The print edition of this newspaper was once the only edition available, before the internet came along. The banner was orange and black, stylized “the Richmond ReView,” and the paper featured monthly opinion columns from then-Mayor Art Agnos and Frank Jordan after him.
On Nov. 9, the Legion of Honor began its 100th anniversary celebration with festivities including a cake picnic, screen-printing press and portrait station with the museum’s most prominent sculpture, a bronze cast of “The Thinker,” by Auguste Rodin (1904). A performance from the George Washington High School marching band ushered in the party with heavy drums and harmonic brass. As part of the Free Saturdays program, Bay Area residents delighted in free admission to the museum.
While the rest of the country debates the reality of climate change and sea levels rising, San Francisco is moving ahead with a plan to keep a sewage-water treatment plant from falling into the ocean. The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant sits just east of what remains of the Great Highway extension between Sloat and Skyline boulevards.
Connie Chan is celebrating her election victory, earning a second term as District 1 supervisor. Chan, an incumbent, ultimately edged out Marjan Philhour in a tight race that required three rounds of ballot counting.
The latest short film from San Francisco State University student and Sunset District resident Sam Goldberg premiers at the Balboa Theatre as part of Another Hole In The Head Film Festival’s Strictly Local lineup on Dec. 7. Fellow students Lee Ivy Voisin and Julia Li helped produce the film in conjunction with the school’s professional cinematic society, Delta Kappa Alpha.
Richmond Review crossword puzzle and solution, December 2024.
Despite being shot down by approximately 60% of Sunset District and 70% of Richmond District voters, the measure passed citywide by 54.7%, with support coming mostly from the City’s eastside residents.
Now, the City is quickly working to fully activate the space as a “car-free promenade” by early next year. On Nov. 21, the City was awarded a $1 million grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy to fund art projects, water fountains, trash bins, event programming and dune restoration.
If the current lack of housing has been decades in the making, it will require an extraordinary re-allocation of resources to catch up. A good place to start would be tax reform.
There is a box with the The Richmond Review displayed,
(this time the November edition). It is so much fun to reading what’s
going on … in the
Richmond District.
So, Proposition K won. I didn’t vote for it, nor did most westside residents apparently, but it passed. The ballot measure promised to replace the stretch of the Upper Great Highway from Fulton Street to Lincoln Way with a park. But it didn’t say what kind of park. So, let’s think about this!
The California State Coastal Conservancy Board today approved a $1 million grant to address sea level rise along the Great Highway from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard – funding the City of San Francisco will use to support its broader plan to transform the oceanside stretch into a permanent park.
This is where we as citizens can continue to engage in the civic process. We can be advocates that amplify what priorities and solutions matter. Organizing around these issues clarifies one’s values.
The fall season brings us many naturally colorful fruits and vegetables that are needed for the shorter and darker days. Beta carotene, an antioxidant present in pumpkin, carrots and sweet potatoes used in this recipe, is beneficial for our vision and the immune system which can be compromised in the winter.
All of this is to say that the proponents of Prop. K (and similar measures) are putting the cart before the horse. If they want people to get out of their cars and onto public transit, the way to do that is not to inconvenience drivers by closing roads and hoping they get the hint.
I hope, in the future, when all concerned make decisions such as JFK Drive and the Upper Great Highway, more consideration is given to the majority of people who are busy with their lives on Mondays through Fridays and who can only “recreate” on the weekends.
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