Sponsored: ‘Why is the City Pitting Neighbor Against Neighbor?’
Letter to the Editor: Street Closures Have Caused Enormous Hostility
There is plenty of existing recreation space for bicyclers and walkers; it is an outrage against the rights of others that these groups should monopolize all the spaces.
Letter to the Editor: Time for Alexandria Theatre to Go
Whatever historic value is probably long gone and it’s time for it to go.
Letter to the Editor: District Elections Result in Representatives With Narrower World Views
My friends have heard me tell more times than they care to remember about the city’s increasing resemblance to George Orwell’s Animal Farm ever since San Francisco voters decided to give up one of the most significant portions of their hard won franchises by voting for district election of supervisors.
Richmond Review Crossword Puzzle #10: Solution
Solution to the February 2023 Richmond Review crossword puzzle,
Richmond District Crossword Puzzle #10
Jess Goldstein’s Richmond District-themed crossword puzzle for February, 2023.
Announcements: February, 2023
Things to do and important information for neighbors in the Richmond and Sunset districts.
Assembly: Phil Ting
I marked this occasion by introducing AB-264, a bill giving California’s community colleges the flexibility to observe the Lunar New Year (LNY) as a state holiday without increasing the number of days schools are closed. They could, for example, combine Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays as one holiday and add LNY as another.
‘Looking Back’: Washington Elm
A marker by the base of an elm tree in Golden Gate Park has the inscription:
Under the parent of this tree,
Washington first took command of the American Army, July 3, 1775 Planted by San Francisco Chapter Sons of the American Revolution 1932
Review: Artist’s Creative Work Opens Gallery at 4 Star
With his signature inches-high slicked back pompadour (like a cool modern-day cassowary bird), classic angular, black-rimmed Wayfarer glasses, punk rock high-top Chuck Taylor sneakers and vibrantly colored tattoos peeking out from cuffed pants and rolled up sleeves, Clam Lynch is one such person.
SFMTA’s Tumlin Addresses Post-COVID Muni Issues
Muni bus service is slowly rolling away from the disaster of a recent pandemic and, judging by the information shared at a Jan. 18 meeting at the Richmond Recreation Center, all eyes now look toward its near and distant future.
Alexandria Theatre Deteriorates, Blade Sign Removed
The blade sign on the venerable Alexandria Theatre – a fixture on Geary Boulevard and 18th Avenue for nearly a century – was damaged to the point that the property owners had to have it taken down.
Press Release: Free Concerts at the Presidio Theatre
Free concerts: Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids 50th Anniversary at the Presidio Theatre, Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18, at 8 p.m.
Press Release: ‘The Doodler’ Cold Case Investigation Update
During the same period of time, five victims were found murdered in the Ocean Beach/Golden Gate Park area. As a result of a new investigation, it is believed that Warren Andrews may be the sixth victim of the “Doodler.” On April 27, 1975, Andrews was a victim of an assault at Lands End. Andrews was found unconscious and never regained consciousness dying several weeks later. All six victims are believed to be gay Caucasian males.
Longtime Laguna Honda Hospital Residents Hang on Under Cloud of Relocation
When 45-year-old Felipe Martinez suffered a massive stroke that left him unable to stand, walk, swallow or handle any of the activities of daily living, the one thing he was certain of was that Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center wasn’t for him. Now in his early 60s and after 17 years of intensive physical therapy as a resident patient there, he’s regained some of those skills and his feelings about the hospital have changed. “I don’t know what I will do if they close Laguna Honda down.”
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