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Photo by Carol Korycinski We’re still trying to get all the details on this dramatic car crash, which happened in the early evening on Saturday, July 9th. This car went into the side of Bernie Kelly’s office on the corner of Bosworth and Diamond. No one appears to have been injured, but the building suffered […]

By Murray Schneider “Camera!” No, not John Huston directing Mary Astor in the “Maltese Falcon” on Stockton Street. “Action!” No, again. Not Alfred Hitchcock directing Kim Novak in “Vertigo” atop Nob Hill. “Take one!” said Aniruddaha Roy Chowdhury, directing Padmapriya, the young star of his film, “Aparajita Tumi,” on Chenery Street. On a sunny summer […]

Following are crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Monday, July 11th, 2011 4:25pm       Unit Blk Chilton St              Burglary Officer Fung and CPSA Wong responded to this location regarding a residential burglary.  Victim reported that she had secured the front door to her residence that morning and gone to work. Upon returning to the house, she discovered several […]

Happy Summer!  On the heels of two recent meetings in Glen Park, I wanted to give you a little briefing in case you missed them. Also, I’d like to provide a general update on where the Community Plan is headed over the next few months.  We’re happy to be moving this planning process (which began […]

Hello ‘Friends of the Urban Forest’ organizers and tree planters – Organizing for tree planting is going extraordinarily well throughout the city! In the next few months OMI, SOMA, Castro, Central + Outer Sunset, North Bernal, Crocker Amazon, and Glen Park are in contention for a coveted community planting date in their neighborhood. Can you help organize […]

At least two weeks behind schedule, a correction is made to the concrete apron connecting the new ramp to the street asphalt at Chenery and Brompton. There seems to have been a dispute between different sub departments of Department of Public Works about the design of this particular ramp. There’s hope, said the Dept. of […]

July & August 2011 Newsletter   Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email: scott.wiener@sfgov.org   For more regular updates, follow me on Facebook and Twitter:                  Community Updates   Open House and Art Show In My Office Thursday, July 21st  5:30PM-7:00 PM San Francisco City Hall, Room 274 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Since I was sworn […]

Apparently no one told us that National Poetry Month was last April. We appear to believe it starts this coming Monday and runs through August. And in fact, it seems unlikely to stop even then. If you’ve got no use for poetry, well… there are other rewards. If that’s you, skip this email and go […]

Great event happening right here, at the rim of Glen Canyon, at The School Farm, School of the Arts (SOTA) 555 Portola Drive: http://roots-to-fruits.com/events. Pam Peirce, Author of Golden Gate Gardening, is the keynote speaker at this event (http://www.pampeirce.com). If you’ve never been to the SOTA Farm, you are in for a real treat. A hidden gem […]

More than 30 alumni who attended Silver Tree Day Camp in the 1980s and 1990s returned to the canyon on July 7 for the weekly campfire program to reminisce about their days as campers, JCs and counselors. There are plans for another reunion, probably next summer, and a donation drive is in the works.  The […]