Left Coast Crime 2026 Newsletter
June 30, 2025
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
There are many things to see and do close to the convention hotel (marked with the Hyatt icon on the map below). The 1898 Ferry Building is right across the street from the Hyatt. The Ferry Building Marketplace is packed with restaurants and shops. From the Port of San Francisco you can catch a ferry to Treasure Island, Angel Island, Alcatraz, Jack London Square in Oakland, and many other destinations.
The historic San Francisco Cable Car stops right outside the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, the Presidio Go Shuttle provides free trips to the Presidio National Park, and the Embarcadero BART station is steps away. The historic San Francisco Cable Car stops right outside the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, the Presidio Go Shuttle provides free trips to the Presidio National Park, and the Embarcadero BART station is steps away. Historic Streetcars run on Market Street and the Embarcadero outside the hotel. And there is even more adventure to be had on the SF Muni bus and light rail systems.
A Trip Down Market Street
In April 1906, the Miles Brothers captured busy Market Street from Eighth Street heading to the Ferry Building. Shot from a cable car, the 11+ minute film recorded normal San Francisco street life just four days before the 1906 Earthquake. Things have changed a bit, but the Ferry Building endures.
The California Street cable car line became part of Muni in 1952. Below is a California Street cable car on the last day of operation by the California Cable Company on July 31, 1951.
2026 Charity
San Francisco Public Library Literacy & Learning Fund
Each Left Coast Crime Convention raises money to support a local literacy organization with funds raised through a silent and live auction. The 2026 recipient will be the Literacy and Learning Fund, received and administered by the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, to support the Library’s literacy programming for children and adults in San Francisco.
FOG Readers matches community volunteers with students for one-on-one tutoring live and online. The program is designed to accelerate reading skills in students with learning differences in grades 1-4, primarily from, but not limited to, the San Francisco Unified School District.
Project Read for Adult Literacy provides one-on-one instruction by trained volunteers in person and online as well as classes and workshops to improve essential reading and writing skills.
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