Some of you longtime San Franciscans will remember Belva Davis. She was a fixture on the local television news scene, coming to San Francisco’s KPIX (Channel 5) in 1966. She was the first female African-American reporter on the West Coast.… Continue Reading
CBS5 reports on a new program going on at Lands End. From now until June 11, from 8am until 4pm every day, the public can participate in the Archeological Stewardship Program at Lands End. National Park Service Archeologist Leo Barker… Continue Reading
Photo by #2 Son/John I’ve lived in San Francisco my entire life and have driven or walked by the shining, gold-topped spires of the Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Geary hundreds of times. But I’ve never been inside. But… Continue Reading
Check out this short film entitled “Four Pauls: Bring the Hat Back!”, made by It Donned On Me, a competitive filmmaking team from San Francisco. It was their entry for the International Documentary Challenge, a competition in which teams from… Continue Reading
Another great photo from the SFMTA Photo Archives, this time of a station sign being stenciled at the Municipal Railway Elkton Shop. No date given.
A great pic of the intersection at Geary and Park Presidio from the SFMTA Photo Archives. The picture was taken to show new street lighting that was installed. Photo from the SFMTA Photo Archive.
Jay Mitchell operates the Fly-O-Plane at Playland at the Beach. Photo taken March 6, 1949. Chronicle Archive SF Chronicle pop culture critic Peter Hartlaub descended into the paper’s basement for another installment of his “Let’s Go to the Morgue!” archive… Continue Reading
RichmondSFBlog reader Rob sent me these photos he took at Ocean Beach on Wednesday. They show wreckage from an old clipper ship freighter that ran aground way back in 1878. When the tide is low, you can sometimes see a… Continue Reading