Careful on those curves on Diamond Heights Blvd., cautions Richard Craib of the Friends of Glen Canyon. These photos he took recently show the missing and rotted posts supporting the guard rail on the sweeping turn on Diamond Heights Blvd. between Berkeley Way and Arbor, just before Diamond turns into Elk St. “If anyone goes […]
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SFist reports on string of violent robberies in GP on Tuesday
Photo by Chris Carlsson/Found SF Three separate violent robberies occurred in Glen Park on Tuesday night, all possibly committed by the same suspects. First, three men in a dark car ran down a bicyclist and stole his messenger bag near the Glen Park BART Station Tuesday night. Happening at little before 7:15 p.m., a 44-year-old […]
Feb. 20: Monterey Blvd. planting — Come and help!
When we come together to do something for our neighborhood, we do it BIG and we do it very well. REMINDER: Next SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20 we will be installing over 200 plants into the Monterey Blvd. median in front of the Sunnyside Conservatory. (Compare that to only 75 planted last Spring – we hope to […]
Diamond Heights Animal Hospital closes
The long-popular animal hospital in the shopping center at Diamond Heights has closed. A sign on their door says they were forced to file for bankrupty. Their website carries this notice: To Our Loyal Clients and Beloved Pets: It is with our deepest regret that we are forced to announce that we are closing the […]
Glen Park Safety Patrol to host self defense class March 7th
Contact: Ann Grogan (415) 587-3863, Ken King (415) 987 6241 (Steering Committee Members of the Glen Park Patrol Special Safety Program) 2912 Diamond St., Ste. 239, San Francisco, CA 94131 GPsafetyprogram@gmail.com, kenking@yahoo.com http://www.romantasy.com/SF/index.html Ken Craig (415) 992-5551 President, Triangle Martial Arts Association P.O. Box 111, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 info@triangleMAA.org http://www.trianglemaa.org (415) […]
Lion at the Library
About 50 rapt children and their parents were a standing-room-only audience Saturday at the Glen Park Library, when lion dancers from the Jing Mo Athletic Association gave a demonstration of the decidedly athletic art of being a lion. Kids got an inside peak into how a lion costume works and even got to ‘feed’ it […]
Valentine at Sunnyside Conservatory
Close to 200 people came to the newly-opened Sunnyside Conservatory on Monterey on Saturday, Feb. 8 for a make-your-own-Valentine party. The 11:00 to 2:00 event brought families from all over the neighborhood and the City to create that special card for that special Someone. Friends of the Sunnyside Conservatory, with the help of Rec. & […]
Spring Glen Park Rec Tiny Tots schedule
Glen Park Recreation Center 70 Elk Street, San Francisco CA 94131 Phone: 415-337-4705 Spring 2010 Early Childhood Development Courses Program Registration is from March 6.2010 through March 12, 2010 at select recreation centers or online at www.sfreconline.org. Spring courses begin March 27, 2010 and end June 4, 2010. Pitter Patter Painters: Mondays- 9:45 to 10:45 […]
Graffiti vandal charged in Ingleside
We don’t, of course, know if this is the same person who drew swastikas on the Glen Park mural, but it’s a nice arrest none the less. From the Ingleside station newsletter: Captain’s Message: An incredible graffiti arrest made in the Excelsior! The mural painted on the side of the Central Drug Store at Santa […]
The story of the sisters behind Osha Thai
When sisters Wassana Korkhieola and Lalita Souksamlane needed a name for their Thai restaurant in the Tenderloin, they went with the royal Thai word for “delicious.” Images View Larger Images But there was another, much more pedestrian, reason that made the name Osha Thai so appealing. “It’s easy to say,” Souksamlane admits with a laugh. […]