Concerns
Over New Burke School Expansion Plan
The Katherine Del Mar Burke
School is located in the Sea Cliff neighborhood, near
Lincoln Park. The all-girl school was founded in 1908
and has been at its present location for 30 years.
Permit
for Russian Bear Postponed
Entertainment Commission
delays issuance due to ongoing investigations
The SF Entertainment Commission ordered
a continuance in May regarding the status of a permit
for live entertainment at the Russian Bear Restaurant.
The restaurant has been at the center of a controversy
lately because hip-hop concerts have been held there,
causing problems for some merchants and residents
in the area.
Family
Celebrations at Heart of Many Chinese Traditions
Rosemary
Gong remembers growing up in the small town of Riverbank,
10 miles from Modesto. Except for a few relatives
living in and around Modesto, hers was the only Chinese
family in the town.
Does Columbarium
Have Mysterious Connections to Past?
Almost hidden
away between busy Geary Boulevard and Anza Street is
a cul de sac, Loraine Court, which is the address for
a neo-classical building called the Columbarium, whose
charm and mystery beckon to another place and time.
Man's Servitude
Started at Lincoln Park Church
The garden in front of Paul
Holsinger's home, on a quiet block in the Outer Richmond,
is lush with flowers.
Free Jazz
Concerts at Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church
"Anybody
who's an artist is practicing their faith," said
Robert Stewart, the reverend at the 96-year-old Lincoln
Park Presbyterian Church, where on the third Sunday
of every month - except August - The Don Pender Quartet
gives a free jazz concert.
Michael de
Young Had Fun Stocking Museum
To San Franciscans,
Michael de Young's name denotes a powerful journalist,
promoter and avid collector. His private collection,
together with items that he purchased from the 1894
exposition in Golden Gate Park, became the foundation
for the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.
