Elizabeth Weise

This year Halloween in Glen Park was bigger and better than ever. The San Francisco Police Department blocked off much of Chenery Street west of Diamond Street, making for a much safer evening. Police estimated that more than 3,000 people visited the neighborhood. Officers stationed at Chenery and Lippard said the department had decided to […]

Blessing of the Animals Oct. 8th Please join St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church for its 3rd Annual Blessing of the Animals in honor of St. Francis, the patron saint of San Francisco. October 8, 2017, Upper Douglass Dog Dog Park, Douglass @ 27th Street, 12:00 – 1:00 pm All are welcome! For more information please contact Reverend Margaret Dyer-Chamberlain,mdyerc@stanford.edu, 650-619-0781. […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider In 1967, as a freshly minted and struggling high school teacher only a few years older than my oldest student, I thought about leaving the classroom and becoming a tour guide. Instead, I stayed put and didn’t turn in my U.S. History textbook. Fifty years later I finally got […]

By Murray Schneider The Crags Court Community Garden may be the best kept secret in Bay Area urban gardening. Perched high above the floor of Glen Canyon, the terraced garden boasts 18 garden beds served by 25 gardeners who grow winter crops such as lettuce, kale, spinach, beans, beets, chard, celery, red potatoes and carrots. […]

By Michael Rice, past president, Glen Park Association Bruce Bonacker, architect, community activist, historic preservation advocate, and long-time Glen Park resident, passed away on August 3, 2017, at age 69. Bruce had been in treatment for over a year for a rare form of cancer, but he was engaged in Glen Park Association work, in […]

By Dwight Smith Sunnyside resident Charles Liteky, a decorated war hero, former Catholic priest and later an outspoken and honored peace activist, died on January 20. However, a significant memorial date for Liteky could be September 1 because it was on that date in 1986 that he renounced his medal of honor and the pension […]

by Murray Schneider Mike Lefiti was a bear of a man and a cub of a boy. Tragically killed on June 14, a victim of a senseless and inexplicable shooting at the UPS Distribution Center on Potrero Hill, Big Mike, as I called him when he was a 46-year old-adult and a 16-year-old teenager, was […]

from The Chronicle:   Slain UPS driver Mike Lefiti ‘was always there for you’ By Sarah Ravani, Evan Sernoffsky and Erin Allday Updated 10:11 pm, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Mike Lefiti was a longtime UPS driver who took pride in his work and was widely respected by his colleagues and adored by his large family, friends […]

By Susan Sutton After years of planning and $14 million, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department led elected officials, community leaders, the media, and many who had a hand in revitalizing the Glen Park Recreation Center on a tour Monday morning. This New Deal building, built in 1937, looks a great deal better. In […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider On June 10, the public will be invited to the general opening of the refurbished Glen Park Recreation Center from 11:00 – 3:00. After two years of work, the fully renovated space will open to what’s expected to be a big crowd. On their way in, they’ll hopefully noticed […]

Glen Park Hardware closed on May 29 for renovation and the new owners hope to have it reopened by mid-June. Aaron and Simar Esquivel had originally hoped to be able to buy additional shelves to add to the shelving units already in the store. However when Aaron went looking for them, he found the company that made […]

By  Murray Schneider The PG&E substation at Rousseau at Bosworth Streets is undergoing a facelift. Originally constructed in 1935 and until recently situated adjacent to the defunct Ray Oil Burner Company at 1301 San Jose Avenue, Substation M is undergoing a significant upgrade. The safety and reliability makeover, which begins in mid-April and is scheduled […]

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:20pm     1300 Blk Bosworth                          Robbery Officers Peralta and Williams responded to a report of a robbery.  Sergeants Anderson and Dalton also responded.  The victim sustained an injury during the incident and was bleeding from the left eye.  Medics were summoned to the scene.  The victim told the officers that she was walking on a trail with two […]

Although one of Glen Park’s great horned owl died last year, this year a new family has taken up residence in the Canyon and has hatched at least one owlet. Due to the construction on the Rec Center, the owls appear to have moved their nest away from the one they’ve been using for several years along […]

