Ocean Beach news roundup June 10

A 122-year-old tombstone emerged from the sands of Ocean Beach. Photo: Tom Prete / Ocean Beach Bulletin
This week in the Ocean Beach news roundup: Cabrillo Playground renovation, white-powder confusion in the Richmond District, VA Medical Center’s new facility, Ocean Beach tombstones
We can’t link to every story out there, but if you think we missed something, leave a comment here, or tell us on Twitter or Facebook.
- Renovations start on the Richmond District’s Cabrillo Playground. – SF Appeal, SF Chronicle, Richmond SF Blog, Friends of Cabrillo Playground
- A guy spreading white powder on the sidewalk caused a hubbub in the Richmond District, but it turned out to be a member of a running club marking a course with flour. – Richmond SF Blog
- The San Francisco VA Medical Center is moving about 130 employees from its Outer Richmond campus to a new facility in Mission Bay. – SF Chronicle
- John King’s San Francisco Chronicle column Cityscape is back in the Sunset District again, this week highlighting some of the houses that break the neighborhood’s Doelger-home doldrums. – SF Chronicle
- Digital meets analog when the Ocean Beach Bulletin is featured in the Sunset Beacon and Richmond Review neighborhood monthly newspapers. – Richmond Review online
- A 122-year-old tombstone buried under the sands of Ocean Beach emerged again last week after nearly 70 years. – KQED interview with Ocean Beach Bulletin editor Tom Prete, Mission Mission, Inside the Outside Lands, SF Chronicle




