Soon, San Francisco residents will get their mail-in ballots and the voting will begin. Because last year’s election was rolled into this one, the SF Department of Elections voter pamphlet will be thicker than an old phone book. Nevertheless, it is important to read it in order to make informed decisions on the many candidates and propositions on the Nov. 5 election.
To even the most uneducated in the rules of modern baseball, a home run is the thing to get. Knocking one over the fences and out of bounds is maybe the most iconic image associated with the sport, and the fastest way to earn points in a game.
Music emanated from among the majestic trees and floated across the lush green lawns, inviting visitors to step into the Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco’s legacy small business owners might get some eviction protection if legislation now before the Board of Supervisors that temporarily exempts them from the mayor’s plan to ‘streamline’ the business permit approval process passes.
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in October 2024.
An article in the Richmond Review mentioning a study investigating the health benefits for seniors of singing in a choir convinced Mary Polo to check out the Richmond Senior Choir. “It was a study by UCSF, and my husband had just been diagnosed with dementia so I thought it would be good for us,” she said.
I read Quentin Kopp’s voting recommendations for the Nov. 5 election with dismay.
If you believe in good government, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in the legislative process as the way for communities to address problems, you must vote no on Prop. K. What is the motivation for these five supervisors, Joel Engardio, Myrna Melgar, Dean Preston, Rafael Mandelman and Matt Dorsey, to bypass all discussion and community feedback?
Poetry by Nancy Jong, Richmond District resident.
As a medical provider, I know that reproductive health care is not a political issue. It is a fundamental part of comprehensive health care. Access to services like abortion, contraception and reproductive counseling allows individuals to make informed decisions about their bodies and their futures
On Sept. 17 at 9:39 p.m., SFPD citywide plainclothes officers were deployed to a robbery/ burglary abatement operation when dispatch broadcast a burglary in progress at a business on the 1600 block of Balboa Street in the Richmond District.
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‘The Beef Parlor’: Illustration by Rob Summerlin
As a student of real estate my entire life, 2024 holds special interest for me as we are currently going through a market in transition. Normally in September I write about what we can expect in our fall real estate market because it marks the start of our second selling season of the year in San Francisco.
In the Persian language, Kofta means pounded meat. Somehow, in the culinary world, “kofta” became a word for a dish that is made with spiced minced meat rolled into small balls and then fried.
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