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Photos of the Month: June 2025
Obituary: Helen Atomian Azadkhanian
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Helen Atomian Azadkhanian, who entered eternal rest on Sunday, June 1, at the age of 81.
Sponsored: Apartments at 730 Stanyan St.
Apartments available at 730 Stanyan St. Applications due by July 3, 2025.
Letter to the Editor: Politicians Use Housing Issue to Posture for Votes
The housing crisis is fabricated. Developers, construction firms and real estate moguls are often the top donors to our politicians. In 1950 the City’s population was 775,000. Today it is 810,000, all while the housing stock has nearly doubled in that timeframe.
From a Reader: Community Meeting – Summer Concerts in GG Park
Community meeting regarding summer concerts in Golden Gate Park in August will be held on June 16.
Letter to the Editor: How Local Science Protects Our Future
Science works best when it’s a community effort. The discoveries happening in our local labs today will determine whether future generations inherit thriving baylands, effective cancer treatments, and the diverse scientific workforce we need to keep innovating.
From the Editor: Dept. of Toxic Substances Control’s Response to 2550 Irving Concerns
I am sharing the email exchange between our reporter and the media information officer for the Department of Toxic Substances Control regarding the project under construction at 2550 Irving St.
Letter to the Editor: Confluence of Inconveniences
“First, we’ll close the Great Highway, and then we’ll repave 19th! While all of that a is going on, we will have concert after concert after concert in Golden Gate Park while charging for parking seven days a week. What a great plan.”
Real Estate: John M. Lee
Lately I have read several articles regarding the financials of buying versus renting a home.
A View From the Sea: Surf Photo Show at Mollusk Surf Shop
The aspects of the City and the greater Bay Area that keep people enamored include storied history and movements, the ever-changing landscape of innovation and the natural wonders we are so lucky to have surrounding us.
Merchant News: Recent Business Openings
With the recent openings of Luke’s Local Grocery and MIXT, Ninth Avenue between Irving Street and Lincoln Way is more vibrant than ever.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
San Francisco has a famously large budget, which is approaching $16 billion. We also face a historic deficit of more than $800 million. June is budget season at City Hall, where the mayor and the Board of Supervisors finalize what to cut and spend.
Jesse Schlesinger’s Minimalist Sculptures Converge Man-Made and Nature
The workday is over and a painting crew is dismantling scaffolding in front of a multi-unit stucco building at 43rd Avenue and Judah Street. They might not notice a collection of seven modern, miminalist sculptures sprinkled along the sidewalk across the street. The public art project by Jesse Schlesinger titled, “Pacific Transit,” includes three more pieces six blocks closer to the ocean, at the N-Judah streetcar turnaround.
‘Then and Now’: 41st Avenue and Lincoln Way
Comparison photos of 41st Avenue and Lincoln Way 113 years apart.
Latest Estimate of Cost to Redesign Trail Above Ocean Beach Swells Fourfold
The cost of redesigning a multi-use trail next to the sewage treatment plant near Ocean Beach has increased almost four-fold from a 2018 estimate, now that the California Coastal Commission (CCC) has weighed in, forcing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to revise its plans.
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