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Our Fourth Occasional Fundraiser is nigh upon us! Two weeks from today — May 19 The Big Bash at the Clubhouse Benefitting Bird & Beckett and the BBCLP Focus on SOTA! On Saturday, May 19th, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, join us up at the Miraloma Clubhouse, 350 O‚Shaughnessy (at Del Vale) for an afternoon […]

They say if you pass the Bird & Beckett in the wee hours of the morn, you might hear the strains of the K.C. Blues— ‘ lest that’s according to Village lore. Some say that just above the tenor sax the voice of Samuel Beckett quips: “Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!” […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider After spending two hours pulling Italian thistle along a steep Glen Canyon hillside, five Friends of Glen Canyon Park volunteers and one Natural Areas apprentice followed Recreation and Parks manager Randy Zebell on a one-hour tutorial wildflower walk. “Watch for poison oak,” Zebell said, as he guided the group […]

If you know of a school or organization that works with children in the Glen Park area, please help us spread the word…. The Glen Park Festival Grant Application is available on the Glen Park Festival Website. http://www.glenparkfestival.com/glenparkfestival-grant-application-2012.pdf Grants are made from proceeds from the Festival to non-profit organizations (including schools, preschools, and after school […]

The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter Tuesday, April 17 11:37am     200 Blk Whitney St                Vandalism Officer Preston was dispatched to a vandalism report.  The reporting party was a house guest of the victim.  He pointed out damage to the front gate handle.  The suspect did not gain entry into the residence and nothing appeared to […]

A note on the window of a car parked (with wheels sharply curbed) on the 700 block of Chenery.  

Curb your wheels – even on flat roads – or face S.F. Muni wrath A dreaded sight (Credit: The Chronicle) Residents along Chenery Street in Glen Park have been perplexed in recent days to learn they live on a hill. Common sense would say the stretch just east of the canyon is flat, but when […]

Kudos to all who made such a wonderful Festival for us this year! Photos: Michael Waldstein.

P.S.: At last week’s Big Bang Gala at the California Academy of Sciences, I was seated next to John Hafernik, president of the academy’s board of trustees and an entomologist at San Francisco State. He described his passion for insects, from his boyhood in Texas. And in response to an inquiry, he said very modestly that […]

And Other News from the Glen Park Association  By Bonnee Waldstein  College Hill is now part of District 8, since boundaries were changed citywide in April. What is College Hill?  It’s a neighborhood, newly registered with the City and County of San Francisco, that used to be home to St. Mary’s College before it moved […]

GLEN PARK GEARS UP FOR NEXT ROUND OF PARKS IMPROVEMENTS It’s beginning to look as if Glen Park’s wish list for a major overhaul of Glen Canyon Park is getting closer to a dream realized. Soon the final design will be unveiled, and construction will begin, on the projects approved through the 2008 Clean and […]

ECONOMIC VIEW The Preschool Race Is No Joke By ROBERT H. FRANK Published: April 21, 2012 Carl Wiens WILDLY implausible faux news stories appear each April Fool’s Day, some of which are taken seriously. This year’s clear winner was the National Public Radio feature about a preschool’s new requirement that all applicants submit DNA profiles. As the […]

From the Bird and Beckett site: www.birdbeckett.com SUNDAY, APRIL 29 COME TO THE GLEN PARK FESTIVAL! An all-day frolic al fresco on Diamond Street from Bosworth to Chenerey.  Crafts booths, food vendors, your occasional politician and a stage full of terrific musicians entertaining you & your 1,000 close personal friends-to-be!  Music on the Fest stage starts at […]

Live music all day long, over 50 vendors (local artists/craftspeople/community organizations and schools), yummy food at our neighborhood restaurants and Off The Grid food carts, and a children’s area with a packed roster of entertainment (Tree Frog Treks, Wonderbugs, One Martial Arts demonstration — just to name a few) See more at http://www.glenparkfestival.com/entertainment.shtml   And don’t […]

Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Community Meeting for Diamond Heights and Glen Park You are invited to join Supervisor Wiener for his meeting on Saturday, April 21 at 4:00 pm at St. Aidan’s Church, Lower Level.  This is a great opportunity to discuss your neighborhood issues directly with Supervisor Wiener.  Lt. Trenia Wearing, Ingleside Police Station, will […]

By Murray Schneider Along Glen Canyon’s Islais Creek, not far from Silver Tree Day Camp, one can pass native columbine and sticky monkey flower, both plants native to California. A little farther west, across O’Shaughnessy Boulevard, half way between Glen Park’s village and School of the Arts, similar natives hug a craggy hillside left intact […]

Host: Lisa Spinali, SNA President Time: Monday, May 07, 2012, 6PM Location: St. Finn Barr AuditoriumPlease join us for our next Sunnyside Neighborhood Association (SNA) meeting on Monday, May 7th at 6:00 at the St. Finn Barr Auditorium. We will be serving paella for all prepared by Chef Marc Vogel before we begin the formal […]

Great post about the redistricting and the ‘lost tribes’ of college hill. Check out the Bernalwood blog here.

