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Captain Amy Hurwitz, SFPD Ingleside Station

April 2025 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletters

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Hello Ingleside Community, Spring has officially arrived, and here at Ingleside Station, we’ve had a very busy month of April. Our station is currently operating at its lowest staffing level ever, which means our officers are being asked to do more with less. Additionally, we’ve seen a reduction in our overtime budget, which will limit […]

San Francisco Transportation Plan Presentation

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Dear Community Members, I am reaching out regarding the San Francisco Transportation Plan, or SFTP, the blueprint for the city’s transportation system development and investment over the next 30 years. The plan analyzes all transportation options like transit, walking, driving, and biking to set investment priorities and advance the city’s goal to build an effective, equitable, […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–April recap

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What weird times we are living in! This is a really difficult time to analyze or to make predictions. From where I’m sitting, I see a lot of up and down going on – that relates to the market, consumer sentiment, and just moods in general. Regardless, despite this broader uncertainty, the real estate market […]

Glen Canyon Park’s Community Mural Painting Day

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As you make your way down Chenery Street towards Elk, you cannot miss the delightful brightly colored eyes of a supersized owl staring back at you. This brand new creature is but one small part of a lively mural swiftly coming to life. On the morning of Sunday April 27, eager neighbors arrived to take […]

Noe Valley Garden Tour, Saturday, May 17

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Mark your calendars for this year’s Noe Valley Garden Tour, which is on Saturday, May 17th. Featured gardens will showcase a variety of styles. You may visit a mature, lush oasis at a wonderful B & B, a front terraced garden with roses, bamboo, ferns, and Japanese Maples, a serene Zen space for meditation, an intimate […]

March 2025 SFPD Ingleside Station Newsletters

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Greetings from Ingleside Station! As we enter March, we proudly celebrate Women’s History Month, and here at Ingleside Station, we are incredibly fortunate to have some of the finest women officers in the department. Their dedication, professionalism, and commitment to service are at the heart of what makes our team exceptional. These women officers excel […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–March recap

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As promised in last month’s posting, here are the numbers taking into account the full first quarter of 2025: Looking at San Francisco as a whole: Q1 2025 Single Family Homes: 456 Sold Listings, 728 New Listings, 248 Active Listings (as of March 31st 2025), Median Sales Price: $1,617,500, Days on Market: 14 Q1 2024 […]

Adieu from the Glen Park Festival Committee

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As some of you know, for about 20 years, the Glen Park Neighborhood celebrated itself every spring with a festival on Wilder and Diamond streets. An all volunteer committee organized the festival, composed of local merchants and residents. The festival provided a fun day full of music, food and artists/crafts selling their wares. Proceeds from the […]

Glen Park Library: A Precious Gem

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When it’s playtime for tots at the Glen Park Rec Center, dozens of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds on trikes are on the move. Where are they going? The destination is obviously not the point. Into this organized chaos, Darren Heiber, Glen Park Library Branch Manager, leads Story Time, a half-hour in which Heiber, a high […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–February recap

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  Welcome to the REAL spring market. Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, and most of the rain (though it looks like this coming week may be wet), it’s time to take a look at how things are shaping up for our busy season. Looking at San Francisco as a whole here are […]

Need earthquake retrofit for your home? See if you qualify for Earthquake Brace + Bolt

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This program is now open through March 26, 2025. To register for up to a $3,000 seismic retrofit grant go to EarthquakeBraceBolt.com. Additional funds may be available for income-eligible households, which are defined as households with income at or below $89,040. We’ve helped more than 29,000 homeowners seismically retrofit their homes. Go to EBBtools.com to order […]

Glen Park calls out for your inner poet!

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  Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ~Robert Frost Hear ye, hear ye: Our fabulous Glen Park Branch Library invites you to express what makes you smile in Glen Park, in free verse, rhyme, haiku, or whatever style suits you.  This project was inspired by the many messages of love […]

Rancho San Miguel: Facts, Myths & Legends of the Glen Park District

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The Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project has an exciting new series about the history of Rancho San Miguel. This series of posts delves into the history of Rancho San Miguel as it pertains specifically to the Glen Park district, including Glen Park, Glen Canyon Park, Sunnyside, Fairmount Heights, and Diamond Heights. Throughout this series, some […]

Police chase on San Jose Avenue results in a massive accident

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On Friday, February 14 at 5:18pm AlertSF blasted out the warning, “Avoid the area of San Jose Avenue/Rousseau St. due to Police Activity. Emergency crews are on scene.”  According to an eyewitness, police were waiting in the northbound side, somewhere just north of the underpass. The witness drove past them (going north) and noticed they […]

San Francisco Superior Court seeks candidates for Civil Grand Jury

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The San Francisco Superior Court is currently recruiting members for the 2025-26 Civil Grand Jury. The application deadline is May 2, 2025.  More information is available on the Civil Grand Jury website  and the SF courts website. Apply to join the Civil Grand Jury | SF.gov Further information about service on the Civil Grand Jury […]

