I have just posted to NextDoor seeking the neighborhood’s help with any surveillance video of these incidents: The following 4 commercial burglaries have occurred in the Glen Park neighborhood in the past week: 1) 7/21 overnight to 22, Destination Baking Company. 598 Chenery St. 190-529-930 2) 7/21 overnight to 22 – Higher Grounds Coffee – […]
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Four Glen Park businesses burglarized this week
It hasn’t been a good week for Glen Park merchants, to say the least. Monday morning (July 22), after midnight, Destination Bakery was broken into. Burglars kicked in the glass door, which has since been replaced. They took the cash register, which only had around eight dollars, said Indy, a bakery employee. In the same […]
City Agency Hearings
Kudos to the board and mayor coming together on affordable housing, just in time for the summer recess! The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, July 29, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, July 30, 2 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda The Board of […]
Update: Glen Park Hardware store broken into
From an early morning walker: “Looks like someone smashed the front window of Glen Park Hardware. Their key display was strewn about on the sidewalk. There were 4 police cars there at 6:15 am.” When I arrived at 7:00 am, the fire department had covered the window. A police officer was parked in front of […]
Ode to Glen Park BART station
(Editor’s note: The Glen Park Association was instrumental in advocating for the station to get California state landmark status. Read on.) Rare is the weary commuter in awe of a BART station. Powell is drab and dirty. Civic Center a dark and gray mess. And end stops, like Pittsburg Bay Point or Concord, are, at […]
City Agency Hearings
The BOS Rules Committee will meet Monday, July 22, 10:00 a.m., in City Hall, room 263. Agenda The BOS Land Use and Transportation Committee will meet Monday, July 22, 1:30 p.m., in City Hall, room 250. Agenda Legislation requiring a Conditional Use application to create employee cafeterias again, streamlining codes to help small businesses, and […]
Mark your calendar for a Deb Lunsford Benefit! Destination Bakery’s goodwill ambassador!
Bird & Beckett, 653 Chenery Street, SF July 26, 2019 – 5:30-8:00pm If you can’t make it in person you can donate online! Go to https://www.tinyurl.com/helpfordeb All proceeds go to Deb! –Glen Park Neighborhood Icon –Weekday Mornings Counter Gal at Destination Bakery, at the corner of Chenery & Castro –Friend and co-conspirator with all small […]
Come hear the latest! Glen Park Association quarterly meeting
Glen Park Association Summer Meeting Thursday, July 25, 7pm Glen Park Recreation Center, Elk at Chenery Agenda 7:00: Call to Order Speakers Supervisor Mandelman Kern Alley – SFMTA, SFPW Autonomous vehicles – SFMTA, SFCTA, Cruise (GM) 8:45: Adjournment
City Agency Hearings on Vacation
Your faithful correspondent is out of town this week and can’t look at all the agendas. Instead, I’ll forward this from SFMTA: As you may be aware, the SFMTA Board of Directors is preparing a search for a new Director of Transportation to lead the SFMTA. Given the importance of transportation in SF, our […]
Feedback Wanted: Bikeshare Station
Lyft has begun outreach regarding a third bikeshare station proposed for Glen Park (reported on in the summer issue of the Glen Park News). Please see Lyft’s flyer here: V21 Multi-purpose Flyer Arlington Garden and address your feedback to outreach@fordgobike.com As of mid-May when I last spoke to the company, they think there will be a […]