Kevin Koerner's Blog

In a Galaxy not So Far Away

Posted On: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: Commissary, George Lucas, Golden Gate Bridge, Norman Rockwell, presidio, Presidio Trust, Star Wars

Star Wars Creator Competing for Prime Presidio Locale! Did you know that, in addition to being one of the most ground-breaking, movie-special-effects innovators in cinematic history, George Lucas also has an impressive

Bay Bridge Beaming Brightly

Posted On: Monday, March 11, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: Bay Brige, Leo Villreal, tourist attraction | Topics: Community Information

What an unexpectedly artistic expression from such a utilitarian structure! On March 5th, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge announced itself as an attraction rivaling the Golden Gate with its adornment of 25,000 LED lights.

American Real Estate Prices Up by 9.7 percent!

Posted On: Saturday, March 9, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: California real estate, housing market, housing prices | Topics: Market Statistics

Did you think the day would never come? At last, cities other than San Francisco report rapidly rising home prices.

Terracotta Warriors Invade Asian Art Museum

Posted On: Friday, March 8, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: Asian Art Museum, san francisco, Terracotta Warriors | Topics: Community Information

Reaching for immortality, China’s first emperor, Qin Shihuang died in 210 BCE at only forty-nine years of age, leaving behind an army of 7,000 clay soldiers to guard his tomb.

The Annual Chinese New Year Festival and Parade

Posted On: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 8:44pm
Tags: Chinese New Year, dragons, parade, san francisco | Topics: Community Information

San Francisco is home to the annual Chinese New Year festival and parade. Each year, thousands of people come to see what is considered the largest celebration of Asian culture, outside of Asia. The main attraction is the grand parade that winds its way through China Town and ends on Columbus Street.

Mystery Buyer Acquires Infamous Hibernia Bank Building

Posted On: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: commercial real estate, Hibernia Bank building, Patty Hearst, Symbionese Liberation Army | Topics: Community Information

In 1974, heiress Patty Hearst, daughter of newspaper mogul Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped and tortured by the anti-establishment Symbionese Liberation Army or SLA in Berkeley, California.

Double-Dutch Duet at the de Young

Posted On: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: de Young Museum, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Rembrandt, Vermeer | Topics: Community Information

Who was that girl with the famous pearl earring that so epitomized the characteristic Vermeer point of light? We’ll never know since

Castro Street Makeover

Posted On: Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: Castro Street, San Francisco Planning Department, street improvement | Topics: Community Information

Bigger is better in the Castro – for sidewalks, that is! In the works is the latest in a series of streetscape-improvement projects by the San Francisco Planning Department.

Law and Order on the Streets of San Francisco

Posted On: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - 7:00pm
Tags: crime, District Attorney George Gascon, neighborhood courts, safety | Topics: Community Information

Appointed in 2011, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón has come up with a simply brilliant idea for addressing crime and saving money by sending certain offenders to neighborhood courts.

Love is in the Air at San Francisco General Hospital

Posted On: Monday, January 28, 2013 - 9:00am
Tags: charity, health care, Hearts and Heroes, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation | Topics: Community Information

Every Valentines Day, artists from around the world create one-of-a-kind painted sculptures in support of Hearts and Heroes, a nine-year-old community event that has raised millions of dollars in support of the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation. Treating nearly 100,000 patients annually, San Francisco General Hospital provides much needed care to the most vulnerable of patients, including those who have neither money nor insurance.