This annual urban adventure game has delighted thousands of participants since 1989. It’s a treasure hunt for information in Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill, and the Financial District, with the Chinese New Year Parade as a backdrop.
Police Beat: Chris Canning
Festivities are rapidly approaching! Chinese New Year is a major celebration all over the world. San Francisco is celebrating the Lunar New Year with our City’s world-famous parade – the largest in the United States.
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
“Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political belief, which is this: A belief that a country is best governed, which is least governed.” On June 19, 1972, one George Hoadley so declared at the Ohio Constitutional Convention, the third Constitutional Convention in Ohio’s history as a state.
‘Then and Now’: Balboa Street and Fourth Avenue
Comparison photos of Balboa Street and Fourth Avenue 109 years apart.
City Hall: Connie Chan
Last December I sent out a message to Richmond neighbors about the mayor and her Planning Department’s plan to upzone the entire City, which would increase the building height limit on our streets. In the Richmond, this means Geary Boulevard could have buildings as tall as 140 feet at some intersections. I asked our community for input on these plans because your voices are important in this process.
Love Street Owner Celebrates 30 Years of Selling Vintage Goods
Settled on the corner of Balboa Street and 19th Avenue, Love Street Vintage is in the heart of the Outer Richmond. Although the storefront is tucked away from the more business-dense avenues, Love Street packs a rich history interwoven among its quaintly decorated shelves and racks of whimsically colored clothing.
Letter to the Editor: Concerned About DRAGON Leader’s Remarks
… I was concerned his remarks seemed negative and inflammatory. Mr. Min calls for “action” against a recent increase in neighborhood crime. And the organization’s name, DRAGON, which stands for “Defending Richmond and Galvanizing Our Neighborhood,” is also concerning.
Looking Back: Cave Man
What Golden Gate Park feature was displayed in a gentlemen’s club for years?
GG Park’s Stow Lake Renamed for Great Blue Heron
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.
Former Richmond Resident Included in de Young Art Show
“I love routine, but I hate repetition.” – Artist Emilio Villalba
Budget Estimate for Westside Firefighting Falls Short
Although a 2020 City bond measure raised at least $151 million to fund more robust water pipelines in San Francisco’s westside neighborhoods to help put out potentially massive fires after a major earthquake, bad math and inflation are burning through that money, leaving large areas more vulnerable to conflagrations following the “big one.”
Commentary: Richmond DRAGON League
That’s when dozens of us came together to form Richmond DRAGON (Defending Richmond and Galvanizing Our Neighborhood) League, a collective of neighbors within the Richmond District who wish to make positive changes in the neighborhood and tackle local issues based on open communication with fellow neighbors.
Press Release: Volunteers to Clean Up Richmond Saturday, Jan. 27
More than 125 community volunteers are primed to kick off the 2024 season of Love Our City: Neighborhood Beautification Day events this Saturday, Jan. 27, in the City’s Richmond District.
Press Release: SFPD Arrests Lewd Acts Suspect in the Richmond District
On Jan. 23, at approximately 8:47 a.m., San Francisco Police officers from Richmond Station responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle in the area of Geary Boulevard and 31st Avenue. Officers detained the occupant of the vehicle for further investigation.
Letter to the Editor: Pitta’s ‘Class War’ Column Blurs Important Electoral Choices
Supervisor. Julie’s arguments there, and in her more recent “Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics” commentary, conjure a “class war” narrative in an attempt to blur important electoral choices SF residents have in the year ahead.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 