Sunset Spotlight/Police Blotter/Letter to the Editor

Trouble Brewing for Outer Sunset Starbucks
Sunset activists and independent coffeehouse owners gained more support this month in their effort to block Starbucks from opening a store at the corner of 44th Avenue and Judah Street.

Proposal to Ban Traffic from Music Concourse Bowl
A proposal currently under consideration to ban cars from the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park would create significant problems, according to a traffic study commissioned by the City.

Safety Campaign for 19th Avenue Starts
Supervisor Fiona Ma joined Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. and various city departments and sponsors, including four-time Super Bowl champ Keena Turner, to announce a traffic safety awareness campaign designed to address recent concerns for the 19th Avenue corridor as well as traffic calming efforts citywide.

Donations Crucial for UCSF Plan
Lean economic times are forcing UCSF officials to cut costs, raise fees and entice donors to help finance a $1.5 billion state-of-the-art hospital complex.

Rally Against Alleged Hate Crime
Community leaders came together Aug. 11 to protest an alleged hate crime that occurred on Taraval Street.

Sunset Citizens Tackle Homelessness
A new Sunset Citizens homeless program has started in the Sunset, modeled after the successful North Beach Citizens program founded by Francis Ford Coppola, the Oscar-winning director. His premise is that the problem of homelessness should be tackled neighborhood-by-neighborhood.

Stow and Spreckels Lakes to be Restored
Stow Lake and Spreckels Lake will be the latest sites to benefit from the Golden Gate Park Master Plan when restoration work begins in October.

Hearst's Stones Still Cast Shadow at Golden Gate Park
Behind the Succulent Gardens in the Arboretum, up a tiny hill from the Redwood grove, lies a weedy lot that spills into a chain link fence. At first glance, a bright blue porta-potty is the only noticeable landmark in this unmanicured part of the park. Lying before the portable toilet is a motley collection of stones, piled in no particular order. While many turn out to be common slabs of concrete, a couple of carved pillars catch the eye. Few would guess that these are the abandoned remnants of a building several hundred years older than San Francisco.

Fire Ended Mysterious Life of Tait's-at-the-Beach
The block of the Great Highway between Ulloa and Vicente streets does not look like a locale of legend and mystery. Humble homes erected here in a row face the Pacific Ocean, and many of the owners have built vertical extensions to better capture the surf and sunset view.

Other Avenues Cooperative Surviving and Thriving
Perched near the west end of Golden Gate Park is a venerable institution, a vestige of the '60s counter-culture revolution.

COLUMNS:

Police Chief Prentice Sanders: Community Policing is a Good Reform

Supervisor Fiona Ma: Prop. K Will Fund Transportation Improvements

John M. Lee: Effects of New Real Estate Law

Peg Wallace: Sea Breeze Cafe

Mayor Willie Brown Jr.: Look Out - Tiger Loose in the City?

Tamar Hurwitz: 'R' to the Fourth Power