Alex Strachan stands before an ensemble of 10 woodwind and brass musicians, his baton moving rhythmically through space as he conducts an outpour of musical notes. The various instruments are coming together to produce a bouncy melody, instantly identifiable as the Addams Family theme song.
What we saw in the fight over Prop. K was a clash between affluent, self-interested, ideological activists and everyday San Franciscans – working families, small business owners, seniors and people with disabilities – whose lives will be negatively impacted by the longer commutes, more traffic headaches, quiet streets becoming cut-through zones and decreased access to business corridors.
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Mark Twain once explained to readers in the 19th century: “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
Ceramicist Terrie Raphael, 77, who lives in the Outer Richmond District, does not like marketing herself.
On Nov. 9, the Legion of Honor began its 100th anniversary celebration with festivities including a cake picnic, screen-printing press and portrait station with the museum’s most prominent sculpture, a bronze cast of “The Thinker,” by Auguste Rodin (1904). A performance from the George Washington High School marching band ushered in the party with heavy drums and harmonic brass. As part of the Free Saturdays program, Bay Area residents delighted in free admission to the museum.
While the rest of the country debates the reality of climate change and sea levels rising, San Francisco is moving ahead with a plan to keep a sewage-water treatment plant from falling into the ocean. The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant sits just east of what remains of the Great Highway extension between Sloat and Skyline boulevards.
The latest short film from San Francisco State University student and Sunset District resident Sam Goldberg premiers at the Balboa Theatre as part of Another Hole In The Head Film Festival’s Strictly Local lineup on Dec. 7. Fellow students Lee Ivy Voisin and Julia Li helped produce the film in conjunction with the school’s professional cinematic society, Delta Kappa Alpha.
Despite being shot down by approximately 60% of Sunset District and 70% of Richmond District voters, the measure passed citywide by 54.7%, with support coming mostly from the City’s eastside residents.
Now, the City is quickly working to fully activate the space as a “car-free promenade” by early next year. On Nov. 21, the City was awarded a $1 million grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy to fund art projects, water fountains, trash bins, event programming and dune restoration.
If the current lack of housing has been decades in the making, it will require an extraordinary re-allocation of resources to catch up. A good place to start would be tax reform.
So, Proposition K won. I didn’t vote for it, nor did most westside residents apparently, but it passed. The ballot measure promised to replace the stretch of the Upper Great Highway from Fulton Street to Lincoln Way with a park. But it didn’t say what kind of park. So, let’s think about this!
The California State Coastal Conservancy Board today approved a $1 million grant to address sea level rise along the Great Highway from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard – funding the City of San Francisco will use to support its broader plan to transform the oceanside stretch into a permanent park.
The Inner Sunset Merchants Association, in partnership with the Inner Sunset Park Neighbors and Sunset Mercantile, invites everyone to experience the magic of the holidays at the fourth annual Inner Sunset Holiday Lights Stroll on Dec. 7, 5-8 p.m.
The fall season brings us many naturally colorful fruits and vegetables that are needed for the shorter and darker days. Beta carotene, an antioxidant present in pumpkin, carrots and sweet potatoes used in this recipe, is beneficial for our vision and the immune system which can be compromised in the winter.
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