On March 16, the Google Doodle Team visited George Peabody Elementary School in the Richmond District and surprised the students by revealing that a recently installed mural honoring the school’s namesake was designed and painted by Doodle artists […]
Plan in works to use recycled water at GG Park, golf courses
To decrease San Francisco’s dependency on the Hetch Hetchy water system, which delivers water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the SF Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and the SF Recreation and Park Department are in the process of switching to “recycled” water for irrigating Golden Gate and Lincoln parks and the Presidio.
Richmond Roundup
Local athletes going into Prep Hall of Fame The 36th annual San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame award banquet in May will feature top athletes from local schools. From the Richmond District, Michael Gridley will be inducted. He was […]
City OK’s more student housing for Lone Mountain
The University of San Francisco (USF) has received approval to move ahead with plans to construct 155 units of student housing, which will provide 600 beds for its undergraduate students.
Factions square off over approach to homeless
As the discussion progressed, it quickly became apparent that the room was divided into two camps: one which wants to cut off services to the homeless and one which wants to increase city services for them.
State bill would re-zone large swaths of City
A bill now sitting in the state legislature would take the zoning power to reject taller buildings away from municipalities across California if developers want to put them near public transit stops.
Life on the Road Provides Inspiration for New Novel
“I have a goal to write a great, even beautiful book by the end of my life. Fortun ately, we’re all living longer than ever,” he joked.
Keeping the Beat
Cleo Jong (left) and her sister, Betty Choy, are a part of a mural that hangs at the Wells Fargo Bank branch at Irving Street and 24th Avenue.
Bloomin’ Exotics
The annual Pacific Orchid Exposition was held at the Hall of Flowers, located in Golden Gate Park, from Feb. 23 through Feb. 25.
Sunset Comedian Passes Away
Friends and family were saddened by the death of Sunset District native
Howard Meehan, who died on Valentine’s Day at 57 years of age.
Letter to the Editor – Sunset Beacon
Editor: Last month, I mentioned Senate Bill-827 (Wiener/Ting/Skinner – “transit-rich housing”) which sets minimum building heights statewide for all parcels at 45 feet, which increases to 85 feet-plus if within a quarter mile or […]
Police Blotter – Sunset District
A summary of recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Police Beat – Sunset District
I am pleased to announce that additional personnel will be added to the Taraval Neighborhood Team (TNT)…
Local Author Looks Back at Holocaust
Wolf ’s memoir begins with the story of how his Dutch Jewish family escaped the descending darkness of the Holocaust of World War II in Europe and arrived at their final sanctuary at the Caribbean island of Curacao.
Inner Sunset House Serves as Community Meeting Site
Nothing brings a community together more than a neighborhood party where everyone is invited. And, none so much as the eclectic and sometimes eccentric gatherings hosted
by Inner Sunset residents Barbara and Paul.
