After more than a year of being closed to motor vehicles during the pandemic, when the Upper Great Highway was opened to cars again on weekdays last August, some saw this as a reasonable compromise. But a couple of dozen bicyclists who felt blindsided by the decision felt like they had been sold out, betrayed.
Come Eat, Drink, Shop, Play, Connect and Be Local December 4th-5th, 11 am-5 pm at the SF County Fair Building (9th Ave/Lincoln) in Golden Gate Park at our 6th Annual Sunset Holiday Mercantile.
Enroll by Jan. 18 in journalism classes at City College of San Francisco.
The Starship House, an eccentric creation of artist James T. Kirk that spills out onto 46th Avenue, features a house full of various types of arts and crafts. The front yard features a “rebel base,” à la Star Wars, and inside the house is a music studio, Bat Cave and a life-size replica of the bridge of the starship Enterprise from Star Trek.
The Balboa Buccaneers tamed the Lincoln Mustangs 21-0 in the high school City Championship football game at Kezar Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 2021.
It is unfathomable that the needs of the elderly and the disabled and those multi-generational families from outlying neighborhoods are being dismissed.
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department today announced the launch of a three-month pilot program for food trucks on the Upper Great Highway during days the roadway is closed to vehicle traffic.
The Great Highway has always been a safe, shared space among drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians and others.
I’ve done a little research into the many violations of vehicle codes and the SF Transportation Code by the Thursday evening “Slow Ride” participants.
t first-place winners. Two of the first-place winners, Emily Trinh and Chiara Di Martino, reside in the Sunset District.
City officials gathered with community members and dragon boat racers at Lake Merced Nov. 13 to say ahoy to a new boat dock and gangway that allows safer recreation for seniors and people with disabilities and ensures future access for the public, including youth and cultural groups, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department announced.
Climate change is real and change MUST happen, and fast. However, closing a highway does not make the vehicles disappear.
Cartoon by Paul Kilduff.
For fashion designer Patrick Kelly, it was all about the buttons – the mismatched ones adorning his signature body-conscious knit dresses and the metaphorical buttons he pushed addressing race, class and sexuality.
Police activity in the Sunset District in October 2021.
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