The holidays can be a rough time for many folks, particularly seniors. Two city propositions have passed which will help seniors and people with disabilities. There is also support for seniors aging-in-place in San Francisco; I have listed some of the best places to get information below.
Happily, Tech Squad is here to help. Tech Squad offers free technical support and training to older adults and adults with disabilities who are San Francisco residents, providing in-person sessions in the Richmond and Sunset districts.
As San Francisco – after spirited Nov. 8 local, state and national elections – begins to celebrate Chanukah on Dec. 18 (for eight nights) and Christmas on Dec. 25, nothing destroys the holiday spirit faster than not finding a place to park. You know how holiday gift packages say: “Open Here”? What should you do if the package says “Open Somewhere Else”? I hereby cease and desist my strident ripostes.
With a Saturday morning mist pattering down on the leafy foliage of Golden Gate Park’s Botanical Garden, Marcela Guerrero and her 10-year-old son Matteo strolled hand-in-hand to the tucked-away Celebration Garden. Huddled in his coat, Matteo brims with a smile as he recognizes familiar faces from the Therapeutic Recreation Inclusion Services Team – friends whom he has not seen since summer camp. For Matteo and his mom, this is their first family recreation day for children with disabilities.
The California Controller’s Office is holding more than 70 million unclaimed properties worth nearly $12 billion, waiting for their rightful owners to claim them. Could you be one of them? Thousands, if not millions, of people have money or valuables in state custody they may not realize is theirs. While the state tries to find people, it is not always successful.
In a pavilion in Golden Gate Park is a charming carousel that has been entertaining children of all ages since the late 1800s.
B-A-L-B-O-A in large all caps letters trimmed in red neon lights runs perpendicular in the middle of the Balboa Street thoroughfare between 37th and 38th avenues. Underneath, a classic white film marquee reads “Twin Peaks Fest Sold Out” in industrial black letters. The bustle of afternoon patrons generates a buzz of palpable excitement.
Plans for a new building at the 3150 California St. campus of San Francisco University High School are moving ahead, after the City’s Planning Commission unanimously approved them amid serious concerns from some neighborhood businesses.
Another change for Golden Gate Park has been launched with an effort to rename Stow Lake, and the boathouse that serves it, after revelations that its namesake, the 19th-Century politician William W. Stow, was virulently anti-Semitic.
Announcements for the Richmond and Sunset districts in December, 2022.
Small property owners may keep units vacant so that family members, out-of-town guests, and health aides, for example, can have a place to stay. They keep the units vacant for future needs because the so-called tenant protections make it nearly impossible and always very expensive to remove a tenant when the owner needs the unit.
Solution to Jess Goldstein’s Richmond District-themed crossword puzzle #8 for December, 2022.
Jess Goldstein’s Richmond District-themed crossword puzzle for December, 2022.
Photos from an active and productive 2022.
I would like to inform you that my friend, Craig Sano, has closed his business, Gazebo Florist, 201 Clement St. (at Third Avenue).
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 