The next Ingleside Community meeting will be held in the Ingleside Police Station Community room on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 7p.m.  There will be light refreshments available to those who come to the meeting.  All are welcome to attend. Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Nothing in the report from Glen Park   Monday, April 3, […]

Essay and photos by Jemison Beshears One of the joys of walking through the streets of Glen Park is seeing all the houses in their wild variety and wondering what stories they might disclose if you only had a guide to tell them. Here, Jemison Beshears, a 32-year resident of Melrose Avenue, which runs just a few short […]

A two alarm fire broke out on the 100 block of Randall Street Thursday morning. All the humans and pets got out and thankfully no one was seriously injured, but there was heavy smoke and fire billowing from the upstairs window as fire trucks arrived, said neighbor Jan Bender. Fire fighters quickly put out the […]

Crime in Glen Park reported in the Ingleside Newsletter   Monday, March 13, 2017 06:00pm           200 Blk Baden        Stolen Vehicle   Sunday, March 12, 2017 04:51pm           100 Blk Laidley          Burglary   Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:44am     600 Blk. Chenery         Malicious Mischief Vandalism A […]

District 8 Supervisor Jeff Sheehy will hold neighborhood office hours on Friday, March 24, at Higher Grounds coffee house, 691 Chenery St., 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come meet with our neighborhood supervisor to discuss ideas and concerns.

By Murray Schneider Catherine Symon and her daughter, Natalie, experienced a unique event on January 24, as they left Glen Canyon’s Glenridge Nursery School. After school was dismissed, Symon accompanied four-year old Natalie along a path paralleling Alms Road, a path they’ve taken eight times a week for two years. “I heard a rustling of […]

By Murray Schneider A huge chunk of Franciscan chert rock plummeted from the eastern slopes of Glen Canyon to Alms Road sometime between February 15 and February 22. The ominous-looking boulder greeted a group of volunteers from Friends of Glen Canyon Park as they made their way along the fire road, destined for thickets of […]

Marion Dalere, of Dalere’s Beauty Salon at 660 Chenery Street, caught this photo of a rainbow over Glen Park during her lunch break on Tuesday.

By Murray Schneider As we walk through our neighborhood, the inordinate amount of work necessary to keep our streets and bits of greenery as lovely as they are isn’t always apparent. Take, for example, the Greenway that runs parallel to Bosworth Street. Casual strollers don’t see the many hours of work, both physical labor as […]

A Glen Park neighbor caught this on their camera this past week. It shows a thief calmly walking past all the cars on the block and using a flashlight to see if anything was visible to steal. This occurred at 3:33 am. One of the cars in the block got broken by the thief, though it happens […]

Friday, January 20, 2017 Harvey Steiman was talking through Glen Canyon Park on Friday when he saw this in the ball field facing Elk St. When he asked one of the workers what was going on, he was told “they had discovered a leak in ‘the sewer.’” Further questioning revealed that the culvert that Islais […]

The Greenway between Lippard and Chilton,  9 am to 12 pm. Meet on the Greenway between Lippard and Chilton streets (last time, we did the stretch between Brompton and Lippard). We’ll celebrate and get to know each other over a lunch time community potluck. You should bring: * A salad, dessert, casserole or finger food […]

Dec. 12, 2016. By Gail Bensinger After several weeks of cleaning, building and rearranging, Glen Park Hardware is once again open for business. New owner Aaron Esquivel and his hard-working crew are holding a “soft” opening as they wait for new stocks to arrive. They have opened up the back room, used as a storeroom by […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Want to know if the winter will be mild or severe, or if the December rains will continue into April. You need go no farther then Glen Canyon’s boardwalk, which transverses a natural seep only a few yards north of Glenridge Nursery School. That’s what four Friends of Glen […]

Saturday night’s rainstorm appears to have snapped the trunk of a tree on Bosworth between Chilton & Burnside, on the right going toward the canyon. Neighbor Susan Sutton got these photos.