The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside Station newsletter   Thursday April 5 9:30pm       200 blk Randall            Burglary Officers Chew and Lim were sent to investigate a burglary case. The victim told the officers that her bicycle was stolen out a detached garage area. The victim told the officers that the last time […]

From District 8 Rep. Scott Wiener’s monthly blog: You can read more about the entire process here. Redistricting Complete: Great News for District 8 As you may know, based on the 2010 census, San Francisco has been going through a redistricting process for our 11 Supervisorial districts. The process finished this past Saturday. From the […]

By Murray Schneider On April 13th, neighborhood book and music lovers who set their clocks by Bird and Beckett’s 5:30 o’clock Friday jazz performances were treated to an unscheduled wedding anniversary celebration for Jimmy Ryan, a Bird and Beckett musician, and his wife, Rory. As Ryan’s quintet’s first set ended, Ryan stepped to the stage […]

Native Plant Garden Tour, Sunday April 15th, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. In addition to Jeanne Halpern’s hillside native garden on Valletta Court, the tours will feature other gardens in Noe Valley, Sunnyside and nearby neighborhoods. The California Native Plant Society tours are self-guided. Registration is not required. For a map, garden list and more […]

The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association  is having a membership drive. They are looking for volunteers to hang SNA door hangers in the neighborhood. It’s a great way to contribute, get some walking in the hood, and meet a neighbor or two. 

Door hanging will occur 4/16 – 4/22. The more, the merrier. No experience necessary. They […]

Dear Wilder, Diamond or Kern Street resident/business owner, You are invited to a neighborhood social and information session, sponsored by the Glen Park Festival. Wednesday, April 18th 6:30-7:45 pm at the Glen Park Library Community Room The Glen Park Festival Committee is hosting this event to provide an opportunity for input and questions from neighbors who […]

2012 Park Bond Community Meeting Schedule Please join us at one of our upcoming meetings to discuss the 2012 Parks Bond Program. After three months of community outreach with numerous stakeholders, we incorporated your feedback and developed the 2012 bond program. We will be discussing the proposed neighborhood parks for 2012 bond inclusion and our list […]

Friday March 23 8:03pm       2900 Blk Diamond St            Stolen Property Officers Hurwitz and Tam were on patrol in plainclothes when they spotted a suspect they knew was wanted for a possession of stolen property charge.  The officers were unable to stop in front of the residence where the suspect was standing with two other subjects.  […]

By Murray Schneider In mid-March, Bird and Beckett bookseller Eric Whittington stage-managed a four-day Indian film festival of Bengali movies at the Richmond District’s Balboa Theater. Whittington bookended “Indian Cinema – Beyond Bollywood,” with Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury “Aparajita Tumi,” a two-hour movie filmed last summer entirely on location in the Bay Area and “Nagmoti,” directed […]

March 2012 Newsletter Office Phone: 415-554-6968 Email:  scott.wiener@sfgov.org Website:  www.scottwiener.com For more regular updates, follow me on Facebook and Twitter:               My New Legislative Aide: Andres Power I want to extend a warm welcome to my new legislative aide, Andres Power. Andres is replacing Gillian Gillett, who has moved on to the Mayor’s Office. […]

The Diamond Heights Community Association has scheduled a Special Community Meeting for Diamond Heights and Glen Park residents to learn about the Park Bonds Measure on the November ballot.  The San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department will do a presentation on the measure.   The meeting will provide an opportunity for us to learn the […]

By Murray Schneider Admirers of the photography of Bruce Conner gathered together on March 3 for an evening reception at the Gallery Paule Anglim, which premiered 13 color photographs edited and transferred to digital color format by the Glen Park avant-garde artist before his death in 2008. The exhibit, “Mabuhay Gardens: Punk Photography & Collage,” […]

Please note that the Highland Street Bridge will be closed from March 9-16.  The Richland Street Bridge will be closed from March 16-23 for construction.   The following are Glen Park crimes from the Ingleside station newsletter.   Thursday March 1 Nothing in the report from Glen Park   Friday March 2 10:30am          Unit Blk […]

Beginning March 16th and running until March 20th, the Balboa Theater will program “Indian Cinema Beyond Bollywood,” a festival of Bengali movies from Tollywood. With the anticipated 2012 release of “Aparajita Tumi” from acclaimed director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, shot entirely on location last summer in the San Francisco Bay Area (with key scenes filmed in […]

