By Murray Schneider Nature lovers. Dog walkers. Rec and Park gardeners. Rock climbers. Tennis players. Children on swings. You’d expect to see any of them on any morning in Glen Canyon. But artists in aggregate? Such was the scene on June 22nd as 21 students enrolled in City College of San Francisco took a field […]
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Beat poet Mel Clay at Glen Park library tonight
(From Eric’s email list at Bird & Beckett) Drop what you’re doing if you have any interest in the key beat poets that San Francisco is rightfully famous for having harbored… Mel Clay will speak at the Glen Park Branch Library this evening, Wed., 6/22, from 6:30-7:30 pm, on the late poet Bob Kaufman. […]
Owls in the canyon
Glen Park resident Steven Uchida snapped these photographs of a mother Great Horn owl, perched on a canyon eucalyptus tree on June 15th, after a three hour Friends of Glen Canyon work party. The owl sat on the tree limbs overlooking the west side of Islais Creek, only a few feet from the Recreation Center. […]
Glen Canyon Park Improvement Plan — Final Meeting (for awhile)
By Bonnee Waldstein Final plans for improvements in the active recreation areas and trails of Glen Canyon Park were unveiled at a community meeting on Thursday, June 9. By this time, residents who attended most or all of the nine community workshops and eight focus groups were almost chummy with the Rec and […]
Cutting brush to prevent fire in Glen Canyon
Story and Photos by Murray Schneider With both the June 2nd deadly Berkeley Way fire and the approaching summer fire season fresh on their minds, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department officials began their annual summer fire abatement program on June 8th. “We have a fire-prone situation at the rim of the canyon,” said Lisa […]
Latest issue of the Glen Park News hitting the streets this week
Here you see the children of our intrepid delivery coordinator, Grace Clark, sharing the back seat with this week’s printing of the Glen Park News. Our quarterly paper has a print run of 3,600 issues. We’re the only neighborhood newspaper in town that hand-delivers copies to as many houses as we have carriers for […]
Crime Report June 8 – 10, 2011
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Wednesday, June 8, 2011 No incidents reported in GP. Thursday, June 9, 2011 No incidents reported in GP. Friday, June 10, 2011 No incidents reported in GP. 2:00pm, 2600 Blk Diamond St, Vandalism A victim reported the window on his vehicle had been smashed. […]
Crime report, June 5 – 7, 2011
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Sunday, June 5, 2011 11:50am, Unit Blk Joost, Recovered vehicle Monday, June 6, 2011 12:30 pm, Unit blk Wilder, Stolen Auto Tuesday, June 7, 2011 No incidents reported in GP. ________________________________________________________ ___ To view the complete Ingleside Daily Newsletter, visit: http://www.inglesidepolicestation.com/
Glen Park, City, honor our firefighters
Scores of neighbors, fire fighters, police and others lined the bridges and streets along San Jose Ave. at 5;00 pm on Friday as the funeral procession for fallen firemen Vincent A. Perez, 48, and Anthony M. Valerio, 53. Ric Lopez of Modern Past got these photos.
Fallen Firefighters’ funerals tomorrow, many streets to be closed
Just a head’s up: SF Chronicle street closure notice here. After the funeral, a procession more than 200 fire trucks will travel south on Gough Street, then head west on Market Street, south on Valencia Street, west on 15th Street, south on Dolores Street and merge onto San Jose Avenue, police said. From San Jose […]