Model yachts will soon fill Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park, as the San Francisco Model Yacht Club’s (SFMYC) boating season opens in March and runs through October.
More Street Trees Coming for Sunset, Parkside
“A tree planting brings neighbors together,” said FUF Executive Director DanFlanagan. “We love to help neighborhood residents transform and improve their blocks.”
Sound Dunes Rock ’n’ Roll West Side
The Sound Dunes, a Sunset District-based rock ‘n’ roll band, plays at local venues.
Internet Archive Preserves Data from World Wide Web
In addition to its archiving function, the archive is an activist organization, advocating
for a free and open Internet.
Police Blotter – March, 2017
Police report for March, 2017
City Hall
Katy Tang represents District 4 on the SF Board of Supervisors
and can be reached at (415) 554-7460 or
Katy.Tang@sfgov.org.
New Law Would Lower Speed Limit in GG Park to 15 m.p.h.
Assemblyman Phil Ting submitted legislation in Sacramento
on Feb. 15 that would change the speed limit on Golden Gate Park
roads from 25 miles-per-hour (m.p.h.) to 15 m.p.h.
‘Green Benefit District’ Proposed for Inner Sunset
The goal of forming a Green Benefit District (GBD) for the Inner Sunset District has been proposed.
Bonfires at Ocean Beach Set to Resume
A dozen years ago bonfires on
Ocean Beach were almost
banned, but after a long struggle,
which included the possibility of
by-permit-only burning, the
National Park Service (NPS) will
be putting out additional fire pits
in March.
AIDS Memorial in GG Park celebrates 25th anniversary
Twenty-five years ago a small group of San Francisco residents representing a community devastated by the AIDS epidemic gathered in a dilapidated grove in Golden Gate Park to restore it and create […]
Honoring civil rights leader
Activist groups representing feminism, ethnicity and sexual identity rights were represented (above) at a Dare to D.R.E.A.M festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which was held at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center, 741 30th Ave., on Monday, Jan. 23. Below left, Maddie Mandich, a case management program manager, stands in a rainbow made out of balloons. In the lower right, parents Candace Lum and Tony Tam, with their children, Olivia, 4, and Theo, 2, watch Jessie Lamb silk-screen T-shirts.
Real estate year in review
By John M Lee In the Richmond District, single-family home prices rose by double digits for the fifth year in a row, with median prices appreciating by 10.3 percent in 2016 – […]
Final Geary BRT environmental study released
by Paul Kozakiewicz The largest public works pro- ject in decades is about to hit the Richmond District. The Geary Boulevard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project would re-engineer Geary Boulevard in an […]
Premier of new art gallery
by Thomas K. Pendergast Despite recent setbacks in the Bay Area arts community, a new hope for the art scene landed in the Richmond District on Dec. 11. The Avenue 12 Gallery […]
City Hall: Final farewell message to the Richmond District
By Supervisor Eric Mar Thanks to editor Paul Kozakiewicz for letting me share my views here for the last eight years! Last month, I highlighted citywide accomplishments and I end by celebrating […]
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 