Sunset Spotlight/Police Blotter/Letters to the Editor

School Board Votes to Rebuild Parkside School
Five years after making a commitment to rebuild the Parkside Elementary School, the San Francisco Board of Education gave the Sunset community an early Christmas present when it agreed to start construction on the school by the fall of 2003.

Parties Agree to Let Taraval Street Project Resume
The S.F. Board of Appeals lifted a stop-work order imposed last August on a $2.8 million mixed-use project in the Sunset District after neighbors and the project's owner reached a compromise on the design of the building

UCSF Plans to Build New Student Housing
The University of California at San Francisco is advancing its plans for adding student housing at its Parnassus campus and is planning work at three nearby sites.

Demolition of Central Freeway Coming
San Francisco is launching a $45 million plan to replace the Central Freeway, damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, with a model that attempts to tackle the larger problems of transportation, housing and pedestrian safety in transit-intensive neighborhoods.

Stern Grove, Pine Lake Upgrade Plans Move Forward
The Stern Grove and Pine Lake Improvement Project took a major step forward at the end of November when the SF Recreation and Park Commission approved an initial conceptual design for the 64-acre park.

Musee Mecanique Gets New Home at Pier 45
San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and supervisors Tony Hall and Aaron Peskin dedicated a new space at Pier 45 Dec. 20 to house the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society and the Musee Mecanique.

Underground Garage in Golden Gate Park Gets OK
The Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority approved final design plans Dec. 6 for an underground garage in the Music and Museum concourses in Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco voters approved the garage when they passed Proposition J in 1998.

Conservatory of Music Location Has Historic Roots
Today few people are aware that a vital piece in the city's social service infrastructure was located in the western part of the City, in the Outer Sunset District.

COLUMNS:

Assemblyman Leland Yee: Tackling the Budget Crisis

S.F. Mayor Willie Brown Jr.: Technology Improves City Services

Carol Moseley: Guide Dog Shows the Way

John M. Lee: The Real Estate Year in Review

Mark Westlund: City Achieves Recycling Aim