Rosa Ramirez
By Rosa Ramirez on Apr 19 2011 - 2:55pm
San Francisco is famous for its colorful murals, which you can find on walls all over the Mission District and throughout the city. But there's a fine line for some residents and business owners between street art and illegal graffiti.
City officials and local artists are joining forces to change...
By Rosa Ramirez on Oct 19 2010 - 4:00pm
If you drive around Bayview Hunters Point, just down the street from KALW, here's what you might see: big rigs driving up and down Third and Evans, groups of people hanging out near the new street car line, and new businesses coming into the neighborhood.
Bayview Hunters Point is a mixed-use...
By Rosa Ramirez on Oct 19 2010 - 2:12pm
If you want to know just how much difference one person can make, look no further than the late Julia Middleton.
Middleton ran the Bayview Hunters Point Youth Park with a combination of love and strictness for two generations, up until her death in 2003.
Under her watch, each day children – mostly...
By Rosa Ramirez on Jun 7 2010 - 10:03am
The City of San Carlos has a novel solution to help fix its $3.5 million budget shortfall. It’s considering contracting out police, park and fire services.
Two agencies—the Redwood City Police Department and San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office—have already submitted bids to take on crime in the city...
By Rosa Ramirez on May 25 2010 - 5:20pm
One week from today, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's "Secure Communities" program goes into effect in California. It's a federal program that checks the fingerprints of people arrested for any crime to determine their immigration status.
San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey is...
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