Story and photos by Murray Schneider After spending two hours pulling Italian thistle along a steep Glen Canyon hillside, five Friends of Glen Canyon Park volunteers and one Natural Areas apprentice followed Recreation and Parks manager Randy Zebell on a one-hour tutorial wildflower walk. “Watch for poison oak,” Zebell said, as he guided the group […]
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Glen Park Festival Grants available for school programs now
If you know of a school or organization that works with children in the Glen Park area, please help us spread the word…. The Glen Park Festival Grant Application is available on the Glen Park Festival Website. http://www.glenparkfestival.com/glenparkfestival-grant-application-2012.pdf Grants are made from proceeds from the Festival to non-profit organizations (including schools, preschools, and after school […]
Crime April 17 – 30
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Tuesday, April 17 11:37am 200 Blk Whitney St Vandalism Officer Preston was dispatched to a vandalism report. The reporting party was a house guest of the victim. He pointed out damage to the front gate handle. The suspect did not gain entry into the residence and nothing appeared to […]
Neighbors curbing their wheels, but frustrated
A note on the window of a car parked (with wheels sharply curbed) on the 700 block of Chenery.
The Chronicle writes about parking controversy in Glen Park
Curb your wheels – even on flat roads – or face S.F. Muni wrath A dreaded sight (Credit: The Chronicle) Residents along Chenery Street in Glen Park have been perplexed in recent days to learn they live on a hill. Common sense would say the stretch just east of the canyon is flat, but when […]
Scenes from the Glen Park Festival
Kudos to all who made such a wonderful Festival for us this year! Photos: Michael Waldstein.
The Chron’s Leah Garchik runs into Glen Parkite John Hafernik
P.S.: At last week’s Big Bang Gala at the California Academy of Sciences, I was seated next to John Hafernik, president of the academy’s board of trustees and an entomologist at San Francisco State. He described his passion for insects, from his boyhood in Texas. And in response to an inquiry, he said very modestly that […]
DISTRICT 8 EXPANDS SOUTHEAST OF BERNAL CUT
And Other News from the Glen Park Association By Bonnee Waldstein College Hill is now part of District 8, since boundaries were changed citywide in April. What is College Hill? It’s a neighborhood, newly registered with the City and County of San Francisco, that used to be home to St. Mary’s College before it moved […]
Glen Canyon Park improvements — coming soon
GLEN PARK GEARS UP FOR NEXT ROUND OF PARKS IMPROVEMENTS It’s beginning to look as if Glen Park’s wish list for a major overhaul of Glen Canyon Park is getting closer to a dream realized. Soon the final design will be unveiled, and construction will begin, on the projects approved through the 2008 Clean and […]
More on the DNA testing required for the Mandarin immersion preschool in Manhattan
ECONOMIC VIEW The Preschool Race Is No Joke By ROBERT H. FRANK Published: April 21, 2012 Carl Wiens WILDLY implausible faux news stories appear each April Fool’s Day, some of which are taken seriously. This year’s clear winner was the National Public Radio feature about a preschool’s new requirement that all applicants submit DNA profiles. As the […]