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.

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco recently acquired the work, which is being exhibited at the de Young Museum ahead of Martin Luther King Jr Day

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,

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 ...

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

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.

This year, the holiday falls on Monday, Jan. 20. It's a federal holiday, which means government agencies, banks and many corporate offices will closed for the day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.