Friday March 23 8:03pm 2900 Blk Diamond St Stolen Property Officers Hurwitz and Tam were on patrol in plainclothes when they spotted a suspect they knew was wanted for a possession of stolen property charge. The officers were unable to stop in front of the residence where the suspect was standing with two other subjects. […]
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Movie filmed at Bird & Beckett screened at Balboa
By Murray Schneider In mid-March, Bird and Beckett bookseller Eric Whittington stage-managed a four-day Indian film festival of Bengali movies at the Richmond District’s Balboa Theater. Whittington bookended “Indian Cinema – Beyond Bollywood,” with Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury “Aparajita Tumi,” a two-hour movie filmed last summer entirely on location in the Bay Area and “Nagmoti,” directed […]
Sup. Wiener’s newsletter for March
March 2012 Newsletter Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email: scott.wiener@sfgov.org Website: www.scottwiener.com For more regular updates, follow me on Facebook and Twitter: My New Legislative Aide: Andres Power I want to extend a warm welcome to my new legislative aide, Andres Power. Andres is replacing Gillian Gillett, who has moved on to the Mayor’s Office. […]
Parks meeting tonight at 7:00
The Diamond Heights Community Association has scheduled a Special Community Meeting for Diamond Heights and Glen Park residents to learn about the Park Bonds Measure on the November ballot. The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department will do a presentation on the measure. The meeting will provide an opportunity for us to learn the […]
Avant guard artist Bruce Conner’s work showing until March 31
By Murray Schneider Admirers of the photography of Bruce Conner gathered together on March 3 for an evening reception at the Gallery Paule Anglim, which premiered 13 color photographs edited and transferred to digital color format by the Glen Park avant-garde artist before his death in 2008. The exhibit, “Mabuhay Gardens: Punk Photography & Collage,” […]
Crime report, March 1 – 8. 2012
Please note that the Highland Street Bridge will be closed from March 9-16. The Richland Street Bridge will be closed from March 16-23 for construction. The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside station newsletter. Thursday March 1 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Friday March 2 10:30am Unit Blk […]
Remember the Indian film filmed in Glen Park? It’s coming to San Francisco
Beginning March 16th and running until March 20th, the Balboa Theater will program “Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood,” a festival of Bengali movies from Tollywood. With the anticipated 2012 release of “Aparajita Tumi” from acclaimed director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, shot entirely on location last summer in the San Francisco Bay Area (with key scenes filmed in […]
Crime Report Feb 15 – 29, 2012
Thursday February 16 2:15pm unit blk Chenery Theft Police Services Aide Flynn prepared a report regarding a theft. The victim came to the station and told the PSA that while in the restroom she left her phone in a stall and exited to wash her hands. While she was washing her hands a suspect […]
PHOTO: San Francisco alligator lizard caught sunning in the park
Martin Duggan caught this San Francisco alligator lizard in Glen canyon on Tuesday sunning itself on a rock. The lizard is officially called Elgaria coerulea coerulea. They range from 2.75 to 5.87 inches in length from snout to vent. The subspecies lives in to California from northern Sonoma County, south along the coast to northern Monterey […]
Jeanne Halpern’s ultimate native plant garden
Story and photos by Murray Schneider Jeanne Halpern, who lives on a hill overlooking O’Shaughnessy Boulevard, acquired a green thumb in 2000 and a dozen years later her Valletta Court backyard, once rife with invasive weeds, now has a totally different look. Halpern’s backyard is perched on a slope that would challenge a sure-footed Billy […]