Rincon Hill

Entries from May 2007

City Politicking on Saturday, June 2nd

May 30th, 2007 · No Comments

Photo taken by Jamie Whitaker

For those of you interested in the City’s Mayoral contest this year, there are two events you may want to attend.
The campaign to re-elect Mayor Gavin Newsom needs volunteers this Saturday to collect signatures to get his name on the ballot.
Newsom ‘07 signature gathering details:
Date: [...]

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Tags: Activism

Halloween Meeting May 30th

May 25th, 2007 · No Comments

City officials will host a discussion of plans for this year’s Halloween party this Wednesday, May 30th at 5:30pm at the Davies campus of the California Pacific Medical Center in the North Tower building’s level B auditorium.
The idea of moving the party to Piers 30/32 sounds dead on arrival because of liability issues with the [...]

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Tags: Meetings

Moving Castro Halloween to Rincon Hill, South Beach or Mission Bay?

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

You may have read in the newspapers over the past month that Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Mayor Gavin Newsom have a strong desire to move the Castro Halloween event out of the Castro. Where would they like to move it you ask?
Well, the scuttlebutt is that the Mayor and Supervisor Dufty would [...]

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ING Bay to Breakers this Sunday!

May 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Source: INGBayToBreakers.com

Shuffle over to The Embarcadero around Howard Street to see folks lining up to start their 12K marathon for the ING Bay to Breakers event this Sunday around 8am.
Learn more at the official ING Bay to Breakers web site.

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Tags: Events

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Study

May 17th, 2007 · 11 Comments

This caught my eye in The Examiner today.
The Golden Gate Bridge officials have set up a web site about the $1.8 million study of the technical feasibility to put up a physical barrier on the bridge to try to prevent suicide jumps. The web site address is www.ggbsuicidebarrier.org. It offers an opportunity for viewers [...]

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