Inner Richmond

The SFMTA will decide the fate of nearly two dozen Slow Streets on Tuesday, and it’s pretty clear how they’re going to vote on all of them — except for one, the highly contentious Lake Street, and it’s anybody’s guess what will happen with that one.

The 4 Star Theater has been closed for nearly three whole years, but the scrappy little theater at Clement Street and 23rd Avenue will rise again this week, with movies plus pizza and bagels provided by nearby neighbor The Laundromat.

The Alexandria Theater at Geary and 18th Avenue has been an empty eyesore since 2004, but a reported new plan could make it as many as 76 units of housing.

Despite having some of the best wines in the world 50 miles away in Napa and Sonoma, a new high-end restaurant coming to San Francisco’s Inner Richmond District is focusing on hard-to-find wines from Mexico.

The SF school board didn't necessarily vote to keep the controversial “Life of Washington” mural at Washington High School, but they did vote to give up on a legal appeal, so the mural will stay.

The restaurant is called Noodle in a Haystack, and its name could double as a joke about how hard it would be to find an equivalent craftsman of ramen.

The very contentious mural featuring a slain Native American will be uncovered and again on full display as a Superior Court judge rules the school board did not follow the appropriate process in covering it.

A couple more additions to the late summer Muni service reinstatements, and the M-Ocean View gets its trains back, and the 31-Balboa returns on a limited route.

Half of JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park has been car-free for nearly a year now, and bike and pedestrians are rallying Saturday to make this arrangement permanent.

There's been a massive jump in burglaries in the Richmond District, year over year, according to new data from the SFPD's Richmond Station. And while burglaries are reportedly up in multiple neighborhoods, we're only hearing a definitive report on the first five weeks of 2021 from the Richmond.

The pup-ular Golden Gate Park Dog Training Area sees its first remodel in 60 years at the city’s largest doggie play area.

A former Richmond District art and framing shop that almost became a cannabis dispensary will now be the permanent home of the Russian-Speaking Jewish Community of SF Bay Area.

The project, now in the earliest stages of planning, is slated for a former funeral home at Geary and 6th Avenue in the Richmond.

The Rotunda at Neiman Marcus is closing indefinitely, and beloved neighborhood wine bar and cafe Orson's Belly is calling it quits.

"We're not looking at doing a whole revamp at all," founder Amanda Michael said. "Just a little bit of Jane brought into a lot of Toy Boat."

Before the pandemic, the popular toy shop was considering a third location. Now, it's being forced to downsize to remain viable.

40 of the Haight's unhoused have found safe shelter at the Stanyan Street tent village. But there appears to be no plan for hundreds of others sleeping on the street.

In the works for over three years, the sizable new brewpub was further delayed by the pandemic.

"It was just time," says owner Jesse Fink of the decision to sell his legacy business, a Richmond District favorite.

The city's parks and real estate departments have two weeks to identify land where homeless people can camp at a social distance.

As Mayor Breed continues to defy hotel room legislation, many city supervisors are hunting for vacant properties to use as tent camps.

The official 4/20 event was canceled weeks ago, but the city is concerned people may unofficially congregate to smoke.

Housing costs too high? Apartment hunting is hard, but there are deals. So what do low-end rentals in Inner Richmond look like these days?

The seven centers, which serve over 30,000 low-income kids and seniors, have had to cancel key fundraisers even as they anticipate increased demand.

Citing uncertainty and a sense of public responsibility, festival organizers now have their sights set on 2021.