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Just FYI if you’re heading to BART and have a stroller or other heavy items in tow, take the elevator.  

October 18, 2012 Glen Park Recreation Center  – 700 pm AGENDA 700 PM Call to Order Committee / Treasurer Reports 715 PM  PROGRAM Meet with Supervisor Scott Wiener and Captain Tim Falvey, SFPD Ingleside District Planning Department and San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency staff – Update on Traffic Improvements at Diamond and Bosworth Streets and other […]

e campaign for Proposition B – the 2012 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bonds – is underway. At last Sunday’s Glen Park Farmers Market, we had a Prop B table with flyers and posters. Many stopped and expressed support for this measure that will complete the upgrade of the Glen Park Recreation Center, and others […]

By Murray Schneider Billy Kindle rolls through Glen Park in his Yellow Cab after he makes an airport run early on Sunday mornings. “Before BART is up I can usually find a fare,” Kindle said. “Some people don’t know BART isn’t in service before 8 A.M., and they don’t want to miss their flight.” Kindle, […]

It appears today’s earlier report was incorrect. We’ve heard now that there were three separate vandal attacks on Glen Park businesses early Monday morning, despite the presence of a security guard at CitiBank. We hope to get more information from the Glen Park Merchants Association and also from the SF Police Dept. to find out […]

I checked in with Tommy at Glen Park Cleaners Monday morning and he said there have been no more vandal attacks on businesses along Diamond or Bosworth that he’s aware of. He said that CitiBank had hired a security firm to stand guard outside of the bank overnight and he believes that may be acting […]

    By Murray Schneider Beginning earlier this week a behemoth earthmover positioned itself in front of a Islais Creek culvert and began clearing the creek and the surrounding banks of debris, with the goal of improving the quality of water flow into San Francisco Bay. Friends of Glen Canyon Park, in partnership with Recreation […]

By Murray Schneider A portion of a Monterey Pine that toppled and fell onto Alms Road at the entrance to Glen Canyon on October 1, obstructing pedestrian traffic and disrupting electrical power to the Recreation Center, has been cleared and no longer poses a threat to canyon users. PG&E worked to restore a downed electrical […]

Until the man vandalizing Diamond St. businesses is caught residents might want to avoid putting mail in the post boxes at BART, a postal employee says. She was picking up mail at Glen Park Mail Depot Thursday afternoon and said that  someone has twice poured cleaning liquids and other material into the post boxes there. “Dropping off […]

Greetings to all from the Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory; October has begun! We hope you will mark your calendar and join us for the following events: • We will have a wonderful concert, a presentation by the “Horns-A-Plenty”, on October 25th. This 5 piece brass ensemble is redefining what it is to be a brass […]

From Eric Whittington at Bird & Beckett Books on Chenery: It’s a big weekend coming up… the playoffs get underway Saturday with the Giants hosting the Reds… Hardly Strictly Bluegrass runs Friday through Sunday… Litquake starts Friday and runs for eight or ten days. When will you find time to come to your neighborhood bookshop? […]

Photo by Carolyn Deacy 8:20 Update From Michael Rice I just went over to the park. What I saw was startling. One tree had broken off about  20 feet up the trunk, fallen to the south, and hit a second tree, also about 20 feet up. The second tree fell all over the the road. […]

An email by Sup. Scott Weiner about notices that have been circulating in the neighborhood of late. ======================== In the past week, I’ve received a number of emails from constituents concerned about tree removal in Glen Canyon in connection with the upcoming project to upgrade and make changes to recreational facilities in the area of […]

By Elizabeth Weise For a week now, an early-morning vandal has been attacking Glen Park businesses on Diamond Street, setting fires, smearing excrement on store fronts, smashing windows and doors and disabling locks. Both the police and fire department are investigating and they ask that all tips be called in to the police tips line […]

To GPA members – Support Prop B and help get out the vote  Proposition B – the Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bonds measure will support park improvements across San Francisco and fund the completion of the Glen Canyon Park Improvement Plan. The measure will complement the $6 million already committed to the Rec Center […]

