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June 2001
 

 

Police Blotter/Letters to the Editor/Sunset Spotlight

Census Shows Asians Now Majority in Sunset
A new study of the 2000 census data shows that Asians have traded places with whites and are now a majority in the Sunset District, while the Hispanic and black populations are down slightly.

Parkside School Project $8.8 Million Short
Supervisor Leland Yee made the cash-strapped San Francisco Unified School District an offer it may find hard to refuse: city resources to help rebuild the Parkside Elementary School.

Out-of-control Weed Growth Choking Pine Lake
Though seemingly idyllic, the patches of pleasant looking plants growing on the surface of Pine Lake at Stern Grove are actually unwanted weeds which threaten to cover the surface of the lake, altering the lake's ecology - and that is only one of the lake's problems.

O'Brien Illuminates San Francisco Irish
Parkside District resident Anne O'Brien Hickey was undaunted when publishers rejected her original manuscript.

Under Chef's Guidance, Youth Create Culinary Treats
"Evidently," says Roberta DesBouillons, founder and chief chef at Apron Springs, "the future chefs of America are coming from the Richmond District."

COLUMNS:

Capt. Michael Yalon: Police Beat

Maria Baird: What Do You Know About Batteries?

John M. Lee: Mortgage Interest Rates

Willie Brown: Wanted - Big-hearted San Franciscans

Paul Kozakiewicz: Newspapers Flourish in Garden of the Future

Mark Westlund: Wealth of Information Now Available

Leland Yee: Smoothing the Streets of the Sunset


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