Kidstock is a performing arts program teaching kids how to sing, dance and perform. Each show is carefully curated and imagined by the executive team. The team dreams up exciting stories that delight both performers and many audience members.
On Saturday, Feb. 7, The Richmond Neighborhood Center (TRNC) celebrated its second annual Lunar New Year Night Market. More than 5,000 neighbors gathered to join the vibrant celebration, which stretched along Balboa Street between 35th and 40th avenues.
The Richmond District’s first 100% affordable housing development held its grand opening on Nov. 17, 2025. The seven-story building, located at 383 Sixth Ave., is fully leased and home to 98 senior citizens who are overwhelmingly enthusiastic about their new residences.
After a week of closed campuses, picket lines and hurried schedule changes, San Francisco public schools have reopened following a tentative agreement between the district and teachers, but the effects of the strike are still being felt across the City and on the west side.
Since the Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon’s October 2025 article about community readiness in the face of potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, much has changed regarding ICE sentiment globally and on on San Francisco’s west side.
Thousands of residents and businesses in the Richmond and Sunset districts were left without power for days on the weekend before Christmas.
Dawn and Ron Stueckle, the brains behind Sunset Youth Services (SYS), got the inspiration for the non-profit organization when they were youth pastors at a church, where many young people were facing arrests and ongoing family conflict.
Cats have a civilizing influence, from ancient Egypt down to modern times, so humans honor them as special partners in our own social development. An Inner Richmond/Laurel Heights cat lounge and adoption center called Whiskerwood Haven connects these species to help them evolve together.
Richmond neighbors and city officials celebrated a Geary Boulevard decorative tree and window lighting with a ceremony in front of Joe’s Ice Cream on Geary and 18th Avenue.
When Jenna McAnulty was raising her child in the City, she felt the African proverb, “it takes a village,” rang true to her journey. Through her experience as a preschool teacher and postpartum doula, she knew she had to create a community third-space to provide support and resources for parents.
At the One Richmond office of The Richmond Neighborhood Center (TRNC) on Clement Street near Ninth Avenue, John Fong can be found greeting neighbors, carrying groceries and trading jokes with fellow volunteers. Around Clement Street and Geary Boulevard, he’s better known as the “mayor” – a title he brushes off with a laugh.
Stephanie Speaks has lived in the Richmond District most of her life. Whether she is volunteering with the Richmond Neighborhood Center (RNC) at the local food pantry, biking through the neighborhood or helping at a school event, those around her describe a steady presence – generous, funny and quick to show up for her community.
At first glance, Pick School of Ballroom Dancing may seem like a quiet, unassuming storefront nestled on Taraval Street in the Sunset District. A closer look reveals a studio that comes alive at night as musical notes fill the air, inviting dancers to feel the rhythm and sway rhythmically to the tunes.
At the start of August, a new craft cafe that combines hands-on creative activities with a community gathering space opened its doors in the Sunset District, drawing hundreds of residents to its grand opening.
In the corner of an iconic Sunset diner sits the Tennessee Grill Breakfast Club, stakeholders, merchants and residents who come together to discuss local politics and neighborhood matters.
