On Feb. 1, the Capital Committee of the Recreation & Park Commission voted to move approval of the Twin Peaks Trail concept plan to the consent calendar of the full Commission meeting to be held on February 16 at 10am at City Hall in Room 416. This is great news, not just for Twin Peaks, […]
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Crime report: Jan 15 – 30, 2012
Sunday January 15 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Monday January 16 6:30pm Whitney/Fairmount Vandalism A victim responded to Ingleside station and told PSA Zabarte that she parked and secured her vehicle and when she returned found all sides of the vehicle with scratch marks. The victim did not see anyone damage the vehicle […]
The Lawrence LaFlamme Ensemble at the Sunnyside Conservatory March 9
The Friends of Sunnyside Conservatory present: The Lawrence LaFlamme Ensemble at the Sunnyside Conservatory March 9th, 2012 Doors open at 7 PM Music begins at 8 PM $20 suggested donation at the door Legendary Rock violinist David Flamme, from the iconic 1960’s San Francisco group ‘Its a Beautiful Day’ and vocalist Linda LaFlamme join mandolin virtuoso […]
Make your own Valentines at Sunnyside Conservatory Feb. 11
sunnysideconservatory.org Our Next (free!) Event: Be My Valentine! Show your Sweetie(s) some Love. Returning Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2012. *Note New Time this Year: 2-4 pm. Rain or Shine The Valentine Card Party – the first community event held in the restored Conservatory – is now in its 3rd year. We will have lots of examples and inspirations […]
Maintaining Our Street Trees and Park Trees
From Sup. Scott Wiener: Maintaining Our Street Trees and Park Trees We don’t devote nearly enough resources to maintenance of our City’s urban forest. As a result, our park trees are rarely inspected – which can create safety hazards – and the City is gradually turning over responsibility for street trees to adjacent property owners who may […]
Glen Park resident named Chair of the SF Bay Area Federal Executive Board
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Glen Park resident Doug Betten, regional administrator for the Department of Labor’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, San Francisco region, has been appointed chair of the San Francisco Bay Area Federal Executive Board (FEB). The FEB appointment is for a one-year term. The FEBs were established in 1961 under President […]
Neighborhood updates and some history at the Glen Park Association Meeting
Glen Park said “Fie!” to term limits last Thursday, January 19, as the incumbent officers of the Glen Park Association were swept back into office by unanimous vote. For President Michael Rice, it will be his seventh term. No superpacs, debates or direct mail hit-pieces were to be found on this campaign trail either. The […]
Basketball at Glen Canyon: A social institution that may be going away
By Murray Schneider Several middle-aged athletes gathered one recent afternoon around the free-throw line at Glen Park Recreation Center’s basketball court, tuning up for the first of dozens of afternoon and evening half-court pick-ups games. “They’re our senior statesmen,” said Oskar Rosas, 46, recreation coordinator at the Depression-era Rec Center, which would remain open until […]
College Hill Neighborhood Assoc. cleans Bernal Cut on Monday
. Our growing College Hill Neighborhood Association (which serves both sides of the Bernal Cut, btw : ) is teaming up with DPW to do a major clean-up of the Bernal side of the Bernal Cut path, and since so many GP residents loop across our shared bridges to our Bernal side of the path, […]
Save the date – Next GPA meeting Jan. 19 with historic photo slide show
FYI the next GPA Meeting info January 19, 2012 7pm St. John School, 925 Chenery Street Program – Southern Pacific Railroad Line through the Mission and Glen Park: Slide Show with Richard Brandi, Architectural Historian ADJOURNMENT Social hour to follow