MTA
to enforce meters on Sunday
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) is getting ready
to roll out a 90-day trial program that would enforce parking
meters in the Inner Richmond District on Sundays.
Dissent
sprouts over plan to charge fee at Botanical Gardens
Opponents of a proposal to charge non-residents of San Francisco
who visit the Botanical Gardens in Golden Gate Park an entrance
fee showed up in force at a City budget meeting at the Hall
of Flowers on April 21. They faced off against, and traded insults
with, an equal number of park employees who showed up in neon-green
shirts to support the plan.
Historic
Presidio fire station to close
After 93 years in service, the Presidio Fire Department (PFD)
will no longer exist as such as the Presidio firehouse will
be taken over by the San Francisco Fire Department, possibly
this fall or winter.
Work
starts to conserve, restore Washington H.S. artworks
Tourists flock to San Francisco for its art and cultural wealth.
Museums like the M.H. de Young Memorial, Palace of the Legion
of Honor and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
are always listed as essential destinations in tour guides.
What is not listed, however, is George Washington High School
(GWHS).
SF
Village seeks to construct network of services for seniors
The non-profit San Francisco Village initiated its services
to the public in January of 2009, but that was after almost
two years of preparation and research.
Washington
High School honors 3 alumni into Hall of Merit
Three distinguished alumni, all with links to education and
research, will be inducted in May into the George Washington
High School Alumni Association Hall of Merit. They are:
• Dr. James Bindon, class of Spring 1965, anthropology
researcher and award-winning professor;
• Dr. Arthur Nonomura, Fall 1968, botany researcher and
professor with numerous patented discoveries;
• Karl Seyer-Ochi, 1982, internationally-recognized, award-winning
Washington teacher of economics, American democracy and culinary
geography.
Art
festival highlights student creations
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Visual and Performing
Arts Office of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)
will present Young at Art,Êan eight-day celebration of student
creativity in visual, literary, media and performing arts, hosted
by the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park, from
May 8 - 16.Ê
COLUMNISTS
Capt.
Richard Corriea: Police Beat
Supervisor
Eric Mar: Yes on Prop. D, No on 16
