P.S.: At last week’s Big Bang Gala at the California Academy of Sciences, I was seated next to John Hafernik, president of the academy’s board of trustees and an entomologist at San Francisco State. He described his passion for insects, from his boyhood in Texas. And in response to an inquiry, he said very modestly that […]
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DISTRICT 8 EXPANDS SOUTHEAST OF BERNAL CUT
And Other News from the Glen Park Association By Bonnee Waldstein College Hill is now part of District 8, since boundaries were changed citywide in April. What is College Hill? It’s a neighborhood, newly registered with the City and County of San Francisco, that used to be home to St. Mary’s College before it moved […]
Glen Canyon Park improvements — coming soon
GLEN PARK GEARS UP FOR NEXT ROUND OF PARKS IMPROVEMENTS It’s beginning to look as if Glen Park’s wish list for a major overhaul of Glen Canyon Park is getting closer to a dream realized. Soon the final design will be unveiled, and construction will begin, on the projects approved through the 2008 Clean and […]
More on the DNA testing required for the Mandarin immersion preschool in Manhattan
ECONOMIC VIEW The Preschool Race Is No Joke By ROBERT H. FRANK Published: April 21, 2012 Carl Wiens WILDLY implausible faux news stories appear each April Fool’s Day, some of which are taken seriously. This year’s clear winner was the National Public Radio feature about a preschool’s new requirement that all applicants submit DNA profiles. As the […]
More to do Sunday during and after the Festival
From the Bird and Beckett site: www.birdbeckett.com SUNDAY, APRIL 29 COME TO THE GLEN PARK FESTIVAL! An all-day frolic al fresco on Diamond Street from Bosworth to Chenerey. Crafts booths, food vendors, your occasional politician and a stage full of terrific musicians entertaining you & your 1,000 close personal friends-to-be! Music on the Fest stage starts at […]
The Glen Park Festival is this coming Sunday!
Live music all day long, over 50 vendors (local artists/craftspeople/community organizations and schools), yummy food at our neighborhood restaurants and Off The Grid food carts, and a children’s area with a packed roster of entertainment (Tree Frog Treks, Wonderbugs, One Martial Arts demonstration — just to name a few) See more at http://www.glenparkfestival.com/entertainment.shtml And don’t […]
Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Community Meeting
Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Community Meeting for Diamond Heights and Glen Park You are invited to join Supervisor Wiener for his meeting on Saturday, April 21 at 4:00 pm at St. Aidan’s Church, Lower Level. This is a great opportunity to discuss your neighborhood issues directly with Supervisor Wiener. Lt. Trenia Wearing, Ingleside Police Station, will […]
Native plant tours
By Murray Schneider Along Glen Canyon’s Islais Creek, not far from Silver Tree Day Camp, one can pass native columbine and sticky monkey flower, both plants native to California. A little farther west, across O’Shaughnessy Boulevard, half way between Glen Park’s village and School of the Arts, similar natives hug a craggy hillside left intact […]
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association meeting May 7
Host: Lisa Spinali, SNA President Time: Monday, May 07, 2012, 6PM Location: St. Finn Barr AuditoriumPlease join us for our next Sunnyside Neighborhood Association (SNA) meeting on Monday, May 7th at 6:00 at the St. Finn Barr Auditorium. We will be serving paella for all prepared by Chef Marc Vogel before we begin the formal […]
Both sides of Bernal Cut now a part of District 8
Great post about the redistricting and the ‘lost tribes’ of college hill. Check out the Bernalwood blog here.