$40,000 pro tournament (men and women) at the GG Park Goldman Tennis Center. Free to the public. Finals on Oct. 16.
Press Release: Link to Info. for Tennis Tournament in GG Park. Oct. 12-16, 2022
Press Release: New Exhibit at the Great Highway Gallery Oct. 12-Nov.14
The Great Highway gallery is excited to present HNL-SFO/Castaways, Installation, rope panels and asseblage from Maureen Debreé, Ethan Estess and Mark Cunningham. Sponsored by Head High wines.
Press Release: Commemorative Street Signs for Polytechnic H.S. to be Unveiled Oct. 22
Commemorative street signs will soon mark the site of historic Polytechnic High School (1894-1972). The public unveiling will be Saturday, Oct. 22 at 11 a.m. at the southeast corner of Frederick and Willard streets in San Francisco.
Commentary: Paul Kozakiewicz
Progressives are on the far left ideological spectrum, bordering on socialism where city policy dictates what’s best for everyone and it’s their way or the highway. The progressives got organized in the late ’90s and took control of the DCCC, which gives the official endorsements for Democratic Party and supplies money to its candidates and propositions. That, coupled with district elections and the abomination that is ranked-choice voting, gave us what we have – a mayor and a majority of supervisors who couldn’t find their way out of a corn maze.
‘Looking Back’: Turtle Sundial
Atop the column is a bronze turtle representing the slowness of the passage of time. Atop of the turtle’s back is a vertical bronze hemisphere, with a map of the Americas on the curved side. The flat side of the hemisphere has inscribed portraits of the three explorers above a sundial with the Latin inscription “horam sol nolente nego,” translated by the Colonial Dames as “if the sun is unwilling I don’t tell the time.”
Local Irish Folk Musician Vincey Keehan Releases New Album
The Irish folk musician has journeyed far in both distance and experiences since his start on a farm 67 years ago in the rural village of Beagh, County Galway in Ireland to release his new upcoming solo album, “Great Highway,” that debuts live at the historic independent Balboa Theater in the Outer Richmond on Oct. 7.
Letter to the Editor: Save our Park From Becoming Disneyland at the Beach
The continuing privatization of our parks by Phil Ginsburg is just plain wrong and has been done without full disclosure to the public. Who voted for Doggie Diner heads in our green space?
Letter to the Editor: Kopp Column Item Dishonest
To suggest that there is any similarity between Proposition 1 and the act signed by Gov. Reagan (actually in 1967, not 1970) is preposterous. Judge Kopp must know that the 1967 act, which the sponsors said would reduce the number of abortions in California, was nullified, along with all other state abortion laws, by Roe v. Wade.
Letter to the Editor: New Supporter of “Great Walkway.”
Thanks to the closure, though, I have discovered a new route, one that I never would have taken before.
Washington High School Murals the Subject of ‘Town Destroyer’ Film
By Noma Faingold Longtime partners in life and in documentary filmmaking, Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow sat cozily close together, sipping frothy coffee drinks and sharing a pastry in a covered café […]
Commentary: Quentin L. Kopp
The California legislature adjourned Sept. 30, but the condescending SF Board of Supervisors reconvened after Labor Day, ready to repudiate good government at taxpayer expense and act imperialistically with its six-figure annual salary plus pension and medical benefits.
Announcements: October, 2022
Things to do in the Richmond and Sunset districts in October, 2022.
Dragon Boat Racing
Photos and captions by Alyson Wong The CDBA College Cup race will take place Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022 at Lake Merced, San Francisco. Links:● https://cdba.org/ ● https://www.sfdragonboat.com/ ● https://www.hketosf.gov.hk/ ● https://www.usdbf.org/home/ ● https://www.dragonboat.sport/
Murals Painted on JFK Drive Ahead of Ballot Vote
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department started converting JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park into the “JFK Promenade” by stripping away some of the road paint for guiding cars, bicycles and ADA parking spots last month.
Letter to the Editor: No Sympathy for Drivers’ Complaints
Emptying JFK Promenade of cars has made the park feel truly like a park the past couple of years. MLK remains open for those who want to see the park from inside a car, and buses provide a low-cost way for anyone to visit.
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