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,

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.

In 1994, Congress marked the holiday as a national day of service led by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Events range from community service projects to parades. Check event websites for updates.

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,

Ex-San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield will remain in California state prison for now after a judge declined to make a bail ruling.

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.

Big Sunday's 13th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Clothing Drive & Community Breakfast will take still take place Jan. 20; look for the sizable give-back event to put the focus on serving fire evacuees and neighborhoods that have lost so much.