Elizabeth Weise

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — BART police are investigating an attack by vandals at the Glen Park station in San Francisco. A group of about 10 to 20 vandals damaged turnstiles and spray-painted graffiti at the Glen Park station Thursday night. They swung hammers and destroyed the Clipper Card readers at the station’s entrance. Some of the […]

Musicians Morgan Nilsen and Justin Ancheta live in Glen Park and created a sustainable movement they coined “A Call To Localize.” The motivation for its creation grew from a desire they both have to bring community together while creating sustainable ways to maintain culture, opportunity, health, transportation, and many of the other elements that fuel […]

By Murray Schneider Glen Park News Canyon Correspondent San Francisco high school chemistry students are back in school and hitting the books, but if any had hiked Glen Canyon Park trails on September 8th they’d have been surprised to see a City Park and Rec truck parked with a hulking 500-gallon tank wedged on its […]

Get some great ideas this Sunday September  11th! The Event will be… Cookin’ the Market Culinary Demonstrations Join Market Chef Mario Hernandez for a free cooking demonstration He will create simple, delicious dishes featuring the best of the market Recipes, tips, techniques and tastings will be shared Demos will run at 11:00am and 1:00p! m […]

Miraloma Fall Fiesta Saturday September 10 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Miraloma Clubhouse 350 Oshaughnessy Blvd. at Del Vale The Miraloma Park Improvement Club invites you to come out and join your neighbors for an afternoon of food and fun! A taco truck will be serving burritos and tacos; beer, soda, and juice boxes will […]

Thank you for joining the Glen Park – Diamond Heights – Sunnyside mayoral forum on September 14, 2011. We would like to start promptly at 700 pm at St John School on Chenery Street. Here is the format: Rachel Gordon of the Chronicle will be the moderator. 700 pm: Introductions – 1 minute each. Rachel […]

By Murray Schneider While it will be some time before the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond money is used for Glen Canyon trail improvements, San Francisco Recreation and Park’s Natural Areas employees didn’t let any dust collect beneath their feet on August 24th. Joe Grey and Jon Campo removed a step to a […]

It’s the annual St. Nicholas Middle Eastern Food Festival this weekend at the Orthodox church up by Safeway in Diamond Heights (5200 Diamond Heights Blvd.) It runs from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Saturday and Sunday. They’ll have food, art, music, dancing, prizes and a raffle. You also get the chance to tour the church, […]

By Murray Schneider This Mother’s Day witnessed the groundbreaking of The Little Red Hen Community Garden on Police Academy property. Now, a little over three months later, a granite monument is mounted in front of it, witness that the Little Red Hen Community Garden not only could, but did. On August 17th, Betty Louis surveyed […]

The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter: Friday, August 5: Nothing in the report from Glen Park Saturday, August 6: Nothing in the report from Glen Park Sunday, August 7: Nothing in the report from Glen Park Monday, August 8: 12:15am    Sussex/Diamond      Aggravated Assault                        Officer Archilla was dispatched to the residence regarding an assault.  The victim […]

by Ashley Hathaway The Glen Canyon Park Improvement Plan continues to move forward and Karen Mauney-Brodek,
Deputy Director, Park
Planning for San Francisco Recreation and Parks will present the proposed plans at the second Recreation and  Park Commission hearing.  The hearing takes place at 10 am on Thursday August 18, City Hall, Room 416 and is open […]

Christopher Campbell pruning coyote brush in Glen Canyon. By Murray Schneider, Glen Canyon correspondent It was a good morning for day-trippers who walked the Glen Canyon trail, the one that begins below the Turquoise Way steps. It wasn’t such a great day for Algerian ivy that encroaches Medusa-like along the same trail, its tendrils prone to […]

By Murray Schneider More than 50 family, friends and fellow fire fighters released more than a hundred balloons above Fire Station 26 at noon on Sunday, August 14th to remember the 54th birthday of San Francisco firefighter and paramedic, Anthony Valerio. The red, yellow, blue and orange balloons sailed to the left of both the […]

Come join us on August 13th for the > Sunnyside “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Garage Sale! > Do you love to find hidden treasures or gently used clothes, toys, furniture and household items at a fraction of their original cost? > Be green, find some new treasures, meet your neighbors, and have some fun! > 25+ […]

Please share with all the music lovers you know…. Live @ Sunnyside Conservatory, in a return concert Temescal String Quartet Sunday, August 14th @ 2 pm, Doors open at 1 $20 suggested donation at the door, but no one turned away Program: Prokofiev, String Quartet no. 1 Dvorak, American String Quartet More info: www.sunnysideconservatory.org If you’d like to […]

The following are crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Friday July 29 12:45pm             Unit Blk Harper           Theft Officer Gomez responded to the call of a theft.  Victim advised that he had ordered a smartphone through the mail.  When he arrived home he noticed the package on the floor in front of his home but the […]

Greetings! There is a lot going on that is new and alive.  First of all, the new Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory website just went live!  Check it out at: www.sunnysideconservatory.org  Then, mark your calendar to join us Sunday, August 14th, at 2 pm in the Conservatory for a live performance by Temescal String Quartet.  Details and […]

