as an educational resource for early education classrooms. Each song is carefully designed to work in tandem with school curriculum and core standards, making learning a fun and enjoyable experience for kids.
William W. Stow, the lake’s original namesake, was a State Assemblymember between 1854 and 1857 and served on the City’s park commission in the 1890s. He was also an antisemite who openly wished to rid California of its Jewish population, and attempted to tax Jews in order to discourage them from opening businesses.
The 24-seat committee which is tasked with running the city’s Democratic party is going to change, fingers crossed, for the better. If you are a registered Democrat, you can (and should) make your voice heard and vote to move your local party leadership forward.
Wah Mei opened its doors to the public on Wednesday, Jan. 17, to mark its 50th anniversary and showcase its newly renovated facility at 1400 Judah St.
we need a new approach to public safety that balances law enforcement and accountability with rehabilitation and meaningful intervention.
We need electric light for human safety, comfort and health, but lighting up the night sky for amusement or displays should be kept to a minimum. It’s especially important that artificial light be kept to a minimum in our urban parks. At night, our city parks can be oases of dark in the otherwise unrelenting glare of electric light that engulfs most of our City.
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At Park Smile dentistry on Ninth Avenue, dental checkups come with a little levity.
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.
Comparison photos of Irving Street at 19th Avenue 104 year apart.
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
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.
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.
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.
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
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