Tears and cheers greeted the speakers at the June 20 groundbreaking ceremony for Casa Adelante–1296 Shotwell, the first, new, 100 percent affordable housing project built in the Mission District in the past decade. When completed, the nine-story building will provide 94 units of affordable housing, with on-site supportive services: 74 apartments for low-income seniors, 19 ...
Ana Silvia and Irving Rivera, who met in an exercise class at City College, now teach Zumba at the 30th Street Senior Center. Married for 38 years, their love of exercise is matched only by their dedication volunteering. Their volunteering started in their kids’ schools, from kindergarten through high school. Now they teach the Zumba ...
Miraloma Park Community Connectors was set up to provide neighbors a place for exercise, conversation, to share skills and hobbies, It’s also a place to make and deepen friendships. For Hildegard “Hilde” Rolfes, it was the key to recovery. A stroke five years ago wiped out her memory, but she has come back strong. And ...
Our Columns My first session was Monday morning at 9 a.m., so I set my iPhone alarm for 6:30. But I had never used the alarm and didn’t trust it would work – I’m such a Luddite. I woke and 5 a.m. and dozed and woke off and on until the alarm went off – as ...
In March, 1964, a 9.2 earthquake and multiple tsunamis hit Kodiak, Alaska. Fran Roberts was 38 and working there as draftsperson for the government. She was as much concerned about saving her car as her life. “You had to have a car to get around, and I had just been to the States to buy ...
From the time she contracted polio at four, Susan Suval has never let the disease that took the use of her right leg define her life. “My mother thought she’d have to take care of me her whole life,” said Suval, now 73. “I proved her wrong.” Her mother fought to send her to public ...