By Murray Schneider “She’s having a big milking tantrum,” said Heidi Kooy, as she milked Lucy, her two-year old, 65-pound goat, at the inaugural Root to Fruits event billed as San Francisco’s “First Fruit Tasting and Urban Orchard Cultural Fair.” The School of the Arts’ School Farm on Portola Avenue, which partners with the Ecology […]

Nice police work on the 24th. I’d heard about this break in, glad to hear they caught the guy. ==== The following are crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Saturday July 23 – Nothing in the report from Glen Park Sunday July 24 – 4:13pm               Unit Blk Chilton                   Arrest Officers Hauscarriague, Almaguer and Sgt. Chan identified […]

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. It seems that work has moved slowly on the Bosworth Condo project, and some wonder if work has even come to a halt.   The sad structure on Rousseau remains unsightly and […]

  From Ric Lopez, Glen Park Merchants Association: Yeah!!  GLEN PARK VILLAGE FARMERS’ MARKET  Yeah!! More good news from the GLEN PARK VILLAGE FARMERS’ MARKET! The FARMERS’ MARKET will be extended through NOVEMBER 20th! The Market was initially scheduled to close in October, but its popularity necessitated its extension.  “We’re excited about the success of […]

At 8:57 AM on Thursday, July 21, a neighbor posted this message to the Glen Park Bulletin Board email list: What seems like a very young chicken just hopped up our back steps onto our deck. Picture attached. Please let us know if this is yours. S/he seems very comfortable with humans as s/he came […]

Successful Fund Raising for the Fallen Firemen After the June 3 Berkeley Way fire that took the lives for Lt. Vincent Perez and Fireman Anthony Valerio of Station 26 in Diamond Heights, the Glen Park Association board of directors announced a $500 matching plan for donations to funds set up at the San Francisco Fire […]

By Bonnee Waldstein The summer meeting of the GPA on July 13 was billed as a dessert social, and most folks brought a goodie to share.  Another special feature was its location at the Sunnyside Conservatory, where residents could marvel at their surroundings as they participated in a jam-packed agenda.  Sally Ross of Friends of […]

By Gail Bensinger It’s official – the sweets shop on Diamond formerly known as Eggettes is now Rock-It Swirl. According to Mark Fuentes, co-owner of the shop, the agreement with the Eggettes franchise was ended on July 1, about five years after the shop was opened. No more sweet waffles, rice balls or other Asian […]

From Suzanne Kramer:   Hi everyone! Just wanted to send out an email to remind you of our premiere show this Sunday at Bird and Beckett Books and Records! We really appreciate your support and hope you can make the show. It starts at 4:30 and will go til 7:30. Kids are invited! Thanks so much, Suzanne You can […]

From Scott Wiener, our District 8 Supervisor: I’m sending this email to a number of neighborhood association leaders and other involved folks in District 8, in order to explain my vote yesterday on the AT&T environmental appeal.  I would appreciate it if you would forward this email to your boards, memberships, and neighbors who have […]

Photo by Carol Korycinski We’re still trying to get all the details on this dramatic car crash, which happened in the early evening on Saturday, July 9th. This car went into the side of Bernie Kelly’s office on the corner of Bosworth and Diamond. No one appears to have been injured, but the building suffered […]

By Murray Schneider “Camera!” No, not John Huston directing Mary Astor in the “Maltese Falcon” on Stockton Street. “Action!” No, again. Not Alfred Hitchcock directing Kim Novak in “Vertigo” atop Nob Hill. “Take one!” said Aniruddaha Roy Chowdhury, directing Padmapriya, the young star of his film, “Aparajita Tumi,” on Chenery Street. On a sunny summer […]

Following are crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Monday, July 11th, 2011 4:25pm       Unit Blk Chilton St              Burglary Officer Fung and CPSA Wong responded to this location regarding a residential burglary.  Victim reported that she had secured the front door to her residence that morning and gone to work. Upon returning to the house, she discovered several […]

Happy Summer!  On the heels of two recent meetings in Glen Park, I wanted to give you a little briefing in case you missed them. Also, I’d like to provide a general update on where the Community Plan is headed over the next few months.  We’re happy to be moving this planning process (which began […]

Hello ‘Friends of the Urban Forest’ organizers and tree planters – Organizing for tree planting is going extraordinarily well throughout the city! In the next few months OMI, SOMA, Castro, Central + Outer Sunset, North Bernal, Crocker Amazon, and Glen Park are in contention for a coveted community planting date in their neighborhood. Can you help organize […]

At least two weeks behind schedule, a correction is made to the concrete apron connecting the new ramp to the street asphalt at Chenery and Brompton. There seems to have been a dispute between different sub departments of Department of Public Works about the design of this particular ramp. There’s hope, said the Dept. of […]