By Murray Schneider The Glen Park volunteers had already spent two hours Wednesday morning using three-pronged rakes or unraveled by hand hundreds of invasive Cape ivy tendrils. Enthusiasm undiminished, Recreation and Parks Natural Areas Program manager Rachel Kesel checked her watch and told the group “I think we still have time to pull pokeweed.” Kesel […]

Ric Lopez, president of the Glen Park Merchants Association, reports “We have had fires in the Village Merchant District… GLEN PARK MAIL DEPOT, GLEN PARK MARKET AND CITIBANK have been involved in fires set in or in front of their business. If you see anything suspicious, please notify the police. THANK YOU “ Flaming newspapers rammed into […]

The drain in front of our house backed up last week and stuff straight out of our toilet began spewing onto the sidewalk. I called a plumber who told me it was the city’s issue because it was their side of the drain. I called 311 and (I am not kidding) ten minutes later the […]

By Murray Schneider If you liked the short-lived series Pan Am, we have a neighbor who lived it – one who  fought and won rights stewardesses in that  show could only dream of. Edith Lauterbach, who has lived on the corner of Diamond and Arbor Streets since 1975, spent her working life flying in airplanes. […]

from a Sunnyside neighbor: Bird found near City College tests positive for West Nile Virus Please see attached Press Release from SF Department of Public Health. DPH has identified a bird found near City College on September 11th that tested positive for West Nile Virus. The good news is that San Francisco has never had a […]

The space shuttle Endeavor flew over  San Francisco at just past 9:30 this morning. Several Glen Park residents got some shots as it flew over on its way to a museum in Los Angeles. Here’s the Chron’s story.

The  City and County of San Francisco is did a facebook poll on people’s favorite neighborhood festival, and Glen Park Festival was #1 at 37%! (next closest is the Asian Heritage festival at 19%).    https://www.facebook.com/SF?v=app_68682102181

By Murray Schneider A fallen limb from a eucalyptus tree greeted Friends of Glen Canyon volunteers and their supervising gardener, Rachel Kesel, Wednesday morning as they prepared to begin a round of weekly tasks. During the night the limb had separated from the trunk of a towering gum tree, one of its branches now lying […]

This year’s  2012 Moto Melee was again celebrated at Chenery Park restaurant on Monday night. Lots of older model and classic sports cars.  

  We weren’t the only ones who saw yesterday’s double rainbow. Here’s the Chronicle’s shot from AT&T. 

Greetings to All…. Please join us for our quarterly work day on Saturday, Sept, 22nd from 9 AM till 12 noon. We will pull weeds and do whatever our Fearless Leader, probably Gardener Bob, recommends. There will be a wedding at 2 PM that day, and you may be sure our efforts will be appreciated. […]

Celtic Night gala on September 29 St. Aidan’s Church (101 Gold Mine Drive @ Diamond Heights Boulevard) will host a Celtic Night fundraiser on Saturday, September 29 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Stand-up comic Marga Gomez will headline; additional entertainment includes Irish step dancing and vocal performances. Dinner and silent auction included. Tickets are […]

Two items of interest have been posted to the newsletter of the College Hill Neighborhood Association — Thanks to CHNA Secretary Erika Ehmsen: Neighborhood crime and safety updates From Bernalwood: Burglary Prevention Tip: Beware the Taped Front Door Are wannabe burglars waiting patiently to plunder your home when you’re out of town? A Bernal Heights […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Five people are in custody after a cellphone robbery led to a foot pursuit in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood in which a police officer shot at a suspect this morning, police Chief Greg Suhr said. The robbery was reported around 6:30 a.m. near 225 Minerva St. in the city’s Oceanview neighborhood. The […]

On Sunday at approximately 3:45, the City’s general alarm located on Glen Park Elementary School went off, telling neighbors in its loud, tinny voice “This is only a test.” As the alarm is only supposed to go off Tuesday at noon unless there’s a real emergency, calls flooded 911 and Ingleside Station. The only information […]

