Photo: Philip Liborio Gangi
Westside resident Jayson Wechter started the Chinese New
Year's Treasure Hunt in the early '90s. This year, more than
1,500 people will participate in the event.
Treasure hunt
caps Chinese New Year's festivities
Sleuths dash into a dark alleyway on the hill by the intersection
of California and Powell streets while drums from the Chinese
New Year Parade are beating in the distance. They are frantically
searching for "a quick little fellow for whom a typewriter was
named."
Cabrillo school to
close, Peabody spared the ax
The San Francisco Board of Education voted Jan. 19 to close
Cabrillo Elementary School in June, ending an 80-year history
for the Richmond District institution. George Peabody Elementary
School, located on Sixth Avenue, was also slated for closure
but will remain open.
Mystery of the Sutro
Bath skulls
On Saturday, Nov. 19, two human skulls were discovered at the
ruins of Sutro Baths. The U.S. Park Police recovered the remains
and passed them along to San Francisco's Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner. The subsequent examination revealed that the
remains are of historical nature, but their exact origin and
the circumstances of their recent abandonment at the ruins remain
unknown.
Women organize
to end homelessness
"We're here to try to make a grass roots effort to address
homelessness in the Richmond and Sunset," said Kristie Fairchild,
addressing the attendees of the monthly Sunset District Neighborhood
Coalition meeting, held Jan. 12 at the Taraval Police Station
on 24th Avenue.
COLUMNS:
Supervisor
Jake McGoldrick: Affordable housing
Capt.
Sandra Tong: Gung Hay Fat Choy
John M.
Lee: The state of real estate
