Stop by the Glen Park Library Open House for fun events all afternoon long including Drag Story Hour, a family-friendly sing-along led by our librarians, violin and flute music performed by local community members, crafts, face painting and light snacks. Starting at 11am, delight in stories shared by a drag queen, as she takes you on an enchanted tour that celebrates a rainbow of […]
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Glen Park – March 2023 Incidents
Time Intersection Incident Description 2023/03/02 16:46 FAIRMOUNT ST \ ARLINGTON ST Found Person 22:01 GOLD MINE DR \ DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD Narcotics Paraphernalia, Possession of 22:01 GOLD MINE DR \ DIAMOND HEIGHTS BLVD Warrant Arrest, Enroute To Outside Jurisdiction 23:03 CHENERY ST \ 30TH ST Suspicious Act Towards Female 2023/03/03 17:00 ARLINGTON ST \ MIGUEL […]
Art installation in Glen Park sparks imagination of Greenway walkers
Using one’s imagination, a trip to a farm in England or a reminder of some personal memory, can be as close as the Greenway. Adam King, 71, a transplant from London to New York to Diamond Street 28 years ago, has been an activist on behalf of growing things and neighborhood beautification for the last […]
Join the Greenway Work Party, Saturday April 1 (no fooling)
Please put April 1 on your calendar – our first Work Party of the spring! The days are lengthening and the wet weather keeps coming. The Native Meadow is growing beautifully and the oak trees have put on their March growth spurt. I hope that you’ll come and enjoy it all with us. We’ll meet […]
Glen Park neighbors tell harrowing stories of damage from recent storms
The first report of damage caused by Tuesday’s wild storm that the Glen Park News received was of a tree toppling down on the 500 block of Arlington Street, bringing down a power line. Residents on that block and others were without power for several hours. It was among the trees that have fallen from […]
Downed trees in Glen Canyon block popular walking path
The heavy winds of Tuesday’s storm downed multiple trees in Glen Canyon Park. While Glen Canyon was not on San Francisco Rec & Park’s closure list, the southern creek-side trail that goes between the Rec Center and the Silver Tree Day Camp/Glenridge Coop building was closed to walkers on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 due to […]
Fallen tree knocks out power on Arlington Street
A tree fell down on the 500 block of Arlington Street this afternoon, bringing down a power line. Residents on that block, the 400 block, and possibly others, are still without power. It was among the trees that have fallen from the latest atmospheric River to wallop the Bay Area and Southern California. Jodell […]
When Trees Attack: An Investigation into the Dorothy Erskine Park Tree-Tastrophes
(Note: The title of this post was generated by ChatGPT, AI chatbot, courtesy of Octavio Di Sciullo. The rest was generated by a human.) The Trust for Public Land says San Francisco is the first U.S. city where all residents live within a 10-minute walk to a public park. Most people would be thrilled to […]
Fire displaces Glen Park merchant from his home
Critter Fritters Manager Tony Jerez was tuning into the TV news last Friday at 11 p.m. when the fire alarm in his Tenderloin apartment building went off, but he didn’t realize the situation was serious until he heard neighbors yelling. “It’s a real fire,” they called, and the Balboa Hotel’s 25 residents and their pets […]
Glen Park Gets Greener
Glen Park is about to get greener, thanks to a grant that will buy 30 California native trees, 50 drought-resistant shrubs and numerous native grasses to beautify a stretch of land running between Arlington Street and San Jose Avenue. The pedestrian portion of the land is known as the Arlington Path, which runs parallel to […]