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
He accuses Harris of multiple ethical and legal violations in her ascent to higher office. Although some of those charges might be true, he is missing the bigger picture, which is to elect a Democratic president this November and save our democracy.
Under Coach Rush’s leadership, the Rams amassed an astonishing record: 326 wins, 92 losses, and 4 ties. From 1990 to 2014, the team boasted the highest winning percentage in the nation, securing seven national championships, seven state championships, 14 Northern California championships and 22 conference titles.
The UGH is not a park, and even if the measure passes, it will not be a park. A park, at this point, is nothing more than a pipe dream.
The San Francisco Zoo welcomed Little Mebo, a female red panda, flown in from Memphis on Southwest Airlines. The zoo emphasizes Asian conservation and the endangered red panda’s welfare with careful transport and support.
A century after the Legion of Honor’s founding by the tour de force Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and her husband, Adolph B. Spreckels, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (“Fine Arts Museums”) look forward to celebrating the Legion of Honor 100, a once-in-a-generation series of festivities commemorating the 1924 founding of the beloved San Francisco institution.
Join us on Saturday, July 20, 4-8 p.m. at the Heart of the Richmond Night Market!
What will we have lost if we turn a blind eye to the neglect of SF’s world-renowned Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park? What used to be a pristine, well-cared-for example of horticultural exquisiteness and has become a shabby, clear cut, dried up spectacle of itself.
The garments that come into Lindsey Hansen’s hands need refurbishing for a variety of reasons. They’re either worn out, ripped or simply out of style.
I’d like to submit a 600-word piece harking back to the Summer of Love, “What a Time To Be Alive,” recounting an amusing vignette about Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix and the all-but-forgotten perhaps little-known origin of the Janis tree.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approves Plans by Brookfield Properties to Transform Stonestown Galleria from a Retail Center to Town Center with 3,500 New Homes
To submit photos for consideration in the Photos of the Month online gallery, send three jpegs to Editor@RichmondSunsetNews.com by the 15th of the month. (If possible, send pictures resized to 150 dpi, 6″ wide.)
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), in coordination with the SFMTA and the San Francisco Planning Department, is studying a potential new rail subway under Geary Boulevard and 19th Avenue, as part of the Geary/19th Avenue Subway Regional Connections Study.
Recently, five supervisors, led by D4 Supervisor Joel Engardio and working in partnership with the Great Highway Park and the Bike Coalition, blindsided the taxpaying residents of D4 and D1 with a shocking ballot initiative to close down the Upper Great Highway (UGH) without any input from those who will be negatively affected by such an action.
The documentary “Diane Warren: Relentless” by director Bess Kargman delves into songwriter Diane Warren’s complex persona, capturing her enigmatic nature, relentless work ethic, and personal dichotomies. The film showcases Warren’s unwavering self-belief, her chaotic creative process and her journey to becoming a commercially successful and influential songwriter.
The recent article about the 1234 Great Highway senior housing project doesn’t accurately define the facility or its function. There will be at least 100 of the units set aside for formerly unhoused homeless people.
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