“A tree planting brings neighbors together,” said FUF Executive Director DanFlanagan. “We love to help neighborhood residents transform and improve their blocks.”
More Street Trees Coming for Sunset, Parkside
Sound Dunes Rock ’n’ Roll West Side
The Sound Dunes, a Sunset District-based rock ‘n’ roll band, plays at local venues.
Internet Archive Preserves Data from World Wide Web
In addition to its archiving function, the archive is an activist organization, advocating
for a free and open Internet.
Police Blotter – March, 2017
Police report for March, 2017
City Hall
Katy Tang represents District 4 on the SF Board of Supervisors
and can be reached at (415) 554-7460 or
Katy.Tang@sfgov.org.
New Law Would Lower Speed Limit in GG Park to 15 m.p.h.
Assemblyman Phil Ting submitted legislation in Sacramento
on Feb. 15 that would change the speed limit on Golden Gate Park
roads from 25 miles-per-hour (m.p.h.) to 15 m.p.h.
‘Green Benefit District’ Proposed for Inner Sunset
The goal of forming a Green Benefit District (GBD) for the Inner Sunset District has been proposed.
‘Blended’ Water Coming in March
Starting in March, groundwater
held in a huge underground
aquifer under the west side will
be pumped out and blended with water from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Bonfires at Ocean Beach Set to Resume
A dozen years ago bonfires on
Ocean Beach were almost
banned, but after a long struggle,
which included the possibility of
by-permit-only burning, the
National Park Service (NPS) will
be putting out additional fire pits
in March.
Rally for Affordable Housing
San Francisco supervisors Katy Tang and Asha Safai are using a tag-team approach to tackle affordable housing.
‘Reefer Madness’ Breaks Out at POPS’ Meeting
“Don’t give them a chance!
Not even a chance!” the man with the glasses screamed, as an uproar and yelling swelled throughout the room, verging on
pandemonium.
RICHMOND ROUNDUP
More than 400 veterans spend day mingling with animals The SF Zoo and Gardens opened its 100-acre classroom, conservation center and park to more than 420 invited veterans and caretakers on Sept. […]
AIDS Memorial in GG Park celebrates 25th anniversary
Twenty-five years ago a small group of San Francisco residents representing a community devastated by the AIDS epidemic gathered in a dilapidated grove in Golden Gate Park to restore it and create […]
Honoring civil rights leader
Activist groups representing feminism, ethnicity and sexual identity rights were represented (above) at a Dare to D.R.E.A.M festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which was held at the Richmond District Neighborhood Center, 741 30th Ave., on Monday, Jan. 23. Below left, Maddie Mandich, a case management program manager, stands in a rainbow made out of balloons. In the lower right, parents Candace Lum and Tony Tam, with their children, Olivia, 4, and Theo, 2, watch Jessie Lamb silk-screen T-shirts.
Real estate year in review
By John M Lee In the Richmond District, single-family home prices rose by double digits for the fifth year in a row, with median prices appreciating by 10.3 percent in 2016 – […]
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 