The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department rolled out improvements to the Waller Street Skate Park today—a project spearheaded by local skaters who helped shape its inclusive design that honors its street skateboarding roots.
Pumpkins and other orange vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, are abundant with a variety of nutrients, such as vitamins A, C, E and K, and minerals, including potassium and iron.
The City needs an adult in the room to apply tough love to radically improve conditions for both the unhoused and the housed. We treat stray dogs better than the conditions I see many unhoused people living in on our streets.
As Gordon Mar’s “pilot project” moves through the city agencies and onto its eventual vote and passage by the Board of Supervisors, the Upper Great Highway’s closure will be allowed to continue without an environmental study through Dec. 31, 2025, for a total of five years and eight months since its initial shutdown, despite the escalation of erosion of our sand dunes and destruction of our wildlife sanctuary from unrestricted foot traffic when vehicles are banned and beachgoers ignore designated crosswalks.
The narrative that gets recycled is that City College is facing financial hardship and needs to tighten its belt and live within its means. For so many, education is the key to a job with a livable wage, improved mental health and increased civic engagement. These are things worth paying for.
San Francisco Zoo and Gardens recently became home to a 2-year-old male pygmy hippopotamus, the first of this endangered species here since 2004. Today, SF Zoo officials announced his name, “Udo,” (pronounced “Ooh-Dough”) which translates to “peace” in the Igbo language of West Africa.
Much has been said about how San Franciscans feel divided, on how controversy and contest fuels much of our local politics, and how we can’t seem to find agreement to get big things, or even basic things, done. In the face of this, finding common sense solutions, building consensus, bridging divides and, yes, compromising offers a real road forward. Here in the Sunset, we’ve been able to find common ground on some of the most hot-button issues to make real progress.
The effort to build 135 units of housing for San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) educators on the block between 42nd and 43rd avenues and Irving and Judah streets officially started with a groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 27.
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
The Sunset Beacon invited the two candidates for District 4 supervisor to share their views with the community.
In September, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to grant the building landmark status and plans are now underway to renovate the dilapidated structure with the goal of opening it up to the public by its 100-year anniversary in 2025.
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
After losing its certification to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments, thus requiring the transfer of more than 600 patients, Laguna Honda Hospital now faces more challenges, including the potential loss of 120 beds and dealing with a recent COVID-19 outbreak.
Photos and captions by Alyson Wong The CDBA College Cup race will take place Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at Lake Merced, San Francisco. Links:● https://cdba.org/ ● https://www.sfdragonboat.com/ ● https://www.hketosf.gov.hk/ ● https://www.usdbf.org/home/ ● https://www.dragonboat.sport/
After losing its certification to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments, thus requiring the transfer of more than 600 patients, Laguna Honda Hospital now faces more challenges, including the potential loss of 120 beds and dealing with a recent COVID-19 outbreak.
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