Please help us Keep the Castro Theatre for the community. Landmark the sloped floor and seats to ensure that it can continue as the only historic movie palace in San Francisco, as it has for the past 100 years.
Commentary: Nancy DeStefanis
‘Cooking Together’: Beet Borscht – Warming Red Soup for Your Valentine
Depending on how you plan to serve this beet borscht, it can be thick or thin; it can vary in form, content and consistency. I like my beet bortsch with lots of red broth. You can modify the recipe by adding more vegetables, such as potatoes (or even beans) to make it thicker.
Press Release: SFPD Arrests Suspect for 22nd Ave. Residential Explosion and Fire
The suspect, identified as 53-year-old male Darron Price of San Francisco, was booked into San Francisco County Jail for the felony charges of involuntary manslaughter (192(b) PC), manufacturing narcotics (11379.6(a) H&S), and two counts of child endangerment (273 a(a) PC).
Planning Commission OKs EIR for New Recreation Area at Lake Merced
With a unanimous vote, the San Francisco Planning Commission approved a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) aiming to redevelop the old shooting range of the former Pacific Rod and Gun Club at Lake Merced.
‘Then and Now’: Irving Street and Ninth Avenue
Comparison photos of Irving Street and Ninth Avenue 108 years apart.
Photos: Explosion in the Outer Sunset, Feb. 9, 2023
Photos from the scene of an explosion in the Outer Sunset. Follow imbedded link to ABC7News coverage.
Real Estate: John M. Lee
Being a rental property owner in San Francisco gets harder and harder each year. There is a new law that passed in 2020 that requires owners of residential units to get a license before they can increase the rent. This law went into effect for buildings with 10 or more units on July 1, 2022 and will go into effect for all other residential buildings on March 1, 2023 with updates required by every March 1 thereafter.
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
There are lots of opinions about who a district supervisor should be, what ideologies they should support and which identities they should represent.
Eight-Story Complex Planned for Haight and Stanyan
In an effort to house the homeless, the City is moving forward with plans to build an eight-story, mixed-use building with 160 residential units of affordable housing on the corner of Haight and Stanyan streets.
Khalid Zakzouk, ‘The Sunset’s Banksy’
Neighborhood passersby began to take notice and started conversations with him. Children in the neighborhood tried to figure out his Pac-Man style mazes. Sunset District merchants started inviting him to create works on the sidewalks at their storefronts, including Sam and Ghada Kaleh, owners of Lucca Food Deli and Wine Shop on Irving Street and 20th Avenue (established in 1927).
‘Overtures and Undertows’: Muni Scars – How Public Transportation Toughened Me Up
I’ve been riding public transportation in San Francisco since childhood. As early as age 7, I took buses, street cars and cable cars by myself. For the most part, it was safe. Of course, there were a few dicey experiences, which caused me to grow up faster.
Poetry: Nancy Jong
Valentine’s Day-themed poetry by Nancy Jong.
Press Release: SF Summer Resource Fair
After a two year COVID-hiatus, the San Francisco Summer Resource Fair is back and will be better than ever.
Letter to the Editor: Give GG Park’s Patrick Quigley the Recognition He Deserves
I would like to publicly nominate Patrick Quigley, a man whom no one has ever heard of, as the most deserving person for the honor of having this feature of Golden Gate Park renamed in his honor.
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 