The JFK Promenade, a cherished 1.5-mile stretch of car-free recreation, culture, and enjoyment, is gearing up to commemorate its fourth anniversary this Sunday, April 28, at Peacock Meadow.
Editor: I had a rare experience on Tuesday, April 22. I made a hole in one at the Golden Gate Park Golf Course. I know our Richmond Review’s priority is hardly sports, but […]
This annual event brings incredible energy and an outpouring of support for those affected by ALS in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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.
Golden Gate Park’s Shakespeare Garden was dedicated on July 9, 1928, according to the San Francisco Examiner. Attendees at the dedication included Emilie Melville, a Shakespearean actress, and James D. Phelan, former senator and mayor of San Francisco.
The usual signs of spring are everywhere in Golden Gate Park. Golden poppies and magnolia trees are blooming and the ground is covered in green grass and nasturtium. Adding to this spring fever is the “Spring in the Garden” exhibition at the California Academy of Sciences, ongoing now through April 28.
Artificial turf should never have been used in Golden Gate Park or San Francisco playing fields. It is toxic, pollutes the environment and poses a danger to all San Franciscans.
On March 7, Supervisor Connie Chan was joined by Community Benefit Fund recipients and Another Planet Entertainment to announce $110,000 in funding for community based organizations and programming from the Golden Gate Park Community Benefit Fund.
On April 8, 1894, thousands of spectators watched as water first began to flow down the Huntington Falls in Golden Gate Park.
“We hit a hole in one with the new clubhouse!” said Public Works Director Carla Short.
Best Buddies in San Francisco is proud to have 140 (and counting) participants lacing up their shoes to walk for inclusion, all working to surpass 2024’s fundraising goal of $135,000.
Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake is now called Blue Heron Lake after the lake’s original namesake William W. Stow’s antisemitic past was brought to light.
William W. Stow, the lake’s original namesake, was a State Assemblymember between 1854 and 1857 and served on the City’s park commission in the 1890s. He was also an antisemite who openly wished to rid California of its Jewish population, and attempted to tax Jews in order to discourage them from opening businesses.
We need electric light for human safety, comfort and health, but lighting up the night sky for amusement or displays should be kept to a minimum. It’s especially important that artificial light be kept to a minimum in our urban parks. At night, our city parks can be oases of dark in the otherwise unrelenting glare of electric light that engulfs most of our City.
When you think of San Francisco’s history of fashion post-1906 earthquake, what might come to mind is the free-spirited hippie era of bell bottoms and psychedelic print mini-dresses or picturing the serious, all-black outfits the Beat generation wore while listening to poetry or experimental jazz in 1950s North Beach nightclubs.
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