Each year, the California State Assembly honors the accomplishments of local women and the lasting impact they have made on their communities by having lawmakers name their district’s Woman of the Year.
Assembly: Phil Ting
Artist Alice Neel’s Portraits on Display at Retrospective at de Young Museum
Alice Neel, considered one of the greatest American portraitists of the 20th century, sought to reveal the unflinching truth about her subjects – usually something they never saw in themselves. She considered herself “a collector of souls.”
Emerging Artists Find a Home at Young Artist Studio
…. Several years later, she moved to her current space at 2414 28th Ave., near Taraval, which has been the home of Young Artists Studio ever since.
City Hall: Connie Chan
For decades, the plastic industry has profited from plastic pollution, fueling our dependence on plastic, and misleading us into thinking we can recycle away the problem.
Letter to the Editor: Be Careful With Your Vote
Both Kopp and the Congress should know that this is unconstitutional and the early voting has given 11 votes for by Republicans, and 11 votes against by Democrats, with the deciding vote by the vice president who is a Democratic White woman.
‘Kilduff’s Korner’ by Paul Kilduff
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
A Life Spent Following Her Bliss
For Campbell, bliss was research, and he went at it tirelessly. For Kaufman, bliss was writing. Her contact with Campbell helped inspire her to launch a long, prolific and award-winning career as an author and playwright.
Pacific Rowing Club Host Regatta on Lake Merced
More than 300 crews from around the Bay Area and as far away as Newport Beach descended upon Lake Merced on March 12 for the seventh annual Pacific Invitational Regatta after a two-year hiatus.
Letter to the Editor: Lake Street – Slow Street is a Scam
Making Lake a Slow Street, say on Sundays, 9 a.m.–6 p.m., might be nice, but it’s hardly necessary. A permanent seven-day Slow Street serves no purpose.
‘Looking Back’: Disc Golf
At the 18-hole Golden Gate Park Disc Golf Course, the tees at the start of each hole’s play are flat concrete slabs.
Richmond Residents Weigh in on Plans for Future of Lake Street
While residents living on or near Lake Street await a final decision, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) released survey results on how people in that area feel about ending the Slow Streets program there or making it permanent.
‘Slava Ukraini!’ Humanitarian Relief Concert Held in GG Park
The free event formed as a collaboration between groups including the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council and music organization Sunset Piano.
Geary Boulevard Improvement Project Riles Merchants
The Geary-BRT plan would have eliminated the center traffic islands and ripped out all the trees along them, then run Muni buses down the new lanes created, with the long-term goal of making space for a light-rail train to eventually roll down one of the most heavily traveled commercial corridors in the City.
Chan Raises Questions About Park Groups’ Accounting
San Francisco’s Parks Alliance and Recreation and Park Department are both facing scrutiny from District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan about their use of donations, after subpoenaed records were made public in an NBC Bay Area news report.
‘Photos of the Sunset District’: Sunset District Beekeepers
Photos of Sunset District beekeepers, by Jeremy Word.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 