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‘Photos of the Month’: July 2024
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.
Sunset District: Police Blotter
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
96-Year-Old Artist: ‘I Just Want to Make Beautiful Things’
Unlike a typical Sunset home, Dorothy Weintraub’s garage is not just a parking spot for a car or a stash of retired furniture. Light filters in through the window and the wide-open door, but these beams don’t highlight cobwebs and dust. Instead, they set the walls ablaze with a glow reflected from more than 120 paintings.
Letter to the Editor: Three Holes-in-One in 30 Days
Jones K. Wong, PGA HOPE graduate and VFW Life Member, at the newly renovated Golden Gate Park par three golf course, made three holes-in-one shots in San Francisco on May 3 (hole 4), May 15 (hole 6) and on May 20 (hole 1).
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