July & August 2011 Newsletter   Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email: scott.wiener@sfgov.org   For more regular updates, follow me on Facebook and Twitter:                  Community Updates   Open House and Art Show In My Office Thursday, July 21st  5:30PM-7:00 PM San Francisco City Hall, Room 274 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Since I was sworn […]

Apparently no one told us that National Poetry Month was last April. We appear to believe it starts this coming Monday and runs through August. And in fact, it seems unlikely to stop even then. If you’ve got no use for poetry, well… there are other rewards. If that’s you, skip this email and go […]

Great event happening right here, at the rim of Glen Canyon, at The School Farm, School of the Arts (SOTA) 555 Portola Drive: http://roots-to-fruits.com/events. Pam Peirce, Author of Golden Gate Gardening, is the keynote speaker at this event (http://www.pampeirce.com). If you’ve never been to the SOTA Farm, you are in for a real treat. A hidden gem […]

More than 30 alumni who attended Silver Tree Day Camp in the 1980s and 1990s returned to the canyon on July 7 for the weekly campfire program to reminisce about their days as campers, JCs and counselors. There are plans for another reunion, probably next summer, and a donation drive is in the works.  The […]

The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter July 3rd 2011 – Nothing in the report from Glen Park July 4th 2011 – Nothing in the report from Glen Park July 5th, 2011 – Nothing in the report from Glen Park July 6th, 2011 – 4:20 pm    500 blk Chenery        Recovered Stolen Vehicle July 7th, 2011 – Nothing in the report from […]

GLEN PARK VILLAGE WELCOMES  CUP a coffee and pastry spot located at 6 Monterey Blvd. (Monterey Blvd. and Diamond St.) This new member of our Merchants Corridor will be  having  A Village Friends and Family Party this coming Sunday July 17th 12:00 – 4:00pm Coffee, Tea, Pastries and a live Band! CUP will commence business with […]

What’s not to like?   Glen Park Association Pot-luck Appetizer and Dessert Social, (also known as the  Quarterly Meeting) Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 6:30pm Sunnyside Conservatory (Monterey Boulevard between Baden and Congo) The Conservatory fronts on Monterey Boulevard between Baden and Congo Streets. There is also a back entry from Joost, where parking may be easier. […]

Here’s a picture of the fallen tree’s root stump and the hole that it came out of. The lightened area shows the extra piece of concrete that was just underground and further crowding the tree’s roots. The question is: Who is making these choices when planting our street trees? If you thought you heard chain […]

By Murray Schneider Glen Park News Canyon Correspondent On a sunny Wednesday morning, Lisa Wayne, Rec and Park’s Natural Areas Program Manager, went hunting in Glen Canyon. Small game — wasps to be specific. Freed from the administrative tasks waiting for her at her Stanyan Street office, Wayne thought she’d enjoy turning her green thumb […]

WHAT:    Neighborhood Emergency Response Training WHEN:    Thursdays 6 – 9 pm (Aug 18, 25, Sep 1, 8, 15, 22) WHERE:  Glen Park Recreation Center COST:     Free to San Francisco Residents RSVP:     Email: sffdnert@sfgov.org or Call: 415-970-2024                For more information online, www.sfgov.org/sffdnert   __._,_.___

WHAT:   The Office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will be in the Village  WHEN:   Friday, July 8th: 2 – 5 pm WHERE:  Glen Park Public Library Her district staff will be available to offer assistance in resolving issues with federal agencies, such as problems obtaining Social Security/SSI, Medicare, Student lo! ans, Veterans benefits, etc.  They […]

The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Thursday, June 30th  Nothing reported in Glen Park Friday July 1st Nothing reported in Glen Park Saturday July 2 12:37 am   400 blk Laidley                     Burglary Officer Morgante was sent to investigate a burglary incident.  The victim told the officer that he left his home and that he observed someone […]

Story by Murray Schneider Photos by Chris Hardy “Citizens. Citizens, news from Philadelphia” shouted Brian Brosnahan, the Sage of Laidley Street. He stood on his front steps, preparing to list the abuses of King George III. “Down with the King,” sang a chorus of Fairmount Heights and Glen Park patriots, their clothes festooned with red, […]

Sunday, June 26th, 2011 Nothing reported in Glen Park Monday, June 27th, 2011 12:00pm   Still/Lyell                       Robbery Officer Rand responded to the call of a robbery that had just occurred.  Various other units from Ingleside Station also responded to the scene.  Officer Rand made contact with the victim and received  detailed suspect descriptions, the suspects having just […]

Ok, it’s the 30th… let’s start here… Tonight, June 30th, 7 pm, poet Neeli Cherkovski discusses zen buddhism, poetics & politics with Gary Gach, noted writer & practitioner of same… all in the course of a celebratory reading of Neeli’s new volume of poems called From the Middle Woods.  Good detail on our website, http://www.birdbeckett.com. […]

From the Chronicle. (06-30) 12:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — BART’s morning delays were caused by a woman who jumped on the tracks at the Glen Park Station in San Francisco, lay between the rails as a train rolled over her and then somehow emerged and climbed to safety, an agency spokesman said. The woman, who […]