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 […]
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Merchant attacks update
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 […]
Work to restore Islais Creek begins
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 […]
Our Library turns five Oct. 13th
Monterey pine cleared in the canyon
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 […]
Glen Canyon Park Renovation Update
Vandal still hitting GP businesses: Don’t use BART mailboxes at night
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 […]
October events at Sunnyside Conservatory
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 […]
Worried about crazy traffic this weekend? Stay here in GP!
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? […]
Monterey Pine falls in Canyon, wires to Rec Center down
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. […]