The surfers are coming! Next Tuesday, the 2011 Rip Curl Pro Search “Somewhere in San Francisco” event will kick off, featuring some of the sport’s top surfers as they battle the elements of cold, foggy and turbulent Ocean Beach. The… Continue Reading
Ok, exhale… The Balboa Theatre will survive! The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation announced yesterday that it has teamed up with theater Director Gary Meyer to keep the Balboa open, and develop a long-term plan for its future. And to… Continue Reading
Adolph Sutro was a visionary whose passion for engineering, building and collecting culminated in his grand masterpiece – The Sutro Baths. The baths opened to the public in 1896 as the world’s largest indoor swimming pool establishment, and later morphed… Continue Reading
Last week, the students at Argonne Elementary School at 18th & Cabrillo got a lesson in how to beautify their campus. Step 1: remove some of the concrete and replace it with a garden. For the past 10 years, Argonne… Continue Reading
Thanks to everyone who voted in the mayoral poll here on the blog. As you can see from the results above, it’s still a pretty tight race. Note that even though Ed Lee won the poll, these votes were cast… Continue Reading
Muriel Leff Mini Park on 7th Avenue Last week, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department announced plans to award more than $1 million of their Community Opportunity Fund (COF) to ten different neighborhood projects across the city; three of… Continue Reading
This Sunday, SAFE will host its third annual 5K Fun Run / Walk for SAFEty in Golden Gate Park. This mission of San Francisco SAFE is to educate and empower San Franciscans to build safer neighborhoods through crime prevention education… Continue Reading
[Reprinted from The Richmond Police Station Newsletter of October 21, 2011. To be added to the station’s mailing list, email sfpd.richmond.station@sfgov.org.] CAPTAIN KEITH SANFORD’S MESSAGE Our recent PCRF (Police Community Relations Forum) meeting held on the 18th of October at… Continue Reading