, ranking the 25-year-old Cuban third among all hitters in MLB. Pages is hitting .371 so far in May with five extra base hits and 10 RBIs and has successfully reached base in 13 of his last 14 games.
With nine hits in seven games so far this month, Giants second baseman Luis Arraez is hitting a team-leading .310 at the plate in 2026 and is on pace for his eighth career 100-hit campaign. Arraez is one of only two active players with a career batting average above .300, hitting .316 for his career and leads Houston’s Jose Altuve by 15 points.
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the McCoven who hopefully have better things to do than watch this dreadful baseball team. But if this is your chosen way of spending the day, then welcome, and may the Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the series for you.
Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, as the veteran makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 1-4 on the season, with a 5.00 ERA, a 4.91 FIP, and 34 strikeouts to 18 walks in 36 innings. He was very strong his last time out, pitching 5.1 shutout innings against the Tampa Bay Rays.
For the Pirates, it’s right-hander Bubba Chandler, a 23-year old in his second season. In seven starts this year, Chandler is 1-4 with a 4.76 ERA, a 5.60 FIP, and 31 strikeouts to 26 walks in 34 innings. Chandler gave up two runs in five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks in his last game. He has issued the most walks in the Major Leagues, so he’s probably foaming at the mouth to face the Giants, who apparently believe that drawing walks is a sin on par with murder.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Go Giants! Go moms!
Who: San Francisco Giants (15-24) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (22-18)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
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First pitch between the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 10.
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