Community announcements.
Announcements: March 2021
Stern Grove’s Trocadero in Line for Landmark Status
Efforts are underway to give landmark status to one of San Francisco’s hidden jewels in a location that has featured predominantly in the City’s history for more than a hundred years.
Majestic Magnolias
Every year from mid-January through March, the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park puts on a show. Or rather, its magnolia trees do. From eye level to 80 feet in the air, blossoms ranging from white to deep fuchsia can be found in every corner of the Garden.
‘Sunset Forward’ Planning for the Future
Mar developed the Sunset Forward initiative as a community-centered way to directly gather input from District 4 residents. Their concerns, Mar explained, will help him prioritize the work he will do with other city agencies to address common concerns.
Sunset Art Galleries Adapting to New Realities
The small but vibrant art scene in the Sunset District has always been focused on creating a community, a sanctuary, and a way to communicate the current hardships facing humanity.
Rare ‘Corpse Flower’ Blooms at GG Park Conservatory
For only the second time in its 12-year lifespan, Terra the Titan bloomed at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers in August 2020. Terra is an amorphophallus titanum, also known as Titan Arum or a corpse flower.
Sunset Businesses Take Steps Toward Reopening
San Francisco restaurants started serving customers at outdoor tables on June 15 after three months of being restricted to take-out and delivery to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Photographers Find a Positive Light Through ‘A Break in the Clouds’
Erin Bank puts a spotlight on Sunset photographers Kevin Kelleher and Emily Trinh and their project “A Break In the Clouds”.
Virus Fears Spur Xenophobic Attacks
Asian and Asian American Richmond and Sunset residents have been subject to increased xenophobia as COVID-19 has changed life for everyone.
Letter to the Editor: Against Outside Lands Concert in GG Park
It is just plain wrong to fence off an area of Golden Gate Park for three weeks for the benefit of a for-profit corporation even if some benefits accrue to the city.
Sunset Businesses Suffer During Citywide Shutdown
In the Sunset District, the degree to which local businesses are being affected varies based on when they were forced to close and their ability to maintain other ways to generate income. But they are all struggling to support their employees and their customers and await an uncertain future if and when they reopen.
Richmond Businesses Suffer During Citywide Shutdown
COVID-19 Global
Pandemic Prompts Shelter-in-Place Order: Businesses Struggle to Survive
Cafe Nourishes Outer Sunset Community
“My hope with Boavida is to provide the neighborhood with some delicious and healthy food, and a small market where they could pick up fresh bread, fruit, cheese and wine. We even sell toilet paper, due to neighborhood demand,”
Quentin Kopp Promotes ‘Common Sense’ Political Party
On its website, the Common Sense Party is framed as a needed antidote to the lack of choices in California, the polarized nature of the two-party system and the inefficiencies of current government.
Outside Lands Generates Millions for City, GG Park
By Erin Bank This year’s three-day Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park, held Aug. 9-11, was one for the history books in many ways. According to Billboard Boxscore, 205,500 tickets […]
