Robbery with Knife: 800 Block of Clement Street, Aug. 31, 7:44 p.m. The victim saw a known shoplifter in a store take multiple items and then walk toward the front door. When […]
Police Blotter – Richmond District
Calendar of Events – October, 2019
Monthly Presidio Greenbelt Clean-Up: The Richmond Neighborhood Center and the SF Recreation and Park Department co-sponsor a community cleanup event on the first Saturday of each month. Supplies will be provided. Meet […]
Presidio Middle School’s $5M Upgrade
By Thomas K. Pendergast The students at the Presidio Middle School on Geary Boulevard start off the school year with a new playground area, thanks to a donation by the founder and […]
Thomas Dimuzio Creates Music With Ambient Noise and Sounds
By Judith Kahn On Saturday, Sept. 14, the Richmond District/Senator Milton Marks Branch Library hosted a musician with a unique style all his own. Thomas Dimuzio considers himself a composer, but adds, […]
Art in the Richmond: Fascinating Video at the de Young
Fascinating Video at the de Young Museum By DeWitt Cheng “We hoped that … a studious man reading the history of the voyages … might think himself, by casting his eyes around […]
Third Annual Autumn Moon Festival Celebrated on Clement Street
By Gui Oliveira The third annual Richmond District Autumn Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, was held on Sept. 14 on Clement Street between Sixth and Ninth avenues. The […]
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 […]
UCSF Laurel Heights Development Plan Gets Green Light
By Thomas K. Pendergast Redevelopment of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Laurel Heights campus is moving forward after the SF Planning Commission certified the project’s final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) […]
Civil Grand Jury Urges City to Enact Firefighting Measures
By Thomas K. Pendergast A recent Civil Grand Jury (CGJ) report has raised questions about post-earthquake fire protection after the next major temblor and whether firefighters will have enough water pressure to […]
Letter to the Editor – Inner Sunset Changes Not for the Better
Dear Editor: Residents of the Inner Sunset must be left scratching their heads. SF Department of Public Works (DPW) and SF Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) have teamed up to dispense $21 million […]
SF Dance Film Festival Features Westside Talent
Dance Film SF announces its 2019 selections for the 10th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF), featuring over 120 dance-based films from 25 countries and the Bay Area. Running Saturday November 2 through Sunday, November 10 across five venues, the film festival will include selected post-screening discussions, industry panel presentations, VR experiences, live performances, and special guests.
Advanced Health – How Climate Change is Affecting Our Food
In the case of consuming animal protein, we are affected by what the animals are fed and what they are exposed to. This concept brings us back to the food chain you learned about in grade school.
However, we rarely raise the question, “What did the animal you eat consume over its lifetime?”
Letter to the Editor – Urgent Action Required to Save Our Neighborhoods
Given the geology of Northern California, the history of San Francisco and a knowledge of urban conflagrations, it will be clearly understood that, in the absence of adequate post-earthquake emergency water supplies, the 138,000 wood-frame buildings and the 390,000 residents that occupy the fifteen neighborhoods not protected by the AWSS will fall victim to catastrophic loss,
Richmond Resident Named Volunteer of the Year at the Veterans Administration
Richmond resident and San Francisco Veterans Administration (SFVA) Volunteer CJ Reeves was named SFVA Volunteer of the Year for 2019.
Initiative to Address Aging Statewide Kicked Off in SF on Sept. 20
Assembly member David Chiu addresses the Sept. 20, 2019 CA Master Plan On Aging forum with San Francisco Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer, Shireen McSpadden, executive director San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services, and Janet Spear, CEO of the Metta Fund and S.F. Aging and Adult Services commissioner. To share your input and questions about the CA Master Plan On Aging visit www.sfdignityfund.org and follow @SFDignityFund.
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