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Police chase on San Jose Avenue results in a massive accident

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On Friday, February 14 at 5:18pm AlertSF blasted out the warning, “Avoid the area of San Jose Avenue/Rousseau St. due to Police Activity. Emergency crews are on scene.”  According to an eyewitness, police were waiting in the northbound side, somewhere just north of the underpass. The witness drove past them (going north) and noticed they […]

San Francisco Superior Court seeks candidates for Civil Grand Jury

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The San Francisco Superior Court is currently recruiting members for the 2025-26 Civil Grand Jury. The application deadline is May 2, 2025.  More information is available on the Civil Grand Jury website  and the SF courts website. Apply to join the Civil Grand Jury | SF.gov Further information about service on the Civil Grand Jury […]

New Bikeshare Location

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A bikeshare station near Dolores Huerta Elementary School that was uprooted for road work has returned to a slightly different place: on Randall Street west of Chenery Street whereas previously it was east of Chenery. “Staff will initiate follow-up outreach with neighborhood associations, residents, and other denizens to collect feedback about this new location,” said […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–January recap

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Happy almost Valentine’s Day Glen Park! I don’t have a whole lot to report since my recap of 2024. As expected, we are moving and shaking in the market and there are a lot of buyers kicking the tires out there. Many properties are sitting in a “Coming Soon” status citywide which predicts a robust […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–December recap

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Welcoming 2025: Reflecting on the Past, Looking Ahead Happy New Year Glen Park! I hope you all had the chance to unwind and enjoy some well-deserved time with loved ones this holiday season. Personally, it was a refreshing break—after a whirlwind of work from summer through the end of the year, everything wrapped up just […]

Tree removal project along O’Shaughnessy Blvd. Jan. 13-24

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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has a tree removal project planned at O’Shaughnessy Boulevard near Bosworth Street that is scheduled to begin January 13, 2025. This project is a follow up to the tree removals that we did in the area last year, which was highlighted in an article written by Heather World. The trees […]

Local charity focuses on reading proficiency in 2025

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The year has flown by. Looking back reveals that Urban Angels SF has had its greatest impact in its 9-year history. Looking forward, our most important mission awaits, Rise Up SF, supporting the education of underserved children in grades 1 – 4 in San Francisco. How bad is it? Nearly 50% of the children in the San Francisco […]

Silent Night, Christmas Night

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Glen Park was deserted. Even the Glen Park Station bar was closed. You could stand in the middle of the street without fear as you could see traffic coming from a stop light away. The exception was our neighborhood Chinese restaurant, Win Garden, where the joint was jumping and business was brisk. The clientele was […]

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 […]

What Glen Park eyesore is more-or-less 200 feet long and 42 inches high?

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Photo: Suzanne Ginsburg  (All other photos and images courtesy of Sirron Norris.) If you guessed that the “eyesore” is the very low, extremely unattractive and blotchy cement wall bordering the ball field on Elk Street—the one with the very tall chain link fence hovering above it—you are correct. And it is on that quite low […]

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 […]

More art for Glen Park!

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Are you ready for some more neighborhood beautification? We hope so! There’s a new Glen Park resident-led effort to transform the dreary Elk Street retaining wall of the Glen Canyon ball field into a beautiful mural. The idea came from long-time GP resident Suzanne Ginsburg who contacted Renee Berger, the project leader of Burnside Mural+, […]

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 […]