Living Beyond Labels: A Sunset Family With Disabilities’ Everyday Survival

Jinyou sprawled herself on the church’s basement floor, picking at the daycare’s fuzzy carpet distracting her little fingers. She did not hear the hushed conversation between the daycare teacher and her mother, Shan Hong, happening a few feet away from her, nor did she see her mother’s eyes widening slowly and her hand lifting to cover the concerned expression worn across her lips.

City Hall: Connie Chan

Last month, my office welcomed the Golden Gate Park Community Benefit Fund recipients and Another Planet Entertainment to the Richmond Recreation Center to jointly announce $110,000 in funding for community-based organizations and programs benefiting the Richmond. As part of the Outside Lands (OSL) contract with the City, the Richmond District receives annual funding from Another Planet Entertainment (APE) to help mitigate the impacts the concert series has on our neighborhood.

Great Blue Herons Return to Golden Gate Park

Four pairs of great blue herons have returned to breed at the newly renamed Blue Heron Lake (formerly Stow Lake). San Francisco Nature Education’s (SFNE) campaigned to rename the lake after the beautiful herons who have been observed by SFNE nesting there since 1993. Three of the nests are located on the island opposite the Boathouse. Another pair has occupied last year’s nest on the island near the waterfall in the healthy tree.