“Bayview Buzz” is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and other news from Bayview. Got news? Send tips to marina@missionlocal.com.
The doors to Yvonne Hines’ Yvonne’s Southern Sweets on the Third Street Corridor at Third and Shafter Ave. have remained bolted and shuttered since early February this year after Hines announced on Instagram that the store will close while she recovers from an illness.
But on Sunday, Hines took to Instagram again to say she’s back.
The store will open for limited hours on Wednesdays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. starting September 16.
The business has operated on Third Street since 2006 and has received awards and accolades from former political officials and cook-off judges alike for Hines’ entrepreneurship and mouthwatering cookies.
“Thank you for your years of support,” Hines wrote on Instagram. “We’ve missed you, see you soon!”
Be sure to come with your handsomest kite and a healthy appetite for this weekend’s annual Kite by the Bay festival at Candlestick Park on Saturday, September 12 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
There, you can give your kite a makeover with kite decorating activities, enjoy a taco, listen to music, or go fishing at the pier.
The often overlooked state park, a former garbage dump transformed into a park by former mayor and then-assembly member Art Agnos in 1977, offers sweeping views of the Bay and the Hunters Point Shipyard.
The event is the fourth kite festival held at the state park and hosted by California State Parks, Faces SF and Parks California. Admission is free and open to the public.
Kite by the Bay is not the only fourth annual festival coming up in Bayview-Hunters Point.
The Marie Harrison Community Foundation, founded by environmental activist Arieann Harrison, is hosting its fourth Youth Climate and Environmental Justice Summit at the Southeast Community Center on Saturday, September 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event will have activities for youth to learn about the environment around them, a panel discussion from environmental experts, and workshops.
The event is free and open to both youth and their families.
Harrison began her foundation after her mother Marie Harrison, a groundbreaking environmental activist in her own right, passed away following a long battle with lung disease in 2019.
“I want our children to see the fruits of all that she’s done,” said Harrison in an interview with Mission Local earlier this year. “I wanted to make sure that what she started did not end without a greater outcome.”
