Born and raised in the Richmond District, Victor Alexander Tapia, known more commonly in the DJ world as “The Goshfather” has played throughout the Bay Area and is now taking his music to an international audience at the FIFA World Cup.
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
On March 5, 1946, Winston S. Churchill spoke at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, having traveled 1,000 miles with then President Harry S. Truman from Washington D.C. to do so (Churchill also observed: “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken over me.”)
When I ran to represent our communities in the State Assembly, I made two commitments before anything else: to protect access to healthcare and fight for safer neighborhoods. Those priorities continue to guide my work every day in Sacramento.
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in July 2026.
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Recent police activity in the Richmond District.
Through high-resolution video projection, spatial audio and nature-inspired scents, a new exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences hopes to make people feel transported to destinations around the world.
Learning to swim at Sutro Baths. Working amusement park carnival booths next to Ocean Beach. Joining fellow hippies in a Haight-Ashbury commune. Smoking a joint with the Grateful Dead. Talking to Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio and Liberace while busboying in Fisherman’s Wharf. It feels like a San Francisco fever dream – but for Richmond-district resident painter and musician Joe Mirante, now 76, this was simply his reality.
One of the top concerns I’ve heard from San Franciscans in recent years is the skyrocketing cost of energy. And for good reason – PG&E has jacked up our electricity rates by 40% in the last four years, placing working people in an impossible position.
At the end of June, as Chair of the Board’s Budget and Appropriations Committee, we led the unanimous passage of the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 San Francisco budget, restoring more than $28 million in cuts to vital services, restoration of jobs and safeguarding more than $1.3 billion in reserve funds to protect against anticipated further cuts from President Donald Trump’s Administration.
District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan and State Sen. Scott Wiener will advance to November’s election for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Golden Gate Park Band hosted a Juneteenth celebration last month at the Spreckels Temple of Music (the “Bandshell”), featuring “The Sistas,” a gospel/R&B trio from the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre’s Soulful Christmas Choir made up of vocalists Mary Williams, Robin Hodge-Williams and Dr. Yvonne Cobbs.
On June 15, more than 50 seniors – with four dressed as iconic characters Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion – protested the mayor’s proposed $8.9 million in budget cuts to senior and disability programs. While singing a parody of “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz, Hene Kelly, dressed as Dorothy, led protesters to each supervisor’s office and asked them to “have a heart,” “use your brain” and “show some courage” to say no to senior cuts.
A new Vietnamese sandwich shop, also offering coffee drinks and iced teas, has begun its soft-opening on Balboa Street near Fifth Avenue. Ghien Banh Mi & Cafe was started by Tuan Luu and Uyen Vu, who also own Luxury Spa.
