I want to wish you and your family good health and prosperity, as we celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Year of the Dragon in 2024 is expected to bring favorable conditions for change, and I’m happy to report there’s already one that I’m proud of.
This annual urban adventure game has delighted thousands of participants since 1989. It’s a treasure hunt for information in Chinatown, North Beach, Telegraph Hill, and the Financial District, with the Chinese New Year Parade as a backdrop.
“Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political belief, which is this: A belief that a country is best governed, which is least governed.” On June 19, 1972, one George Hoadley so declared at the Ohio Constitutional Convention, the third Constitutional Convention in Ohio’s history as a state.
What Golden Gate Park feature was displayed in a gentlemen’s club for years?
Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake is now called Blue Heron Lake after the lake’s original namesake William W. Stow’s antisemitic past was brought to light.
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.
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