Supervisor Eric Mar sent out his March newsletter recently which had a lot more specifics about the development being planned for the Alexandria Theater property: ===================== My office just received word from the Planning Department that the environmental documents should… Continue Reading
Photos: de Young Museum – CTG/SF | Academy of Sciences –Steven Perry Ever since the de Young and Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park completed their renovations and re-opened their doors to the public, people have been debating the… Continue Reading
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