Kirk has spent his life in San Francisco, the new mural reminded him of his childhood. "Playland was where the Safeway was down there that whole thing was all Playland," Kirk said.

His honey bear murals on boarded up storefronts brought light to some of San Francisco's formerly bustling neighborhoods turned dark during the COVID-19 pandemic.

San Francisco based artist, fnnch added his famous honey bears with a coronavirus spin, to boarded-up storefronts in San Francisco's Fillmore, Hayes Valley and Castro districts.

Safeway to close San Francisco supermarket over rampant theft, safety concerns By . Ariel Zilber. Published Dec. 12, 2024, 10:47 a.m. ET. The Safeway supermarket chain has announced that it will ...