From Sup. Wiener’s office: We will be having a hearing this coming Monday December 9 at 1:30pm in City Hall room 263 on the topic of streetlights – what’s working, what’s not – and plans for improvement. Both PGE and PUC will be presenting. Please come if you’d like to provide public comment. Any help in advertising […]
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Le P’tit Laurent lights up for the holidays
Photo and story by Murray Schneider Laurent Legendre put down his French recipes that have greeted his Le P’tit Laurent Glen Park restaurant since 2007 and hefted a ladder, better to place Christmas lights strewn along his building that corners Chenery and Wilder Streets. The festive lights will remain up through the holidays, drawing diners […]
Santa’s coming to Glen Park Dec. 3rd
Our Glen Park library figures in a noire-ish tale
NOVEMBER 17, 2013, 11:00 AM 18 Comments Disruptions: A Digital Underworld Cloaked in Anonymity By NICK BILTON Nick Bilton/The New York TimesThe public library in the Glen Park section of San Francisco, where Ross Ulbricht, a 29-year-old software engineer, was arrested by federal agents. He is accused of running Silk Road, an Internet black market, under the […]
Recreation Center preview at GP Library this Wednesday
Thanks so much to those of you who were able to attend the community meetings we held to discuss the renovation of the Glen Canyon Park recreation center on June 13th and July 13th of this year. The information and feedback from those meetings is available on the Glen Canyon 2012 Bond Project Page http://sfrecpark.org/project/glen-canyon-park-2012-bond/. As […]
Glen Park trails work continues
Photos and story by Murray Schneider On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 work commenced on the first portion of the 15- month Glen Park Trails Project when workers from Yerba Buena Engineering and Construction felled a eucalyptus tree that both leaned dangerously over the canyon’s main fire road and impeded the flow of creek water. Using […]
Oh, those quirky Episcopalians
St. Aidan’s wacky play about St. Dymphna’s Parish this weekend. St. Aidan’s, up on Diamond Heights, does a lot of nice things in the neighborhood, including running a Food Bank, monthly senior lunches and an after school program, as well as being the emergency preparedness center for Diamond Heights. This is a nice chance to support them.
Local jazz greats pitch in at Bird & Beckett rent party
Story and photos by Murray Schneider What if you gave a party and everyone came? Eric Whittington found himself in this enviable situation on October 26 when dozens of professional musicians flocked to Bird & Beckett, a venue that has supported them for 14 years. On a sunny Glen Park Saturday, Bird and Beckett’s owner […]
Rec Center renovation meeting Nov. 20
Hi Everyone – Thanks so much to those of you who were able to attend the community meetings we held to discuss the renovation of the Glen Canyon Park recreation center on June 13th and July 13th of this year. The information and feedback from those meetings is available on the Glen Canyon 2012 Bond Project Page. As […]
Crime report: Oct 6 – Oct. 25. And a “Witness Awesomeness of the Month”
Sunday, October 6th, 2013 2:00pm 300 Blk Addison Burglary Monday, October 7th, 2013 7:37pm 400 Blk Arlington Stolen Vehicle Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 10:00pm Unit Blk Circular Recovered Vehicle Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Thursday, October 10th, 2013 Nothing to report from Glen Park. Friday, October 11th, 2013 9:30am Unit […]