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‘Photos of the Month’: January 2024
Inner Sunset Treated to Unique Balloon Art for a Dozen Years
At Park Smile dentistry on Ninth Avenue, dental checkups come with a little levity.
Congratulations to Our Colleagues
46th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards on Dec. 13, 2023 at the Elks Lodge.
Real Estate: John M. Lee – Sunset District
The Sunset District single-family median home prices took a dip for the second year in a row after rising for 10 years with median prices declining by 11.6% and the number of sales by 25.2% in 2023. Prices dropped steadily throughout the year as the Feds kept increasing interest rates. The Sunset Home Sales Comparison table shows the results in 2023 as compared with prior years broken down by quarters.
‘Then and Now’: Irving Street at 19th Avenue
Comparison photos of Irving Street at 19th Avenue 104 year apart.
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Two More Sunset Businesses Earn ‘Legacy’ Status
Two longtime Sunset District businesses – an ice cream shop and a gallery specializing in the works of women artists – now share the distinction of the City honoring them as “legacy” businesses.
‘Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style’ on Display at de Young
When you think of San Francisco’s history of fashion post-1906 earthquake, what might come to mind is the free-spirited hippie era of bell bottoms and psychedelic print mini-dresses or picturing the serious, all-black outfits the Beat generation wore while listening to poetry or experimental jazz in 1950s North Beach nightclubs.
‘San Francisco Stories’: Faux Castle Atop GG Park’s Strawberry Hill
When we humans see a hill, we want to put something on top of it. Maybe it’s an old instinct of war to create a defensive position and a higher viewpoint to spot the invading army. Or maybe as creative animals we are unable to resist “improving” nice things. Ego and avarice play their parts, of course.
‘Kilduff’s Korner’ by Paul Kilduff
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
Announcements: January 2024
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in January 2024.
Assembly: Phil Ting
As of 2024, more seniors and people with disabilities in California will be eligible for health care under Medi-Cal, the state program administering the federal Medicaid program. In 2021, under my leadership as Assembly budget chair, we approved the elimination of the asset test.
Commentary: Quentin Kopp
Thomas Jefferson supposedly declared: “Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people will be heard, and their latent wishes will prevail.”
From the Editor: End of Another Consequential Year
For all you lovely people out there who were following my recent health scare, thank you once again for your concern and good thoughts. Just two months after my heart attack, I’m feeling great! I am so lucky and grateful.
Looking Back: Bison Paddock
It’s normally not dramatic at the Bison Paddock, but occasionally drama breaks out.
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