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Up-to-the-minute news from Glen Park

Bonnee Waldstein

Tornado–in SF??

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Glen Parkers, and indeed all of San Francisco, were awakened at 5:51am by a screeching emergency alert on their devices. We were being warned about a possible tornado, something we’re used to hearing about in Midwestern flyover country but not here. By 6:15am the shelter in place was called off, no tornado had materialized. But […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–November recap

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Happy Holidays! I’m so excited about all of the great things going on in Glen Park right now. The Burnside Steps were finally finished and they look AMAZING, and now Sirron Norris is working on a mural for Elk St. in front of Glen Canyon Park that will represent all of the great things in […]

Get rain ready

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The rains are coming! The Glen Park Association recommends– Click here for helpful preparation tips. Pay special attention to the Learn What to Do When a Sewer Backup or Flooding Occurs. (Lots of helpful stuff–Click the “+” drop-down) Consider Adopting a Drain–it’s so easy to help prevent sewer backups!

KQED Radio’s Bay Curious features Glen Canyon Park, site of first dynamite factory in US

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Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), recently was interviewed on KQED’s program about surprising facts about the Bay Area, this time focusing on Glen Canyon’s status as the location of the first dynamite factory in the US. Thanks to the efforts of Rose and the late Jean […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–October recap

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Brighter mornings and darker nights now that we’ve made it past daylight savings time, and it is a bit of a tumultuous time here in our fine city (and country for that matter). Lots of speculation going on, and frankly, I don’t intend to take part in too much of that on this day. I’m […]

Neighbors, politicos flock to opening of Burnside tiled steps

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It was an exciting scene as crowds gathered to witness the ribbon cutting of the Burnside Mural+ project, now completed with a mural and tiled steps. It was Glen Park resident Renee Berger’s vision  for a drab wall and stairway transformation into an eye-popping instant neighborhood treasure. The timeline required persistence for the complex project. […]

For the 29th–or is it 30th–year, the Vella Family Pumpkins are on display for Halloween

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This year, 140+ pumpkins will be on display outside the Vella family home at 354 Sussex. It’s a family tradition in its 29th year.The pumpkins will be on display starting at 5 pm on October 31. See attached for some new pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNf6sf42oI&t=8s My daughter Maya (now Dr. Maya Vella, MD, a UCSF Radiologist) and […]

Take a walk—October is SF Stairway Month

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Seven miles, 5-ish hours and 494 steps–who would show up for such an arduous journey? Around 60 intrepid and sturdy people did, that’s who. October is SF Stairway Month, inaugurated this year by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, in which the city is celebrating the 900+ public stairways across San Francisco. One of the events was […]

Breathtaking! October is SF Stairway Month

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October in San Francisco is already perfection but it’s going to be even better!  On October 1st the SF Board of Supervisors, with the initiative of District 8 Supervisor Mandelman, unanimously passed a resolution announcing the first ever San Francisco Stairway Month! The proclamation kicks off a slew of great events, including the installation of […]

Short notice–SF Civil Grand Jury report: Come Hell or Highwater: Flood Management in a Changing Climate

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The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury (CGJ) has issued its report, with findings and recommendations, evaluating the city’s flood management system in light of climate change. The CGJ and the City’s response can be found here. The Board of Supervisors Government Audit and Oversight committee will have a hearing to discuss the issues raised in […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–August recap

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Greetings Glen Park! We have now moved solidly into the post Labor Day fall market in San Francisco. Lots of inventory has been popping up along with quite a few “Coming Soon” properties that are not yet viewable to the general public. Other places that I look for indications that inventory is on the rise […]

Noe Valley Art Festival and Art Walk– Sunday, Sept. 22

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND 10AM-4PM NOE VALLEY TOWN SQUARE 3861 24TH STREET Mark your calendar for the 3rd annual, FREE to the public, Noe Valley Art Festival featuring 23 artists who will be showcasing and selling photographs, paintings, drawings, multi media art, jewelry, ceramics, fabric art, digital art and sculpture. Many of the artists are locals […]

