From The SF Chronicle December 12, 2010|By Carl Nolte Fiona Carswell enjoys art books and graphic novels at Bird & Beckett. Credit: Michelle Gachet / The Chronicle It is an ordinary Friday night on the edge of winter in Glen Park, an out-of-the-way neighborhood on the BART line to Daly City, and Don Prell’s quartet […]
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Police log Nov. 8 – Dec. 15
Monday, November 8, 2010 12:32 am, Circular/Baden, Suspended/False Info Officers Padilla and Seavey observed a vehicle with an equipment violation. The officers conducted a traffic stop and contacted the driver. The driver initially gave the officers a false name and stated that he had a license in another state. The officers attempted to locate the […]
Getting ready for the rain
In anticipation of this weekend’s rain, Randy Zebell, San Francisco Recreation and Parks natural habitat environmentalist, supervised five Friends of Glen Canyon Park volunteers who worked for three hours introducing California native plants to a slope adjacent to O’Shaughnessy Blvd. Altogether, 55 plants such as sticky monkey flower, coffee berry, Islais cherry, silk tassel bush […]
Tell Rec and Park what do to – Thursday
Share your ideas about Glen Canyon Park! The Trust for Public Land is partnering with SF Recreation and Parks Department to vision and design a park improvement plan for Glen Canyon. Come to the kickoff meeting this Thursday and share your ideas about the park. December 16, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm Glen Canyon Park Recreation Center (inside […]
Fire Monday moring on Bosworth displaces two
Many in the neighborhood last night heard sirens heading to a fire at 1317 Bosworth, in the cul de sac right by the Canyon entrance. Map here Here’s the story from the San Francisco Examiner. Thankfully no one was injured. A fire apparently caused by a gas stove displaced two people and a dog from […]
Canyon Market celebrates 4th anniversary
The festivities were on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010.
Crime report Dec 2 – 6, 2010
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Thursday, December 2, 2010 Nothing in the report from Glen Park 1. Friday, December 3, 2010 11:20 am, 2800 blk Diamond, Theft from Merchant Officer McMilton responded to a grocery store where a theft had just occurred. The store manager was told […]
New location for park meeting on Dec. 16
Upcoming community workshops to vision and design improvements for Glen Canyon Park Beginning this winter and continuing through late spring, The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (RPD), will host six community workshops to vision and design a Glen Canyon Park Improvement Plan. RPD and TPL will […]
Here’s a Crimson Columbine
And here’s the plant they’re hoping will have space to blossom. Crimson Columbine, in its nascent stages, perched on a hillside above Islais Creek has yet to reach its vibrant color. Look carefully and you’ll see morning moisture tickling the plants cratered pedals. Photo and report: Murray Schneider, Glen Park News
Making the park safe for Crimson Columbine
Himalayan blackberry uprooted from a slope west of Islais Creek. If left to their own devices, the invasive tendrils would strangle native California wildflowers such as Crimson Columbine, now in its early stages of growth, not yet ready to flower into its richness. Sylvia Hochede, a Friends of Glen Park Canyon Park volunteer, wrestled with […]