The garments that come into Lindsey Hansen’s hands need refurbishing for a variety of reasons. They’re either worn out, ripped or simply out of style.
From a Reader: ‘The Future Past’
Letter to the Editor: A Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and GG Park Story
I’d like to submit a 600-word piece harking back to the Summer of Love, “What a Time To Be Alive,” recounting an amusing vignette about Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix and the all-but-forgotten perhaps little-known origin of the Janis tree.
Press Release: SF Supes Approve Stownstown Galleria Town Center Plan
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Approves Plans by Brookfield Properties to Transform Stonestown Galleria from a Retail Center to Town Center with 3,500 New Homes
‘Photos of the Month’: July 2024
To submit photos for consideration in the Photos of the Month online gallery, send three jpegs to Editor@RichmondSunsetNews.com by the 15th of the month. (If possible, send pictures resized to 150 dpi, 6″ wide.)
Press Release: Virtual Town Halls Planned to Discuss the Potential of a Geary/19th Ave. Subway
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA), in coordination with the SFMTA and the San Francisco Planning Department, is studying a potential new rail subway under Geary Boulevard and 19th Avenue, as part of the Geary/19th Avenue Subway Regional Connections Study.
Letter to the Editor: Keep Pilot Program Compromise at Upper Great Highway
Recently, five supervisors, led by D4 Supervisor Joel Engardio and working in partnership with the Great Highway Park and the Bike Coalition, blindsided the taxpaying residents of D4 and D1 with a shocking ballot initiative to close down the Upper Great Highway (UGH) without any input from those who will be negatively affected by such an action.
Letter to the Editor: Senior Housing Will Include Units for Formerly Unhoused Individuals
The recent article about the 1234 Great Highway senior housing project doesn’t accurately define the facility or its function. There will be at least 100 of the units set aside for formerly unhoused homeless people.
‘Cooking Together’: Tzatziki Sauce With Yogurt, Cucumbers and Herbs
My latest favorite is Tzatziki, a Greek sauce made with cucumber, yogurt and fresh herbs. It works well as a sandwich base – a welcome change to mayonnaise – and it makes great dip for chips, crackers, bread sticks and vegetables.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
The future of the Upper Great Highway will be on the ballot this November. It has served as a part-time park with the road closed to traffic on weekends the past few years. Now, voters will determine if the City should plan for the Upper Great Highway to become a permanent oceanside park.
‘Then and Now’: Pacheco Street at 19th Avenue
Comparison photos of Pacheco Street at 19th Avenue 87 years apart.
Senior Housing Development Plan at 1234 Great Hwy. Moves Forward
Plans for 216 new residential units to house low-income senior citizens are moving forward and a team of architects has been selected to design a seven-story building between La Playa Street and Great Highway at Lincoln Way.
Real Estate: John M. Lee
As I write this column, the first half of 2024 is just about over. Each year has its own challenges and this year we have been dealing with rising inflation, stubborn interest rates, the seemingly never-ending battle with crime, homelessness, drugs in San Francisco, and contentious mayoral and presidential races. So, what is the status of our local real estate market now?
Announcements: July 2024
Things to do on San Francisco’s west side in July 2024.
Mutual Support, Separate Hobbies Keep Crafty Sunset Couple’s Marriage Going Strong
They met on the dance floor of the Avenue Ballroom on Taraval Street. Etta Hallock was an instructor, Bill Lafferty a student. She liked Bill because he was not pompous like other men she had met. “He was just Bill.”
Laguna Honda Hospital Achieves Recertification for Medicare
Laguna Honda Hospital is finally coming out the other side of a difficult administrative struggle that almost led to shutting it down for lack of funds after federal and state regulators decertified it in 2022.
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