Thursday February 16   2:15pm unit blk Chenery Theft Police Services Aide Flynn prepared a report regarding a theft. The victim came to the station and told the PSA that while in the restroom she left her phone in a stall and exited to wash her hands. While she was washing her hands a suspect […]

Martin Duggan caught this San Francisco  alligator lizard in Glen canyon on Tuesday sunning itself on a rock. The lizard is officially called Elgaria coerulea coerulea. They range from 2.75 to  5.87 inches in length from snout to vent. The subspecies lives in to California  from northern Sonoma County, south along the coast to northern Monterey […]

Story and photos by Murray Schneider Jeanne Halpern, who lives on a hill overlooking O’Shaughnessy Boulevard, acquired a green thumb in 2000 and a dozen years later her Valletta Court backyard, once rife with invasive weeds, now has a totally different look. Halpern’s backyard is perched on a slope that would challenge a sure-footed Billy […]

Thank you so much to those of you who responded to the survey about the Glen Park Festival. We’ve received many warm fuzzies and lots of helpful feedback, and we appreciate so many of you taking the time to respond. We’ve received 236 responses so far, 229 of whom feel positively or very positively about […]

To celebrate the Glen Park Association Website turning ten years old, we are reposting some of our favorite stories from the last ten years. Final word arrived Wednesday that the Cheese Boutique, a part of Glen Park for 19 years, will not close. Instead it will move next door, to 660 Chenery, into the space […]

From the Festival organizers: As most of you know, the Glen Park Festival is a one-day annual community event that brings our neighborhood together and raises money for schools and nonprofits in the Glen Park area. There are a few neighbors on Wilder Street who have signed a petition in protest of the festival. What they are asking […]

By Murray Schneider Later this year Diamond Heights resident, Richard Craib, steps down as president of the 130-member Friends of Glen Canyon Park, a position he has held for 15 years. Craib, 71, a native San Franciscan, was raised in the Sunset District and a 1958 graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School. He has lived […]

To the Glen Park community: The Glen Park community must make its voice heard to assure funding to complete the ambitious plans to improve and preserve Glen Canyon Park. Please join our effort to request that the Glen Park Recreation Center Improvement Plan be part of a planned November 2012 San Francisco recreation and park […]

If you’re a Glen Canyon Park user living in Sunnyside or Miraloma, this message is for you:   Our supervisors are now considering which SF parks will be eligible for facility improvements in 2014. This Monday, Feb 27th D-7 residents will have an opportunity to influence which parks will be on the priority list. Here’s […]

The Glen Park Community Plan has finally been ADOPTED!  Last Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to adopt the Glen Park Community Plan. The Plan will soon go to the Mayor for his signature and then become effective shortly thereafter. I want to sincerely thank everyone who participated in the planning process and helped […]

The following are crimes from the Ingleside station newsletter Wednesday February 1   Nothing in the report from Glen Park   Thursday February 2 11:30am     300 Blk Arbor St                    Battery Officer Coles was dispatched to a report of battery.  Officers Curry, Sanchez, Pai and Campion-Healy also responded.  The victim told the officers that the suspect, who lives […]

GLEN PARK VILLAGE FARMERS’ MARKET I want to give thanks once again to all the Groups,Associations and neighbors for their overwhelming support. Last year was a great success, and this year we have more events and activities planned! Sunday mornings in Glen Park will not only be the time to shop at the Village Farmers’ […]

From a Sunnyside email list: Coyote Sighting A large coyote was seen around 7:15am this morning wandering through the Sunnyside Rec Center. It entered via the steps at Melrose and was last seen behind the tennis courts. It did not appear to be afraid of humans.

CUP Cafe has kindly agreed to help Glen Park Elementary with our fundraiser. They will have 8 oz/ jars of Glen Park Honey for sale all week (or until supplies run out) for $12 per jar. It is local honey made right in Glen Park, from bees hived in the neighborhood. Proceeds will help fund […]

By Murray Schneider On January 29th, Jimmy Ryan and his Balboa Be Bop Band performed an encore to their earlier May 19, 2011 gig in the Richmond District’s Balboa Theater. Ryan, 72, and his Generation X jazz band mates warmed up the nearly capacity-filled theater with a rendition of Horace Silver’s “Blowin’ the Blues Away,” […]

  Neighborhood Parks Council and San Francisco Parks Trust are now one.   Dear Park Lover: SFPA is looking for San Francisco park activists, park lovers, and park supporters to join our Park Policy Committee (PPC).  This newly formed volunteer team of park enthusiasts will collaborate with SFPA’s Board and Staff to research policy issues, influence […]