Sunday, November 13th – 11 a.m.Kids’ Book & Craft Event! Bring your kids to Bird & Beckett for a wolf-themed craft and story time. Emma Bland Smith (author of San Francisco’s Glen Park and Diamond Heights, Arcadia Publishing, 2007) will read her new picture book, Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the […]

Story and photo by Gail Bensinger Aaron and Simar Esquivel, the new owners of the Glen Park Hardware Store, hope to get the shop reopened in time for Christmas. Aaron, who grew up in Pacifica and Stockton, and Simar, originally from India, met when they were both studying at Humphreys College in Stockton. They are […]

By Gail Bensinger   Glen Park’s newest restaurant, One Waan, is opening Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Diamond Street location where Osha Thai closed in mid-October. The new owner is Alex Prasertsith, a native of Bangkok who has worked in Thai restaurants since coming to San Francisco eight years ago to study industrial design at […]

By Murray Schneider The lovely, iridescent and exceedingly rare San Francisco forktailed damselfly once thrived in Glen Canyon before going extinct due to the buildup of Diamond Heights and the loss of much of the clear flowing water in Islais creek that the damsels require. Reintroduced in 2006, the graceful, endangered dragonfly-like creatures are clinging […]

Glen Park Hardware will live again! Things looked bleak for the continuation of a hardware store in Glen Park after Hal and Susan Tauber retired on August 31, 2016. They’d put their store up for sale but there had been no serious offers so after a massive sale they closed up shop. “Then, at the […]

By Bonnee Waldstein You’ve heard the question a million times – “Are you ready for the Big One?” If your answer is no, you’re taking a big gamble. If you say yes, chances are you could be doing more – a lot more – to prepare for the next earthquake or other major disaster.   Recent forecasts […]

Please join us for our end-of-summer meeting Wed. Sep 21, 6:30-7:30pm at Glen Park Library. We will challenge you with how WE, Glen Park, should prepare and plan for the Big One. PLUS we need volunteers to assist with the creation of the Glen Park map. If you plan on attending, please RSVP to Susanna […]

The final day of Glen Park Hardware came on Wednesday, August 31, when Hal and Susan Tauber closed the door on 38 years of supplying Glen Park with everything from nails to mouse traps to mops. No buyer came forward to purchase the businesses, so in their usual calm, methodical way the Taubers shut down and closed up. A new […]

  Hello Neighbors:   Could you (and others in your household) please fill out a short survey — Opinions, sightings, and encounters with coyotes in San Francisco? It’s only 13 questions — and should take only a few minutes to complete! The questions are simple and non-weighted, with a place to elaborate in your own words. Also, we […]

By Elizabeth Weise The strange and wonderful still happens every day, we just don’t always know it. Take the surprising case of a stolen bespoke bike that found its way across the Bay and back to its owner with the aid of a sharp-eyed Glen Park resident and a surprising coincidence. It all started on […]

The Board of Appeals has approved a plan to move a redwood tree at 95 Norhoff.   Thirteen months ago the board denied a permit to remove the tree so that the lot could be subdivided into four individual parcels of property. The board reconsidered the matter in April, but deadlocked 2-2 with an absent board member. On August 17, […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider If you’re up for a walk, take a moment to amble over to Sunnyside’s Joost & Baden Mini-Park. Tucked away between Joost Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the whimsical corridor is sandwiched between the Sunnyside Conservatory on the south and Nordhoff Street on the north. San Francisco boasts a plethora […]

Find out more about NERT: the Neighborhood Emergency Response Team on Wednesday, September 21 from 6:30-7:30pm at Glen Park Library. NERTers  will show a short video and then challenge talk about  how WE, Glen Park, should prepare and plan for emergencies. Please contact Susanna Russo for more information – sgrdvm1@me.com More information about NERT here.

BART’s District 9 board seat, held for almost 20 years by Tom Radulovich, is up for grabs. Radulovich has announced he will not seek re-election. The seat covers BART’s 16th Street Mission, 24th Street Mission, Glen Park, Civic Center, and Powell Street stations, as well as a portion of the Balboa Park station. At least three people have announced […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider While not exactly a stairway to heaven, the recently completed Beacon Trail is comprised of 74 steps, which ascend to Diamond Heights’ Walter Haas Playground from Upper Noe’s Beacon Street. More about the opening here. The latest addition to the Recreation and Park Department’s greenbelt mosaic of connector trails, […]