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Mike Schiraldi offered up a quick overview of the posted minutes, which make it easier to envision what’s being proposed, and kindly let us post them: ========= These are the key points that jumped out : At the Diamond / Bosworth intersection, they’re looking into… …adding an extra cycle to the traffic lights, called a […]

GLEN PARK VILLAGE SIDEWALK SALE! Saturday  MAY 18th  from  9am – 8pm THANK YOU for your support and don’t forget to “like” us at:   www.facebook.com/GPMASF  

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 7:00pm 400 Blk Arlington Stolen Vehicle 9:30pm Chenery/Diamond Theft from Vehicle Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 9:39am Castro/30th Traffic Collision 5:11pm Unit Blk Natick Recovered Vehicle Thursday, May 9th, 2013 2:15pm 100 Blk Bosworth Vandalism to Vehicle Friday, May 10th, 2013 7:00pm 100 Blk Moffitt Theft from Vehicle Saturday, May 11th, 2013 […]

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 1:45pm Unit Blk Roanoke Recovered Vehicle Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 3:37pm 200 Blk Miguel Recovered Vehicle Thursday, April 25th, 2013 4:19pm Unit Blk Chenery Harassing Phone Calls 9:30pm 200 Blk Bemis Vandalism to Property Friday, April 26th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Saturday, April 27th, 2013 Nothing to report […]

By Murray Schneider After 28 years working as a horticulturist for San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Department, Gloria Koch simply couldn’t walk away from work she loved. So the 20-year Diamond Street resident, after retiring six months ago, began volunteering with Friends of Glen Canyon Park. Gloria Koch ready for a day volunteering along Glen […]

A warning about poison oak in the Canyon I was emailing with Murray Schneider, who writes about the Canyon on the Glen Park News blog, and he warned me that there’s a lot of poison oak out right now. In fact his exact words where “Where isn’t there poison oak?” He suggests staying on the […]

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 7:30am           Diamond/Chenery                     Threats 11:13am           Brompton/Joost                        Recovered Vehicle 12:30pm           200 Blk Randall                        Theft from Building 10:27pm           Congo/Stillings                         Traffic Collision Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 2:58am           Unit Blk Monterey                    Burglary Thursday, April 18th, 2013 3:06pm           Oshaughnessy/Bosworth           Traffic Collision Friday, April 19th, 2013 9:51pm       2800 Blk Diamond                 Theft Officers Lustenberger and Chew were patrolling the […]

Last fall the male Great Horned Owl that  lived in Glen Canyon was found dead. A necropsy revealed that he had eaten a poisoned mouse or rat.  With his demise  many all been concerned about the mating prospects this year. No nesting activity had been observed. But today Evelyn Rose of the Tramps of San […]

By Jeanne Halpern T. S. Eliot notwithstanding, April is not the cruelest month.  In Glen Park, in fact, it may be the kindest month for the senses, when native plants in public and private gardens seem to have no goal other than to delight.  Walk the trails in Glen Canyon Park and, at the boardwalk, savor […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Alison Draper came to Glen Canyon to pull mustard and returned a month later to get married. On March 9 she and her partner Neil Mitchell stood above the canyon floor next to the angelica rocks. That’s what the Friends of Glen Canyon Park call them, because the wildflower […]

Monday afternoon’s high winds blew over a tree in the 800 block of Chenery Street, crushing a car windshield and sheering off a mirror. Branches flew over 20 feet away. The roots of the tree had been bricked in to a small space, unclear if that affected the tree’s stability.

CHAMBER WORKS FOR STRINGS Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello and Beethoven’s String Quartet, Op. 127 in Eb major SYMPHONY MUSICIANS: CHEN ZHAO, MARIKO SMILEY KELLY LEON-PEARCE,  GINA FEINAUER, AND MARGARET TAIT DATE                  SUNDAY   APRIL 14, 2013 TIME                   Doors opens at 615 PM –  performance starts at 7 PM VENUE      ST. AIDAN’S CHURCH  […]

Monday, April 1st, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 3:28pm           Unit Blk Arbor                         Battery 8:22pm           600 Blk Chenery                      Warrant Arrest Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 5:30am           Chenery/Diamond                     Stolen License Plate 5:59pm           O’shaughnessy/Bosworth          Traffic Collision Thursday, April 4th, 2013 10:12am     200 Blk Baden                        Theft Officers Rueca and Graham were dispatched to the […]

