This Saturday and Sunday, the SF County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park will host the 15th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Bookfair. The free two-day event features lots of vendors (booksellers, distributors, independent presses and political groups, from the local… Continue Reading
As part of their efforts to boost revenues in the park, the Rec & Park Department is considering proposals for a Segway tour company in the park. In 2008, Segway of SF (now Silicon Segway) was given permission to operate… Continue Reading
Spots Unknown came across a great assembly of clips from the 1958 film “The Lineup” that take place at Sutro Baths. At that time, it was called “Sutro’s” and the pools had been covered over with ice rinks. Sutro’s burned… Continue Reading
On Sunday, the Holy Virgin Cathedral will host a Kulich Fair and Workshop, a Russian celebration in anticipation of the approaching Easter holiday. Kulich is a kind of Easter bread, traditional in the Orthodox Christian faith. Traditionally during the Easter… Continue Reading
If you’re a San Franciscan, be glad because you won’t have to pay the new entrance fees at the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. The Examiner reports that the Rec and Park Commission voted yesterday to charge… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of March 5, 2010. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN RICHARD CORREIA’S MESSAGE The arrest of a hit and run driver and the subsequent discovery of a Marijuana… Continue Reading
This Saturday the Rockit Room will host a night of Caribbean World Music to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. The show will feature Lakay & Mystic Man. The 9-piece band is known as Lakay, and was founded by Mystic… Continue Reading
I was not in the neighborhood while rainbows and hail were raining down today. Did you get caught in the melee? Thanks to Hugh of ob-kc.com for sending over these pics. If I didn’t know better I would say it… Continue Reading