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Week of Oct 23, 2026
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SFSU
SFSU's Student Center Awaits a New Name as Renaming Panel Nears Its Deadline
After two days of town halls, Associated Students must deliver a renaming recommendation to its Board of Directors by the end of October.
San Francisco State University's central student building has been without an official name since 2026, when sexual-abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez — after whom the building had been named since the 1970s — prompted the university's student government to begin a renaming process. The building, which opened in 1975 and houses a 500-seat auditorium, student lounges, dining, and offices for dozens of student organizations, currently has its signage covered.
Read the full story: Golden Gate Xpress →
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Stonestown
Sbarro Is Coming Back to Stonestown — After a Four-Year Absence
The mall-food-court pizza chain is set to reclaim the upper-level space it vacated in 2022, replacing Bay Area chain Blondie's Pizza, which left owing back rent.
Stonestown Galleria confirmed this week that Sbarro will return to its food court, expected sometime in the first quarter of 2027. The chain will occupy the same upper-level spot it held before Blondie's Pizza took over the space roughly four years ago. Blondie's had signed a decade-long lease when it moved in, but Stonestown's operator sued the restaurant in January, alleging it owed more than $74,000 in unpaid rent.
Read the full story: San Francisco Chronicle →
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West Portal
West Portal Tower Grows Again: Empire Theater Site Now Proposed at 13 Stories, 172 Units
Developers have responded to community pushback by adding floors and units — not removing them — in a project that would dwarf everything else on the West Portal Avenue corridor.
A proposed housing development on the site of the shuttered Empire Theater at 85 West Portal Avenue has grown yet again, now reaching 13 stories and 172 units — nearly three times the 64-unit, nine-story building that debuted in January. The latest update to the project was reported this week by the Sunset Beacon.
Read the full story: Sunset Beacon / Richmond Sun →
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More from the Community
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Miraloma Park Improvement Club Hosts Congressional Candidate Forum This Fall
The Miraloma Park Improvement Club's October 2026 newsletter, published this month, invites residents to a congressional candidate forum being organized by the club.
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City Seeks Private Partner to Redevelop Former Lake Merced Gun Range Into Public Park
San Francisco Recreation and Park Department launched a request for proposals in summer 2026 to find a private operator to build and run a new public park on the roughly 10-acre former…
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