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Bucks from bond to boost bayfront
- From India Basin to Heron’s Head Park, San Francisco’s waterfront is dotted with islands of open space. Now, a new infusion of cash will help pave the way for more than 13 miles of new trails, which could open the door for a renaissance along the bayfront.
- From India Basin to Heron’s Head Park, San Francisco’s waterfront is dotted with islands of open space. Now, a new infusion of cash will help pave the way for more than 13 miles of new trails, which could open the door for a renaissance along the bayfront.
Fight for theater begins second act
- Drama has returned to the Western Addition’s Harding Theater — once the home of vaudeville acts and silent films — but not in the way its builders originally imagined.
- Drama has returned to the Western Addition’s Harding Theater — once the home of vaudeville acts and silent films — but not in the way its builders originally imagined.
Supe wants to bring plaza benches back
- Benches at Civic Center Plaza disappeared overnight about eight years ago to keep the homeless from camping on them. Now Supervisor Sophie Maxwell says it’s time to bring them back.
3-Minute Interview: Tamim Ansary
- The 60-year-old Bernal Heights resident grew up in Afghanistan but moved to America at 16. His memoir “West of Kabul, East of New York” is this year’s pick for The City’s “One City, One Book” citywide reading program.
- The 60-year-old Bernal Heights resident grew up in Afghanistan but moved to America at 16. His memoir “West of Kabul, East of New York” is this year’s pick for The City’s “One City, One Book” citywide reading program.
Zoo’s seniors may bunk up
- Orkney, San Francisco Zoo’s gray seal, is pushing 40 and is nearly blind due to age-related cataracts in both eyes. He spends his days in a habitat of his own, where he has learned to navigate — as well as eat and receive medical checkups — by feel.
- Orkney, San Francisco Zoo’s gray seal, is pushing 40 and is nearly blind due to age-related cataracts in both eyes. He spends his days in a habitat of his own, where he has learned to navigate — as well as eat and receive medical checkups — by feel.
Plenty of green for green spaces
- The City spends a lot of green on its parks.
The City pulls through for parks
- The City has stepped up to the plate to provide $2.55 million in funds so that three inner-city parks will see at least $8 million in improvements.
The Peninsula fights a big battle against a little moth
- For farmers throughout San Mateo County, the much-ballyhooed light brown apple moth is living up to its reputation as a pest — though not in the usual way.
- For farmers throughout San Mateo County, the much-ballyhooed light brown apple moth is living up to its reputation as a pest — though not in the usual way.
Chu pushes for overhaul of assignment system
- District 4 Supervisor Carmen Chu will urge the San Francisco Unified School District to completely revamp its school-assignment process — especially with an eye toward sending children to their neighborhood schools — at a hearing today.
Advocates on hunt for recycling center home
- Controversial plans to build a recycling center in a city-owned park could be tabled in favor of building on another site within the Sunnydale public-housing project, Housing Authority officials confirmed Tuesday.
Jerry Day to jam McLaren Park
- It’s for the music — and the park.
3-Minute Interview: Glenda Hamilton
- Glenda Hamilton, 42, runs the Newborn Connections center at California Pacific Medical Center. She, along with the center, will host a picnic Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center where women can learn more about breastfeeding, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week. RSVP at (415) 291-9506.
- Glenda Hamilton, 42, runs the Newborn Connections center at California Pacific Medical Center. She, along with the center, will host a picnic Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center where women can learn more about breastfeeding, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week. RSVP at (415) 291-9506.
Michael Marley
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