September 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter

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Hello Ingleside Community! Our National Night out on 8/6/24 here at Ingleside side Station was a big success! I would like to acknowledge the members of the Ingleside Community Police Advisory Board (CPAB) for their hard work and dedication in putting the event together. Huge thanks to Annie Hsia, Anna Liao, Kelvin Chan, Rex Tabora, […]

Glen Park Filmmaker’s Two New Films Screen at Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema

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Award-winning filmmaker Dan Goldes, who has lived in Glen Park since 1998, has two new short documentary films screening at the 21st version of Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, Sept. 5 – 7. Information about the free Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema is available at bhoutdoorcine.org. “Waiter For Life” provides an intimate look at a group of […]

Fatal accident in busy intersection of Glen Park

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Sometime after 1pm this afternoon, a fatal accident occurred at the southwest corner of Diamond and Bosworth Streets. According to a bystander who overheard a witness telling SFPD, a woman is deceased after being hit by a truck outside the Glen Park Market. The driver remained at the scene. According to the most current information […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–July recap

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Happy August! This summer has been one of the busiest for me in my career and I’ve really been enjoying the hustle and bustle. I’m one of those people that gets a lot more done the more that needs to be done. I’ve been noticing that prospective buyers are really getting off the fence and […]

Glen Park Hardware is closing

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In a blow to the neighborhood commercial corridor, Glen Park Hardware is closing after just six months under its most recent ownership, a limited liability corporation named Rikbull with a mailing address in San Carlos in San Mateo County. As indicated by the nine signs in the store window, everything is 50% off; store hours […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–June recap

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I’m writing this during the most sweltering 4th of July weekend. Wow, it’s been really hot for a long time! I have a listing in Novato and was over there the other day – 107 degrees and almost impossible to grab the steering wheel to drive when getting back in my car. I think this […]

Pigeons–a political mess

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About a week or two ago, a curious sight appeared at the Glen Park BART station plaza–a young woman with a a hawk perched on her finger. The Glen Park News wasn’t able to approach her to see what she was doing there. Fortunately the San Francisco Standard was on it and we can report […]

Canyon Market Bakes

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(Steiman retired in 2019 after 35 years as an editor and writer at Wine Spectator magazine. Prior to that he was food and wine editor at the San Francisco Examiner and hosted daily radio programs on food on KCBS and KNBR. He  lives in Glen Park.) Photos: Harvey Steiman Glen Park is asleep at 3am. […]

Glen Park’s Nicki Michaels nominated for prestigious award

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Nicki Michaels, resident of Glen Park since 2007, has been nominated along with two collaborators for an Eisner award, the “Oscar” of comics and graphic novels. There are 32 categories of awards. The trio was nominated in the Best Comics-Related Book category for Flamed Out: The Underground Adventures and Comix Genius of Willy Murphy. (Fantagraphics […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–MAY recap

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We are officially moving into summertime! With many schools already out for summer, people will start leaving town for their eagerly awaited vacations. This, coupled with our San Francisco counterintuitive cold summer weather, typically results in a summertime real estate slowdown. That said, there are a lot of buyers out there, and those who are […]

June 2024 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletter

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Happy June to you and everyone in the Ingleside Station Community!  Summer is just around the corner, and we are looking forward to it.  However, it’s not all fun and games.  Summer brings the law enforcement community some different challenges.  Summer is the time when many of us go on vacation, leaving our homes unattended.  […]

Cecil Williams, longtime champion of the poor, co-founder of Glide Church, dies at 94 (SF Chronicle)

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In addition to his great works for the city of San Francisco, Cecil Williams was a decades-long resident of Hiliritas Avenue in Glen Park. Upon his death last month The San Francisco Chronicle published this extensive obituary detailing a most extraordinary life. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/cecil-williams-obituary-17820200.php His memorial was held on May 12, also written up in the […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–April recap

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And just like that it’s May! I’m a little late getting this information out as I’ve been quite busy. Things are really heating up in the housing market with short periods of cooling off whenever the rates jump back up again. Everyone was talking about how the rates were going to continue to go down […]