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Glen Canyon Trail Naming Contest Have your ideas become a part of San Francisco history- help name our trails! The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s Glen Canyon Trails Project is a product of the 2008 Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, multiple California Habitat Conservation Fund grants, and extensive community input. We need your […]

Glen Park Association Quarterly Meeting April 9, 2014, 6:30 – 9pm Glen Park Recreation Center The Glen Park Association is happy to announce the April general meeting at the Glen Park Recreation Center. We will start at 630 pm with a meet-and-greet social. Weather permitting, the social will be outside at the tables near the new […]

By Murray Schneider The day couldn’t have been more beautiful for a ribbon cutting. With opening day Little League softball being played before him, Recreation and Parks General Manager Phil Ginsburg addressed a huge crowd of Glen Park neighbors at the official opening of the Glen Canyon Park Playground “It’s a joyous day and a […]

Brittany Clark was reading in the mini park between Alemany and Cayuga Street early Wednesday evening when a man came up to her and exposed himself. “I just wanted to give a heads up to the women of Glen Park to be hyper vigilant,” she said. “I called the police, but they never came.” The […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider After months of waiting, the long-anticipated Glen Canyon Park Improvement  Project is only days from completion.  Mayor Ed Lee will be on hand  for the  ribbon cutting ceremony, scheduled for Saturday  March 15 at 9:30 A.M.  San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department  General Manager Phil Ginsburg will welcome Supervisor […]

THEY CAME IN CONFUSION by Carl Wells The curious encounter was reported to me by Mortimer Phipps, one of our neighborhood’s milder and more sensitive residents.  Mortimer is a splendid graphic artist, an owner-trainer of three talented hamsters (“The keyboard tricks are impressive,” says his wife, Bea), and a lover of cashews, spicy beets, and […]

        …in which I will relate sound  to frequency  to pitch to note Dolan Eargle (B-Mus, U Texas, 1972) One Tuesday morning, taking a break on my sunny deck, I sat listening to the sounds that emanate from or descend upon Diamond St. Valley (new name). These are sounds that most of […]

We first heard about this yesterday afternoon from Supervisor Scott Wiener, who sent this note: “It’s important for people to know that whoever is engaging in this sociopathic behavior — trying to poison people’s dogs — is doing it again.  It’s important to spread the word so that people and their pets can be safe.” […]