The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside station newsletter Thursday July 26 – Saturday July 28 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Sunday July 29 8:00pm       50 blk Chenery             Vandalism Officer Morgante responded to the area regarding incidents of vandalism. Multiple cars had been vandalized with broken windshields and dents on the hoods. There were metal […]

A man who was struck by a BART train at the Glen Park station in San Francisco on Saturday has died, an agency spokesman said today. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was hit around 2:20 p.m. Saturday by a Richmond-bound train entering the station, BART spokesman Jim Allison said. Please read more here. […]

Michael Naimark was in Glen Canyon on Thursday, August 9 at 8:30 AM and caught one of the coyotes on his cell phone. Here’s the video he took [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6P4FABhlSI]

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/San-Francisco-women-finally-gain-style-3779896.php “Now on the streets I see women wearing dresses, blazers, heels, trench coats. There are accessories, and they’re not even ironic – flattering sunglasses, bright belts, clutch handbags. Some women have always dressed well in the Union Square area, but now they’ve ventured further afield, into SoMa, Potrero Hill and Glen Park. We’re not […]

Those who love OSHA Thai on Diamond across from BART need not fear. Despite the Change of Ownership notice in the window, the restaurant isn’t closing or being sold. The family-run chain is simply transferring ownership to a younger brother in the family because he lives nearby. The hours and menu and everything else will […]

 SNA – Quarterly Membership Meeting: Monday August 6th Sunnyside Neighborhood Association Quarterly Membership Meeting Monday, August 6, 2012 St. Finn Barr Catholic Church – Community Room, 415 Edna Street (at Hearst) 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Nachos and Refreshments 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – General Meeting Free raffle will be held for SNA members […]

Tuesday Fall 2012 1.( No class # as of yet ) Wiggle Worms 10 am -10:45 Kids 1-3 years old (starting 9/18- 11/13 ) Auditorium 2.In Auditorium #27017 Shape Up Seniors 1:00pm – 2:00pm (starting 9/4-12/18 ) 3.In Auditorium #26987 Art Seniors 2:30pm – 5:00pm (starting 9/4-12/18) 4.In Auditorium Adult Tai Chi 7:00pm- 8:00pm session […]

Several of these thefts occurred near Glen Park BART OAKLAND, CA – BART is seeking help from cell phone owners who fell victim to a specific theft pattern. On July 18, 2012, two juveniles suspected of “grab and go” thefts from unsuspecting customers on BART trains were arrested by San Francisco Police officers (SFPD) and […]

                                                                   Please join us at the Sunnyside Conservatory on Wednesday, August 1st, for a concert by the Temescal String Quartet. We will hear Mozart’s Quartet “The Dissonant” and Brahms’ Quartet in A Minor The doors open at 6:30 PM, and the concert begins at 7:00 PM. Light refreshments will be provided at intermission. The requested […]

Remember that you can register your bicycles at:              http://www.inglesidepolicestation.com/bike-registration The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Friday July 6 2:47pm       2800 blk Diamond      Robbery Officer Hornstein answered a call regarding a theft. As he arrived, other Ingleside units had also reported the scene.  The victim said that she […]

By Murray Schneider The 36-Teresita crawled along Myra Way, sandwiched between cars parked on both sides of the street in front of Miraloma School. The bus squeezed up Myra, eventually idling by the entrance to Mt. Davidson’s one-mile trail loop at Lansdale Avenue and Dalewood Way. Next to the stopped bus, naturalist Jake Sigg, 85, […]

One day a couple of decades ago, the owner of a small deli in the Inner Sunset neighborhood decided on a whim to take the Monterey Boulevard exit off Interstate 280, and discovered a neighborhood he had never been in before. A vacant storefront caught his eye, and he decided on the spot to open […]

Jeremy Anderson did an excellent presentation on how to find out information about your old house in San Francisco at last night’s Glen Park Association meeting. His PowerPoint is posted in the files section of the Glen Park Bulletin Board site. It’s called GlenPark.zip at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlenParkBulletinBoard/files/ You might have to sign up for the group […]

Lyman the cat went missing on Monday evening, July 16th around 7pm If you’ve seen him, please contact us ASAP 415 517 0967