New Bikeshare Location

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A bikeshare station near Dolores Huerta Elementary School that was uprooted for road work has returned to a slightly different place: on Randall Street west of Chenery Street whereas previously it was east of Chenery. “Staff will initiate follow-up outreach with neighborhood associations, residents, and other denizens to collect feedback about this new location,” said […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–January recap

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Happy almost Valentine’s Day Glen Park! I don’t have a whole lot to report since my recap of 2024. As expected, we are moving and shaking in the market and there are a lot of buyers kicking the tires out there. Many properties are sitting in a “Coming Soon” status citywide which predicts a robust […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–December recap

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Welcoming 2025: Reflecting on the Past, Looking Ahead Happy New Year Glen Park! I hope you all had the chance to unwind and enjoy some well-deserved time with loved ones this holiday season. Personally, it was a refreshing break—after a whirlwind of work from summer through the end of the year, everything wrapped up just […]

Tree removal project along O’Shaughnessy Blvd. Jan. 13-24

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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has a tree removal project planned at O’Shaughnessy Boulevard near Bosworth Street that is scheduled to begin January 13, 2025. This project is a follow up to the tree removals that we did in the area last year, which was highlighted in an article written by Heather World. The trees […]

Local charity focuses on reading proficiency in 2025

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The year has flown by. Looking back reveals that Urban Angels SF has had its greatest impact in its 9-year history. Looking forward, our most important mission awaits, Rise Up SF, supporting the education of underserved children in grades 1 – 4 in San Francisco. How bad is it? Nearly 50% of the children in the San Francisco […]

Silent Night, Christmas Night

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Glen Park was deserted. Even the Glen Park Station bar was closed. You could stand in the middle of the street without fear as you could see traffic coming from a stop light away. The exception was our neighborhood Chinese restaurant, Win Garden, where the joint was jumping and business was brisk. The clientele was […]

Tornado–in SF??

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Glen Parkers, and indeed all of San Francisco, were awakened at 5:51am by a screeching emergency alert on their devices. We were being warned about a possible tornado, something we’re used to hearing about in Midwestern flyover country but not here. By 6:15am the shelter in place was called off, no tornado had materialized. But […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–November recap

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Happy Holidays! I’m so excited about all of the great things going on in Glen Park right now. The Burnside Steps were finally finished and they look AMAZING, and now Sirron Norris is working on a mural for Elk St. in front of Glen Canyon Park that will represent all of the great things in […]

Get rain ready

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The rains are coming! The Glen Park Association recommends– Click here for helpful preparation tips. Pay special attention to the Learn What to Do When a Sewer Backup or Flooding Occurs. (Lots of helpful stuff–Click the “+” drop-down) Consider Adopting a Drain–it’s so easy to help prevent sewer backups!

KQED Radio’s Bay Curious features Glen Canyon Park, site of first dynamite factory in US

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Glen Park historian Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project (GPNHP), recently was interviewed on KQED’s program about surprising facts about the Bay Area, this time focusing on Glen Canyon’s status as the location of the first dynamite factory in the US. Thanks to the efforts of Rose and the late Jean […]

GLEN PARK REAL ESTATE–October recap

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Brighter mornings and darker nights now that we’ve made it past daylight savings time, and it is a bit of a tumultuous time here in our fine city (and country for that matter). Lots of speculation going on, and frankly, I don’t intend to take part in too much of that on this day. I’m […]

Neighbors, politicos flock to opening of Burnside tiled steps

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It was an exciting scene as crowds gathered to witness the ribbon cutting of the Burnside Mural+ project, now completed with a mural and tiled steps. It was Glen Park resident Renee Berger’s vision  for a drab wall and stairway transformation into an eye-popping instant neighborhood treasure. The timeline required persistence for the complex project. […]

For the 29th–or is it 30th–year, the Vella Family Pumpkins are on display for Halloween

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This year, 140+ pumpkins will be on display outside the Vella family home at 354 Sussex. It’s a family tradition in its 29th year.The pumpkins will be on display starting at 5 pm on October 31. See attached for some new pumpkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNf6sf42oI&t=8s My daughter Maya (now Dr. Maya Vella, MD, a UCSF Radiologist) and […]

Take a walk—October is SF Stairway Month

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Seven miles, 5-ish hours and 494 steps–who would show up for such an arduous journey? Around 60 intrepid and sturdy people did, that’s who. October is SF Stairway Month, inaugurated this year by District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, in which the city is celebrating the 900+ public stairways across San Francisco. One of the events was […]

Breathtaking! October is SF Stairway Month

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October in San Francisco is already perfection but it’s going to be even better!  On October 1st the SF Board of Supervisors, with the initiative of District 8 Supervisor Mandelman, unanimously passed a resolution announcing the first ever San Francisco Stairway Month! The proclamation kicks off a slew of great events, including the installation of […]