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Senior Spotlight
San Francisco Richmond ReView
NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION
The Richmond District is located in the northwest corner of San Francisco, nestled in between Presidio National Park and the city’s Golden Gate Park. The neighborhood, which includes Sea Cliff and Laurel and Presidio Heights, is home to about 80,000 people. About half of Richmond residents are of Asian ancestry, primarily of Chinese and Korean descent. There is also a large Irish population and many recently arrived Russian immigrants.
Several vibrant commercial areas, including California Street, Clement Street and Geary Boulevard, serve the neighborhood. The 1,400 merchants and small offices in the Richmond District offer a wide range of goods and services.
Local landmarks include the Cliff House and the Beach Chalet at Ocean Beach, the V.A. Hospital at Fort Miley, University of San Francisco and numerous holy houses, including Temple Emanuel, St. John’s Orthodox Church and St. John’s Presbyterian Church. There are numerous attractions in Golden Gate Park, including an American Bison pen, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, California Academy of Sciences, Strybing Arboretum, the oldest children’s playground west of the Mississippi River and a 9-hole golf course.
NEWSPAPER INFORMATION
Distribution by Neighborhood: Presidio and Masonic Avenues to the Pacific Ocean, Golden Gate Park to the Presidio, Sea Cliff
Distribution by Zip Code: 94118 and 94121
Circulation: 25,000
Argonne Elementary School Celebrates a Century
Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP), a community history group located at 1617 Balboa St. in the Richmond District, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Argonne Elementary School.
Letter to the Editor: SB-50 Won’t Solve Housing Crisis
Our organizations, based in the Sunset (D4ward) and Richmond (Richmond District Rising) neighborhoods of San Francisco, support the production of more housing in our community that is affordable, ensures stability for existing residents and maintains diversity in our neighborhoods.
Press Release: Succession Planning Help Offered to Local Small Businesses
Project Equity, a national organization in the movement to harness employee ownership to maintain thriving local business communities and address income and wealth inequality, together with the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) recently announced a partnership to offer San Francisco’s small business owners a business succession support program.
Press Release: Volunteer Leader Training for S.F. Healthier Living Workshops
Healthier Living is a six-week workshop in a small group interactive peer setting to show adults with chronic conditions how to self manage their health.
Golden Gate Park 150th Anniversary Tree Planting
With the start of a new decade, San Francisco is commemorating the 150th anniversary of Golden Gate Park (GGP 150). Can’t wait and looking for an event to help kick-off the celebration? Come on out and join us in planting 150 trees in Golden Gate Park!
Press Release: Presidio Receives Green Flag Award
The Presidio of San Francisco has become the first park in the United States – and America’s first national park site – to earn the prestigious Green Flag Award®, which recognizes the highest standards for visitor experience and management of parks and green spaces around the world.
Letter to the Editor – Against More Lights in GG Park
If we truly want to celebrate the 150th birthday of Golden Gate Park, we should honor nature and the Park by leaving it as dark as safety allows for one year,
Commentary – Kevin Frazier
Confronted with a potential recall election, Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer has yet to confirm whether she’ll run for re-election. In the fog created by Fewer’s ambiguity, the supervisor and her team are greasing the wheels to let Fewer’s preferred successor ease into office.
Press Release: Laurel School Inclusive Schools Group Resource Fair
The Laurel School, a leading K-8 school for children with mild to moderate learning differences, is pleased to announce they are hosting the first annual Inclusive Schools Group Resource Fair on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Benefit Concerts at Zion (Sponsored)
Matt Linder and Amy Foote are world-class chamber musicians with a passion for the unusual. They specialize in performing music that is new, old, forgotten, undiscovered, or even just plain weird.
Letter to the Editor – Dog Park Plan Extravagant
So the State and the City are going to spend $2.7 million on a dog run in Golden Gate Park and Sandra Fewer and Phil Ting think this is a great use of the taxpayer’s money. I disagree.
Inner Richmond Food Pantry Is Now Open
The Richmond Neighborhood Center’s newest food pantry is now open at George Peabody Elementary School.
PSA: Tablet Class – Basic Training for Cantonese Speakers
Tablet class: basic training for Cantonese speakers, Feb. 15, 22 and 29, 2020.
Swedenborgian Church Celebrates its 125th Anniversary in March
The National Historic Landmark architectural treasure Swedenborgian Church which held its first service in March 1895, whose form and construction was conceived and guided by a friend of John Muir, is an architectural tribute to our deep spiritual connection to the natural world.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 