Why have a giant vase in Golden Gate Park depicting bugs attacking cherubs?
‘Looking Back’: Poème de la Vigne
Letter to the Editor: Reasons to Recall School Board Members
Here is an article by Heather Knight in the SF Chronicle and another OpEd piece by Matt Gonzalez in which he articulates his reasons for supporting the Feb. 15 recall of three Board of Education commissioners.
‘Cliff Moving Picture Gallery’ Illuminates Cliff House History
When the 157-year-old Cliff House restaurant closed its doors in December 2020, it was “another blow to lose an iconic restaurant in San Francisco,” said Nicole Meldahl, executive director of the Western Neighborhoods Project. Nevertheless, as one door closes, a window opens.
Press Release: Five New Public Safety Programs to Combat Anti-Asian Hate and Violence
With the start of the Lunar New Year and following a surge in anti-Asian hate, Supervisor Gordon Mar was joined by community leaders and the SF Police Department to announce five new public safety programs for the Sunset District, the Asian community and seniors.
Supervisors Debate City’s Recall Election Rules
Three school board members of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) face a recall election this month and now funding issues for such recall elections plus a proposal to amend the San Francisco City Charter related to recall elections in general have emerged.
Letter to the Editor: SFUSD Board of Ed. Up to More Shenanigans
The SF Board of Education is up to more shenanigans, now creating a new zone-based school assignment policy that focuses more on neighborhoods but assesses the block-by-block racial/income/English proficiency make-up of zones.
Longtime Clement Street Antique Store Burglarized
Phyllis Nabhan had been feeling uneasy and less safe for quite a while watching other businesses in the neighborhood along Clement Street get burglarized one after the other.
2022/23 BEST OF THE RICHMOND – FOOD
Survey results of the Richmond Review Readers’ choices for the best food in the Richmond District in 2022.
Commentary: Clean Up the Toxins in the Sunset District
I know affordable housing is desperately needed in San Francisco, and I support it, even if that means the housing is almost literally in my backyard. But is it too much to ask that we take the toxics out of the soil before breaking ground?
Photos: “Light Up the Night” Bicycle Parade in GG Park, Jan. 29, 2022
Photos from the “Light Up the Night” event – a bicycle parade – in Golden Gate Park, Jan.m 29, 2022. Photos by John Oppenheimer.
Press Release: Arrest Made in Richmond District Homicide Case
On Friday Dec. 31, 2021, at approximately 9:32 p.m., San Francisco Police officers from Richmond Station responded to the 200 block of Cornwall Street for a report of a shooting.
Letter to the Editor: Stop These Wasteful Recalls
We have elections, people elected these three members and now we have a group of millionaires funding this recall. Just like the money the State wasted on a recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom by another group of Republican millionaires.
Press Release: Free Classical Music Concerts at SF State
Mark Lomax II/Alexander String Quartet, Junction Trio, Juilliard String Quartet, to perform admission-free at SF State University.
Letter to the Editor: Repeated Replacement of Ramps a Waste of Taxpayers’ Money
Recently my wife and I came home from a week away to find our street corner partially demolished once again. We have lived about a block away, south from the Taraval Post Office, since 1972. This is the fifth time since about 1980 that our corner has been jackhammered and handicap ramps installed and or reinstalled.
Commentary: Vote No on Recall, Fight Plutocrats’ Consolidation of Power
Their efforts are anti-democratic and force our local government to spend funds on elections instead of, say, fighting addiction or Muni.
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