In his second book, “Cafe Le Whore,” Moazzam Sheikh steers clear of any overt political messages that an American reader might expect from a short-story fiction writer born and raised in Pakistan.
Outer Balboa St. project a disaster, neighbors complain
by Thomas K. Pendergast Eight years in the making, the Balboa Streetscape Improvement Project will be completed this month, yet some residents in the Outer Richmond District have already turned their noses […]
Community Provides Input on Land Use
By Thomas K. Pendergast What are the best uses for available land in the Sunset District? While vast open spaces are not to be found around San Francisco, there are patches […]
CVS Pharmacy Revises Plan for 19th Avenue Location
By Thomas K. Pendergast Plans for the proposed CVS pharmacy at 19th Avenue and Ortega Street have once again been submitted to the SF Planning Department, after the initial pro- posal lacked […]
Judge Rules: Ex-Sunset Supervisor to Stay in Jail Former Sunset District Supervisor Ed Jew’s attempt to avoid county jail time was denied after a San Francisco judge rejected his appeal. He will […]
Spring Selling Season Here
By John M Lee The spring selling season is upon us. The first quarter of 2014 flew by quickly and gives us an early indication of what the real estate market will […]
Police Blotter
Forcible Entry, Residential Burglary: March 13, 4:44 p.m., 2000 Block of 40th Avenue A home was broken into and ransacked, including damage to a front gate lock, which was determined to be […]
Police Beat: Taraval Station Doing OK
By Capt. Curtis Lum The San Francisco Police Department has a 73 percent approval rating. Chief Greg Suhr recently reported in the San Francisco Police Officers’ Association Journal that, according to a […]
Bus Route Adjusted After Feedback
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) recently conducted neighborhood meetings to get feedback on its Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP), which aims to improve the streetscape environment to accommodate increased numbers of pedestrians […]
Planetarium Turns Out the Lights for New Show, ‘Dark Universe’
by Ryder W. Miller Scientists have been busy studying earthquakes, meteors and searching for life in the solar system, significantly altering our understanding of the universe in the last decade. “Dark Universe,” […]
Congestion, Parking, Safety Top Concerns for Planned N-Judah Changes
By Thomas K. Pendergast A San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) proposal to rearrange N-Judah tran- sit stops and make other changes along the Irving Street commercial corridor in the Inner […]
Transit Plans Re-engineered for L-Taraval Route
By Liz Fedak Route changes totaling between $15 million to $20 mil- lion are in the future for the Muni light rail route that runs along the Taraval corridor. Proposals for the […]
New captain takes the helm
by Thomas K. Pendergast The lunar new year, the Year of the Green Wooden Horse, is supposed to bring speedy success. It already has, as it brings the Richmond District a new […]
City Hall: Community Updates by Supervisor Katy Tang
Pedestrian Safety on Sunset Boulevard The intersection at Sunset Boulevard and Yorba Street has been known to be a particularly dangerous crosswalk for pedestrians. The recent tragic pedestrian fatality and injuries that […]
New West Sunset Playground Design Underway
After accepting a bid for a contractor, the plan is to start construction in April 2015, with projections to open the facility to
the public a year later in April 2016.