As August comes to an end, I hope everyone had a great and relaxing summer. School is back in session, so please remember to slow down while driving and be especially careful at crosswalks.
City Hall – Sandra Lee Fewer
School Board Reverses Course on Washington Murals
The San Francisco School Board’s abrupt change to its decision to cover some controversial murals with panels instead of paint has satisfied almost no one, but has also left opponents of the painting option scrambling to respond.
Press Release: Richmond District’s North East Medical Services (NEMS) Honored
North East Medical Services (NEMS) held a press conference today at their clinic in the Richmond District to commemorate the recognition of two Quality Improvement Awards (QIAs) from Region 9 Administrator of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Captain John Moroney.
Letter to the Editor: A Native’s View of the Richmond District
The Richmond continues to hold onto its identity not out of nostalgia, like much of the rest of the city, but out of necessity.
Sketches by Liz Scotta
Sketches by Liz Scotta.
Press Release: School Board Votes to Cover Washington H.S. Mural
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) Board of Education voted to remove the “Life of Washington” mural from view by covering it without destroying it, amending its June 25 vote to paint over the mural unless doing so would result in undue delay.
Richmond District Resident Releases a Collection of Short Fiction
Written in first-person narratives that move between both male and female voices, Gelade’s stories center around issues that are timely and relevant: desire, divorce, nostalgia for the past, and consolation, with several of the stories interfacing with another story in the collection.
Poison Proposed to Fight Rodent Infestation on the Farallon Islands
Part of the Richmond District is overrun with mice and the federal government has offered a plan to eliminate the rodent infestation by dumping more than a ton of grain laced with poison out of a helicopter on the rodents’ environment.
Police Blotter – Richmond District
Police activity in the Richmond District in July, 2019.
Calendar of Events – August, 2019
Things to do in San Francisco’s Richmond and Sunset districts in August, 2019.
125 Years Ago: Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park
When visitors stroll around the Golden Gate Park Concourse, containing the de Young Museum, Japanese Tea Garden, California Academy of Sciences and the Spreckels Temple of Music (better known as “the Bandshell”), they might be surprised to learn that all of it was once part of a Midwinter International Exposition 125 years ago.
City Hall – Sandra Lee Fewer
Richmond District updates from from SF Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer.
Lokma Offers ‘a Bite’ of Turkish Cuisine in the Richmond District
Kabayel and his girlfriend, Demirtas, noticed that there were no Mediterranean restaurants in their Central Richmond neighborhood and they began to dream of opening one of their own.
Car, Bicycle, Scooter Sharing Coming to the Richmond
Richmond District residents are going to have more transportation choices in the next few years, including car, bicycle, electric moped and scooter-sharing services. In a district with so many senior citizens this has some worried.
Richmond District’s Avenue 12 Gallery Showcases Photo-Mosaics by Simo Neri
If you are unfamiliar with Avenue 12 Gallery, it’s a gem of a space located at the corner of 12thAvenue and Lake Street in the Richmond District, across the street from Mountain Lake Park. Formerly a convenience store, the light-filled storefront was converted into a showroom for Japanese furniture and artifacts under the name TableAsia in 2005.
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