Gardening day at Westside Courts 4/2

Gardening day at Westside Courts from 10AM to 1PM Saturday, April 2nd. Westside Courts: 2501 Sutter St(at Broderick) “Join us for a great day inthe garden. There will be planting, harvesting, weeding, digging andmore. We will also be having lunch.” … Read More

Street Violence Reduction Initiative: San Francisco Plan

DCYF’s Violence Prevention and Intervention Unit will present the final version of the Street Violence Reduction Initiative: San Francisco Plan After several months of collaborative work with Community Based Organizations, Community Leaders and City Departments, DCYF is ready to present the … Read More

Public Safety: City Attorney and Bees

Please come to the Hayes Valley Public Safety Meeting Monday, April 4, 2011 7:00 PM Korean American Center at 745 Buchanan Street City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, will discuss the role of the City Attorney in our neighborhood’s public safety. Find … Read More

Book Reflects on the Neighborhood

Author Yvonne Daley discusses her book “Octavia Boulevard” with the SF Public Press. Read the interview here: Book examines life along Octavia Boulevard From her website, Daley writes, “My book, Octavia Boulevard, tells the stories of these homeless men and … Read More

Volunteer to help children learn to read

Are you 55 or older? Eager to help San Francisco school children learn to read? Experience Corps is a nationwide program that trains older adults to help Kindergartners through 3rd grade children learn to read. In just 4 hours a … Read More

General Meeting Recap 3/24/11

Tonight, Lt. Erica Arteseros, from the San Francisco Fire Department came to discuss emergency preparedness. Arteseros said events like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami either inspire people to update or start their own emergency kit or often scare people into … Read More

On March 26th Turn off your lights for Earth Hour

From its inception as a single-city initiative in Sydney, Australia in 2007, Earth Hour has grown into a global symbol of hope and movement for change. Earth Hour 2010 created history as the world’s largest ever voluntary action with people, … Read More

An honor for the Hayes Valley Farm

Sunset Magazine selected the Hayes Valley Farm in it’s Top Ten Urban Parks. Congratulations! See article below: Best Urban Parks

More summer 2011 internships for youth

Below are more summer opportunities for youth in our community. See this other earlier post for more summer internships for youth: Paid 2011 summer youth programs and internships Please note that some have application deadlines coming up soon. Community Grows … Read More

Meet Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Scott Wiener

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi of District 5 and Supervisor Scott Wiener of District 8 will join us for our monthly Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association general meeting this Thursday, March 24th at 7PM held at the Korean American Center at 745 Buchanan … Read More

Joe Cunningham Art Opening

Art opening of Joe Cunningham’s work at Zonal (568 Hayes Street) on Thursday, March 24th from 6-9PM www.joethequilter.com