Filed under: NGNO: UC Berkeley's News Portal
Originally published through UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism news site.
SAN FRANCISCO — As the sun went down one recent evening, images of oozing wounds, knives sticking out of eyes, brains on the sidewalk and lifeless bodies in blood puddles flashed on a projection screen in the softly lit chapel of Bryant Mortuary in the Western Addition. (more…)
Filed under: Center of the City: SF News Blog
Original post on Center of the City.
The Department of Public Works secured $3 million in federal funding for a greening and street-scaping project along Divisadero Street between Haight Street and Geary Boulevard.The department presented its proposal for how to use the funds at a community meeting held at Ida B. Wells High School on Thursday. Community input will drive the final plans for how to improve the corridor.
ALCATRAZ — Families gathered at sunrise for a ceremony on Alcatraz Island commemorating the 1969 occupation of the island by Native groups. This year, they also celebrated the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the United Nations on September 13, 2007.
Watch a multimedia slideshow of the event.
Filed under: Center of the City: SF News Blog, NGNO: UC Berkeley's News Portal
Originally published on North Gate News Online
SAN FRANCISCO — When Gail Baugh founded the John Muir Elementary School PTA last year, it had no parents.
Baugh and her husband Jim Warshell moved to Hayes Valley in 2003 as empty-nesters after their son left for college, expecting to start their post-child-rearing years. (more…)