Greetings! This is a reminder of our Thursday meeting. Please join us for the 2nd quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association.   Date:  Thursday, April 11, 2013 Location:  St. John School at 925 Chenery Street   Time:  7:00 PM    Agenda:   700 PM: Call to Order   Committee / Treasurer Reports   Program:  Updates on pending Bosworth–Diamond and Bosworth-Arlington traffic improvements.  The Planning […]

Krista, who was in a bike accident in the 800 block of Chenery Street on Saturday that required paramedics and an ambulance  ride to the hospital emailed Sunday that she’s doing fine. “Thank you to everyone who came to my aid yesterday evening.  I am extremely grateful for the kindness and concern you showed me […]

SF CTA’s new interactive transit project map: http://www.sfcta.org/mystreetsf-map Pedestrian Safety Hearing video playback: http://sanfrancisco.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=164&clip_id=17209 (hearing starts at 1:05:38, public comments start at 2:00:40)   Thanks to  Lee Hsu of West Portal for providing the SFCTA map of transportation improvements.

Monday, March 25th, 2013 6:05pm  100 Blk Laidley  Robbery Ingleside Officers Leung and Zerga were on routine patrol when they were sent to the unit block or Laidley to investigate a robbery. At the location, the officers met a woman who said she was robbed of her purse while walking home from the Glen Park […]

From opening day, March 31 Ric Lopez of the Glen Park Merchants Association cuts the ribbon, aided by Daniel.

CHAMBER WORKS FOR STRINGS Ravel Duo for Violin and Cello and Beethovenʼs String Quartet, Op. 127 in Eb major SYMPHONY MUSICIANS: CHEN ZHAO, MARIKO SMILEY KELLY LEON-PEARCE, GINA FEINAUER, AND MARGARET TAIT DATE SUNDAY APRIL 14, 2013 TIME Doors opens at 615 PM – performance starts at 7 PM VENUE ST. AIDANʼS CHURCH at 101 […]

Please join us for the second quarterly meeting of the Glen Park Association.  Date:  Thursday, April 11, 2013  Location:  St. John School, at 925 Chenery Street  Time:  7:00 PM  Agenda 700 PM: Call to Order    ·   Committee / Treasurer Reports  Program: Updates on pending Bosworth-Diamond and Bosworth-Arlington traffic improvements.  The Planning Department and Municipal Transportation Agency          staff will speak on this item. The Penny Lane – Surrey Steps […]

Monday, March 18th, 2013 8:00am          Unit Blk Richland                      Stolen Vehicle 10:30am          100 Blk Bosworth                    Stolen Vehicle 4:50pm          Bosworth /Diamond                  Traffic Collision 6:00pm          900 Blk Bosworth                    Burglary 10:00pm           Noe/30th                                 Traffic Collision Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 2:10pm       Farnum/Moffitt                       Robbery Officer Johnson responded to the 300 block of Addison Street regarding a robbery with […]

Please see the San Francisco Chronicle story here.

Closed BART station. Photo by Carolyn Deancy. The The Glen Park BART station reopened at 6:10, almost three hours after it was closed when a man was found on the Richmond-bound tracks.  Local television stations descended on the station to report the story and early on a helicopter hovered overhead. Glen Park Association safety director […]

By Murray Schneider If San Franciscans aren’t convinced by this time that the renovated Sunnyside Conservatory is a magical venue for listening to chamber music, it wouldn’t have taken much to convince them on March 17. The Temescal String Quartet had no trouble persuading a capacity-filled Conservatory audience of music aficionados this was the case […]

}From SFMTA. Photo from the Twitter feed of Filipe Robles] Thank you for your continued interest in the Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP). After months of waiting for dry weather, the TEP will finally implement one of its pilot projects beginning Monday March 25th. SFMTA will be painting the two center lanes on Church Street between […]

If you, like I, have at times wondered if the bay trees around town are the same ones that bay leaves used in cooking come from, here’s a little tidbit from Friends of the Urban Forest about how you can tell. ======== Waiter, there’s a tree in my soup Arboreal News: Grecian Laurel The Grecian […]

By Murray Schneider On February 16 over 20 neighborhood residents stood at the corner of Bosworth and Congo Streets and applauded the Bosworth Gardens, the creation of Surrey Street’s John Priola. For seven months, John Priola, 52, has been beautifying street medians with drought tolerant plants along Glen Park’s busy thoroughfare. “Thank you,” said Priola, […]

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 7:30pm  Arlington/Natick  Robbery Ingleside officer Locket was sent to the unit block of Highland Street to investigate a report of a robbery. The victim told the officer that he was walking home from the Glen Park BART station, when three men ran up to him near the intersection of Arlington and […]

The Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory Proudly Present The Temescal  Quartet Sunday,March 17th Sunnyside Conservatory, 236 Monterey Boulevard, San Francisco Doors open at 3:30 PM, Music begins at 4:00 PM Suggested Donation $20  

From Carolyn Deacy, the safety chair of the Glen Park Association Notes from Diamond Heights/Glen Park Community Meeting, March 2, 1013, 4:00 pm at St. Aidan’s Church. This report is based on my notes–I apologize for any inaccurate information. Supervisor Scott Wiener and Captain David Lazar, Captain of the Police Academy (nice to have him […]

Hi All, At Supervisor Wiener’s Community Meeting for Diamond Heights and Glen Park on March 2, Capt. David Lazar, the new Director of the SF Police Academy, announced that the SFPD is starting a new program called the Auxiliary Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT). The program will recruit, train, credential, and uniform volunteers to assist […]

Photos by Murray Schneider A neighbor sent in questions to Rec and Park and yesterday they sent back answers. Questions below, answers on top. === From: Karen Mauney-Brodek Deputy Director for Park Planning, Capital and Planning Division Hi Shauna, Thank you very much for your email and call about these conditions. Fencing As we discussed when […]

Photos by Michael Waldstein

Construction at Glen Canyon Park started in early January and is progressing steadily. When complete, the project will feature improvements to the tennis courts, children’s play area, recreation center, landscaping, and Elk Street entrance.   Although the sights and sounds of construction can be hard to escape around the eastern end of the park, we […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider The Recreation and Park’s Natural Areas Program’s Saddle Trail Project that began on January 16 with the construction of 62 box steps along the canyon’s eastern slope was completed on March 1, after construction workers from Yerba Buena Construction Company spent the month of February building a series of […]

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 8:00pm  1500 Blk Diamond  Traffic Collision Thursday, February 14th, 2013 3:46pm  Bosworth/Congo  Traffic Collision Friday, February 15th, 2013 1:35pm  5600 Blk Diamond Heights   Theft from Vehicle 03:56am  2800 Blk Diamond  Burglary Suspect#1: Unknown male, 25-35 yrs. old, 6’0 in height, 190 […]

By Murray Schneider Edith Lauterbach who, along with four other United Airlines flight attendants, pioneered the first union in 1945 that fought for fair labor practices and higher salaries in the airline industry died on February 4. Ede, as she was known, was 91. Her passing was announced by the union she trail blazed, the […]

CARING FOR OUR CANYON On your next visit to Glen Canyon Park you will see a stark contrast in the landscape where majestic Eucalyptus stood for more than a century lining Alms Road. The removal of these signature trees over the past two weeks has been the source of heated controversy surrounding the facilities renovation […]

As the Chron notes below, neighborhood blogs need support, i.e. writers and photographers. If you’d like to write for us, please drop a line. Hurdles, rewards for neighborhood blogs MEDIA Caleb Garling Updated 8:35 pm, Monday, February 11, 2013 Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/technology/article/Hurdles-rewards-for-neighborhood-blogs-4269485.php#ixzz2LSTsh1Os Big media companies trying to cash in on hyper-local news – information that’s sometimes specific […]

Friday, February 8, 2013 10:00am  400 Blk Monterey  Theft of Bicycle 7:30pm  Diamond/Conrad  Theft from Vehicle 9:00pm  600 Blk Arlington  Theft from Vehicle 11:00pm  Chenery/Laidley  Vandalism Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:00pm  700 Blk Bosworth  Theft from Vehicle 7:00pm  800 Blk Bosworth  Theft from Vehicle Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:43am  500 Blk Arlington  Vandalism Monday, February 11, […]

By Murray Schneider If you missed Glen Park artist Jean Conner’s show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last year, you can still see the Sussex Street artist’s most recent artwork, currently on exhibit Smith Andersen Editions gallery in Palo Alto. No stranger to having her work displayed, Jean Conner, who has lived […]

In light of recent trends on crime throughout District 8, Supervisor Wiener is organizing a community meeting focusing on public safety in Noe Valley and Glen Park. Details for the meeting are listed as follows: Noe Valley & Glen Park Public Safety Community Meeting Tuesday, February 19th 7:00-8:00pm Horace Mann Middle School 3351 23rd Street […]

A warm welcome to Hilary Schiraldi,  our new Glen Park Association volunteer, who’s agreed to take on collecting the Glen Park crimes out of the Ingleside crime lists for posting! ==== The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter: Saturday, February 2, 2013 8:00pm  100 Blk Laidley  Stolen License Plate Sunday, February 3, 2013 […]