Photo by The Free Farm RichmondSFBlog reader Carmen reported that Supervisor Eric Mar was out at the The Free Farm at Green Festival on Sunday. She noted that Mar’s hairstyle changed from his “short, let it lie” look at the… Continue Reading
On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man off Ocean Beach but were unable to find the man’s sailing companion after an extensive search. He is presumed dead. The Examiner reports that “the two-man crew of the 43-foot Tugboat… Continue Reading
After the vertical sign on the Alexandria Theater was loosened by high winds last Wednesday, firefighters came out to temporarily secure the sign. David H. took another walk by the theater today and snapped some pics of the scaffolding that… Continue Reading
As part of yesterday’s Sunday Streets celebration, Golden Gate Park’s godfather of skate, David Miles and the California Outdoor Rollersports Association, organized three challenges to attempt to break skating records for the Guinness Book of World Records. First up was… Continue Reading
Unlike the past couple of years when the festival has only had a few big headliners, this year’s Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park (August 12-14, 2011) is packed with big names on the music scene. The lineup… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of April 8, 2011. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN RICHARD CORRIEA’S MESSAGE On Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 3:00 PM thieves committed a brazen daytime burglary in… Continue Reading
Carnivals and their sideshows are something of a relic now in our country. But there was a time when traveling carnivals would roll into small towns, featuring sideshow performers like the tattooed lady who performed nearly nude on stage, showing… Continue Reading
Got someone in your household who’s into caspers, fakies, nosegrinds and ollies? Or at least aspires to be? Then you might want to enroll him or her in the skateboarding camps being offered this summer at Rochambeau Playground (238 25th… Continue Reading