Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
‘Kilduff’s Korner’ by Paul Kilduff
Announcements: January 2024
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in January 2024.
Assembly: Phil Ting
As of 2024, more seniors and people with disabilities in California will be eligible for health care under Medi-Cal, the state program administering the federal Medicaid program. In 2021, under my leadership as Assembly budget chair, we approved the elimination of the asset test.
Commentary: Quentin Kopp
Thomas Jefferson supposedly declared: “Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard, and their latent wishes will prevail.”
Police Blotter: Richmond District
Recent police activity in the Richmond District.
From the Editor: End of Another Consequential Year
For all you lovely people out there who were following my recent health scare, thank you once again for your concern and good thoughts. Just two months after my heart attack, I’m feeling great! I am so lucky and grateful.
Looking Back: Bison Paddock
It’s normally not dramatic at the Bison Paddock, but occasionally drama breaks out.
Children’s Garden Cultivates Environmental Awareness
Among the leafy greenery of Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden, vibrant sunflowers burst with color year-round. Sprawling with painted petals across a mural, the flowers’ yellow rays attract curious, young eyes.
Richmond’s Heroes Club Designated a Legacy Business
In a shop window on Clement Street between Ninth and 10th avenues, a large blue robot stands guard over the entrance to the Heroes Club, with its fists in the air, ready to battle for right against wrong.
Recreation and Park Commission to Select New Name for Stow Lake
A city supervisor will be seeking input from the public on a new name for Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, after revelations that its traditional moniker honors a virulent anti-Semite led to a resolution to change it.
New Bakers on the Block: Batches Bakehouse
The smell of toasted cheese, warm spices and light notes of sesame beckon passersby to the Richmond District’s latest hidden gem.
Commentary: Jen Nossokoff
As every new year begins, I pause to center my priorities and plan for how to put those ideals into action.
Letter to the Editor: Richmond District Loses Two More Businesses
This is all too common in the Richmond District and many other San Francisco neighborhoods. We need to do better as a city. It’s time for more action and less rhetoric.
Press Release: New South Sunset Clubhouse Design Approved
A plan to renovate the South Sunset Clubhouse, which serves as an important community hub for neighborhood seniors, is one step closer to becoming a reality after the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission approved a conceptual design, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department officials announced today.
‘A Shot of Salvation’: Hockey Haven
I can personally attest to this, as one thing that I’ve always admired about neighborhood bars like Hockey Haven, is their welcoming nature. It’s evident in the way regulars engage, comfortably expressing their authentic selves each day at the bar with no judgement or harassment from others.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 