“Everyone at Washington deserves this trophy and I am happy to call our team champions..”
Washington H.S. Baseball Wins City Championship: Note From Coach Mora
‘The Front Steps’: Anxiety Aside, Housing Is Still Going Wild
Stocks are slumping and recession anxiety is on the rise, which means that speculation about a supposed “housing crash” has probably already infiltrated your social media and inbox. It makes sense: Housing […]
Letter to the Editor: Swimming the Bay to Breakers
Editor: We call it the “longer, colder, harder” Bay to Breakers. Started in 1987, by famed South Ender Bob Roper, he claims it came to him in a dream along with the […]
Press Release: SFUSD Won’t Appeal Superior Court’s Ruling Regarding CEQA Violation
The Board of Directors of the George Washington High School Alumni Association
is pleased with the decision of the San Francisco Unified School District Board of
Education to accept the decision of the Superior Court and not to appeal the Court
decision.
‘The Front Steps’: Where Does the Richmond End?
A couple of weeks ago we felt daring enough to pose a potentially existential neighborhood question in considering whether the Central Richmond is a real neighborhood or not. Now we’re feeling even […]
Letter to the Editor: Against Proposition C
While so much attention is being devoted to Proposition H, the Boudin recall, another important proposition with long-lasting impact is tucked away as Proposition C.
Photos: New Chinese Cultural District Celebration
Photos from the Outer Sunset Farmers Market celebration of the new Chinese Cultural District in the Sunset. May 22, 2022.
Letter to the Editor: From Open the Great Highway Alliance
Thank you for shining a light on so many of our neighborhood issues, especially those pertaining to the Great Highway between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard. Open the Great Highway Alliance, a nonprofit benefit corporation, hopes you will publish the following statement concerning upcoming legislation that will affect the future of the Great Highway.
Press Release: Stern Grove Concert Series to Return June 12
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department along with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced recently that repairs at Sigmund Stern Grove’s Concert Meadow are nearing completion and will be ready just in time for the 85th annual Stern Grove Festival. Additional repair work in other areas of Stern Grove will continue through summer of 2023, but will not affect the concert series.
Press Release: UC Regents Approve Plan for New Hospital at Parnassus Heights
UC San Francisco has received approval for its plans to build a state-of-the-art hospital at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights to meet the region’s growing demand for specialty care and California’s rigorous hospital seismic requirements.
Letter to the Editor: Lies and Distortions
We do however know of Republicans who “harvested” votes and ballots in Florida and Texas that got prosecuted. Also of Republicans who voted more than once in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.
‘The Front Steps’: Revisiting the Richmond’s Most Controversial “New” Homes
It’s now been almost ten years since the Battle of Cornwall. Cornwall Street, that is; this wasn’t a military venture but instead a conflict of opinions about what should be done with […]
Letter to the Editor: Closing JFK Drive on Weekdays Does Not Serve the Greater Good
I attended the Board of Supervisors meeting that decided the fate of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park. Prior to the vote, there were presentations of studies that had no focus on the Monday-to-Friday closings.
Commentary: Julie Pitta
Kasie Lee remembers the first time she encountered Chesa Boudin. It was 2019, and Boudin, a recently announced candidate for district attorney, attended a meeting of the “Chinese Six Companies,” the more than century-old alliance of Chinatown community groups officially known as the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
‘The Front Steps’: Tracking Down the Oldest House In Sea Cliff
Here at the Front Steps we remain persistently divided over whether or not Sea Cliff is really part of the Richmond. But we still like writing about it anyway, because it is […]
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