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After 12 years of planning, Rec & Parks has put a SOMA park on hold, saying there’s a funding shortfall. Eleni Balakrishnan interviews neighbors who wonder why their particular part of the city still lacks green spaces.
The Excelsiorโwildly diverse and stubbornly ungentrifiedโhas resisted change for decades. Jordan Montero talks with residents and business owners about what they see coming for the neighborhood’s struggling business corridor.
Yes, the supes just passed a non-binding resolution condemning Trump’s move to end Temporary Protected Status. But read Xueer Lu to find out about the real-life impact of losing TPS for one Kaiser nurse.
In arts news, we’ve got a story on the “Mexican Mona Lisa,” a 1929 painting by Diego Rivera that wound up in a Cow Hollow bedroom. And see Lydia Chรกvez‘s roundup of September offerings at S.F. museums and galleries, including a great video of sculptor Lailah Babirye with her chainsaw.
More soon,
Sara
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SOMA park was in the works since 2012. It was just halted.ย
“Even wanting to eat outside or just be outside, itโs tough to find space to go.”
The Excelsior: Resisting change, or ready for a new business model?ย
“I like to see new places opening, but Iโm afraid of folks coming in who donโt know the place.”
S.F. passes legislation supporting immigrants on the verge of losing legal status
“Mentally, she’s not OK. Physically, she’s still showing up.”
Arts Roundup
Diego Riveraโs โMexican Mona Lisaโ hangs in an SF home
“Heโs sort of in la-la-land when he paints this.”
Whatโs on now at San Francisco museums, September 2025
Check out the new work by Ugandan-born sculptor Lilah Babirye.
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