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Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
Comparison photos of Ocean Beach Esplanade 109 year apart.
Then President-elect Abraham Lincoln in his farewell address in Springfield, Ill., on Feb. 11, 1861, proclaimed, “My friends … I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.”
The California Academy of Sciences is featuring internet character Tiny Chef in a new collaboration running through May 3.
California is facing a behavioral health crisis that affects communities across the state. Too many families watch loved ones with serious mental illness cycle through emergency rooms, psychiatric holds, jails and homelessness while the system intervenes only after a crisis has escalated.
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in February 2025.
Two of the handmade signs that bobbed above the crowd outside the California Academy of Sciences on a Sunday morning read: “Claude the Great” and “SF loves you, Claude.”
The June $535 million Bond would allocate only $130 million for the EFWSS. Three prior Bonds dating to 2010 have allocated $308 million. Thus far, no significant EFWSS components exist.
Dark clouds looming over the City threatened to dampen the spirits of eager participants and spectators hoping to gather at Ocean Beach to create sand art on New Year’s Day.
San Francisco voters will decide on a $535 million bond measure in June, part of which will fund the expansion of the Emergency Firefighting Water Supply System (EFWSS), although two neighborhood groups oppose the current plan.
Thousands of residents and businesses in the Richmond and Sunset districts were left without power for days on the weekend before Christmas.
Richmond Review crossword puzzle and solution, February 2025.
The Mostly British Film Festival returns for its 18th year, Feb. 5-12, with 26 films, some new, some nearly new, along with a sprinkling of classics. Curated selections come from the UK, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, India and New Zealand and will all be screened at San Francisco’s Vogue Theater.
Here’s who will win my vote for D4 supervisor: I will vote for the candidate with the best vision for how to continue to develop the Sunset into a family friendly neighborhood with vibrant small businesses and beautiful parks.
Four years into a war the world has learned to ignore, choosing to write is choosing to remember and insisting that these stories remain part of our shared history.
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