From our friends over in College Hill: To: “College Hill” <collegehillneighbors@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:33:39 AM Subject: College Hill News: Crime alert * Community Safety Forum on Wednesday at BHNC * How to protect yourself * SFPD numbers to add to your cellphone Hello, all, As you’ve probably heard, violent muggings and armed robberies are […]
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Work begins on Canyon renovation project
By Murray Schneider The long-delayed and eagerly awaited Glen Canyon Renovation Project has begun. Large earthmovers and bulky debris containers now line a familiar walkway, which only a week or so ago paralleled tennis courts leading to the WPA-constructed Recreation Center. Several of the trees that dotted the slope heading up the hill toward Sussex […]
Crime Report: Jan 9 – 17, 2013
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Sunday, January 13th, 2013 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Monday, January 14th, 2013 4:35PM 200 Blk Chenery Robbery Officers Milton and Peregrina were dispatched to the 200 block of Randall Street to meet a citizen who said he was robbed while walking […]
BART parking lots update
From Michael Rice, Glen Park Association president. Here is an update on potential plans for the Glen Park BART parking lot. Bruno Peguese, with BART’s real estate department, reported to Sup. Scott Weiner that BART staff have heard back from their selected developer about moving forward with the process of evaluating the potential for development […]
Authors of “Married at 14” and “Not Dead Yet” at Bird & Beckett Jan. 26
On Saturday, January 26 at 7 P.M. Bird and Beckett Books and Records will feature two eminent authors, Herbert Gold and Lucille Lang Day. Both will read from their latest works, each a memoir of their lives. Herbert Gold began his writing career seventy-plus years ago, publishing poems in New York literary magazines at age […]
GPA meeting report
1/16/13 Report from GPA meeting On Thursday, about 30 people from Glen Park made their way into the Auditorium at Glen Park Elementary for the quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association. Where else could you meet someone who has been living in Glen Park since 1958, pepper your Supervisor, Scott Wiener, with […]
Police release sketch in 23rd and San Jose attack
S.F. police hunt assault suspect Vivian Ho Updated 9:17 pm, Monday, January 14, 2013 The man depicted in this police sketch attempted to sexually assault a woman in San Francisco’s Mission District on Jan. 6, 2013. Photo: Courtesy SFPD. San Francisco police asked for the public’s help Monday in identifying a suspect in an attempted sexual […]
Glen Canyon Park Rec Center Project Update Meeting: Jan. 7
GLEN CANYON PARK RECREATION CENTER PROJECT UPDATE MEETING: Controversy Over Tree Removal Remains By Bonnee Waldstein Photos by Michael Waldstein The old recreation center auditorium in Glen Canyon Park was standing room only on Jan. 7, 2013. Over 150 interested people gathered–rather, huddled–in what felt like subfreezing indoor temperatures. Those who came early enough for seating […]
Irving Saraf, Oscar-winning Glen Park filmmaker, dies
Irving Saraf dies – Oscar-winning filmmaker Nellie Bowles Updated 1:05 pm, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 Irving Saraf, a renowned figure in the Bay Area filmmaking community who won an Academy Award in 1991 for his documentary on the San Francisco Opera Chorus, died Dec. 26 after battling Lou Gehrig‘s disease for three years. He was 80. Mr. Saraf and […]
Two crime reports from Richland Avenue near the Bernal Cut
Mugging on Richland Avenue A young woman walking alone was mugged tonight (Wednesday, Jan 9) at 8:20 p.m. on the “unit block” of Richland Ave., the stretch between the Bernal Cut/Arlington and Mission. I witnessed the mugging from my second-floor porch at about mid-block. I heard hysterical screams and went out on my porch to […]