Richard Craib cutting Cape Ivy. Photo by Murray Schneider High above the canyon floor, Jan. 12, 2011 In the shadows of School of the Arts, along a trail pockmarked with wet and soggy ruts made by park hikers, Richard Craib wrestles with armloads of Cape Ivy. Craib and five other Friends of Glen Park volunteers […]
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Give Rec & Park your 2 cents THURSDAY
Dear Glen Canyon Park Community: The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is partnering with SF Recreation & Parks to vision and design a Park Improvement Plan for Glen Canyon Park. We will be holding the second of six community workshops this Thursday, January 13th, from 6:30-8:30pm at the Glen Canyon Recreation Center, located inside Glen […]
Bird & Beckett benefit results
By Murray Schneider At the Benefit for Blanche Bebb last Friday, Bird and Beckett owner, Eric Whittington, told a wall-to-wall audience crowded into his Chenery Street bookstore that his window displays represented an assortment of books that Blanche, who suffered a stroke several weeks ago and is now recovering in a Burlingame rest facility, reads […]
Crime report Jan 4 – Jan 7, 2011
The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station Newsletter Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Nothing in the report from Glen Park Wednesday, January 5, 2011 07:50 am, 400 blk Hearst, Vandalism to Vehicle A victim responded to Ingleside Station and told PSA Heckenberg-Tognozzi that her vehicle had been vandalized. The victim stated that this […]
Broken Main Mars Miguel St.
[googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+Miguel+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=35.547176,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=300+Miguel+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94131&ll=37.737199,-122.427716&spn=0.002168,0.004823&z=14&output=embed&w=425&h=350] Neighbors living near Miguel and Bemis streest are without water this evening after a water main break sent a flood washing down the street at around 4:30 PM today, a San Francisco Fire Dept. officer on the scene told the News. The street is closed off at Miguel between Laidley and Bemis […]
New SF Mayor is 15-year Glen Park resident
From the SF Chronicle, 1-7-2011 Supervisors vote 10-1 to make Ed Lee mayor The Board of Supervisors voted 10 to 1 today to appoint City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor, but the decision is not official until Mayor Gavin Newsom steps down and is sworn in to the lieutenant governor’s job he won in […]
Farmers Market moving ahead
The first community meeting regarding a possible Sunday farmers’ market in Glen Park was held on Monday January 3rd. The meeting, called by Ric Lopez, president of the Glen Park Merchants Association was attended by as many as 30 people. Among the attendees: Scott Wiener – our newly elected District 8 Supervisor who supports the […]
B&B fundraiser for Blanche a big success
Friday night at Bird & Beckett there was a great gathering of food, fun, friends and jazz… all to benefit well-known gal about the village, Blanche Bebb, who recently had a stroke. Friend, family and supporters gathered to raise money to help her pay for rehab therapy so she can be back to us soon. […]
Bird & Beckett’s Blanche has had a stroke – benefit Friday
Attn: Craftspeople – the Glen Park Festival wants you!
Glen Park Craftspeople & Artists The Glen Park Festival, Sunday, May 1, 2011, is currently accepting applications for vendors. This year, for the first time we will be accepting applications for vendors wishing to share a single booth. This is a good opportunity for small artists or craftspeople to show their work while splitting the […]