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Glen Park neighbors tell harrowing stories of damage from recent storms

March 22, 2023 by Bonnee Waldstein

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.

Photo: Jodell Scott

It was among the trees that have fallen from the latest atmospheric river to wallop the Bay Area and Southern California.

Jodell Scott, a resident of the 500 block, says, “To be honest I’ve never seen such a hard-working crew out there for hours in the pouring rain. There were a lot of trees on the wires and it was a very dangerous undertaking. Still some clean up remaining, but looks like everybody is OK and the cars look ok too.”

A fallen tree blocking Arlington Street. Photo by Chase Tingley.
A tree leaning against power lines on Arlington Street on March 21, 2023. Photo by Chase Tingley.
A downed tree on Arlington Street on March 21, 2023. Photo by Chase Tingley.

The PG&E outage report as of 9pm Tuesday shows widespread outages in Glen Park. The site indicated crews had been dispatched but restoration of power was to be determined. Currently there are spotty outages of up to 49 homes in the neighborhoods near Glen Park.

On the Bosworth Street median at the 1100 block, reported nearby resident Meryl Glass, a large tree became uprooted and is leaning  precariously against the tree next to it. “The Urban Forest Ranger was here last night for damage done to a number of our neighbors” on the 1100 block below Dorothy Erskine Park.

Photo: Bonnee Waldstein

The storm took out several trees in Dorothy Erskine Park, once again damaging nearby homes on Bosworth Street. The previous story about storm damage to homes below Dorothy Erskine Park was picked up by the SF Standard.

This eucalyptus tree at the top of the park is uprooted and leaning, caught in the branches of another tree. No houses are in danger.

Photo: Dan Goldes

A large tree on the ridge was uprooted and is now in a precarious position right above two homes.

Uprooted cypress tree on Dorothy Erskine Park rests precariously on ridge above Bosworth homes. Photo: Octavio Di Sciullo

Two homes on the 1100 block of Bosworth were hit again, as well as a home on Burnside Avenue, with a tree falling on their property.

Tree falls affecting three properties on Bosworth St. and on Burnside Ave. Photos: Octavio Di Sciullo

The most impactful event was a tree coming down the hill onto a house (the one with solar panels), breaking a skylight, causing some interior damage and water infiltration and ruining a bathroom.

Tree falls from ridge onto Bosworth home, causing extensive damage. Photo: Octavio Di Sciullo

Elsewhere in Glen Park a tree came down across the trail from the Bosworth extension to the Glen Park Rec Center.  Rec & Park has caution tape up and a two-man crew sawed it apart.

Photos: Dan Goldes

At least a foot of water is standing on the ramp at San Jose Avenue and Monterey Boulevard. Cars slow to a crawl to get through it.

Photos: Dan Goldes

“Lake Monterey”

Photos: Tony Perrie

Intermittent showers are expected Thursday and Friday.

After the rough time we’ve been having in Glen Park, and if you’ve read this far, here’s something to ponder—think of a caption for this photo:

Photo: Bonnee Waldstein

Send your entry to info@glenparkassociation.org Prize (if any) TBD.

You can get online updates from PG&E here.

To sign up for AlertSF please visit: www.alertsf.org

Follow the Department of Emergency Management on Twitter:  @SF_Emergency

If you have a photo or an account of local effects of this latest storm, please send them to the Glen Park News at info@glenparkassociation.org.

Please stay safe.

Filed Under: storm, Trees, Uncategorized

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Saturday’s Glen Park Greenway Work Party is Cancelled.

“I’m very sorry to say that
we have cancelled our Work Party for this Saturday July 12, along with all organized volunteer activity on the Greenway until further notice.
As you may have read in the news, our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), has shut itself down. Just as SFPA has shut itself down, the Greenway, as an organized part of SFPA, has also been “shut down.” We are busy looking for a suitable alternative fiscal sponsor that is willing to replace SFPA. That search is going well but it is a slow process. We had hoped to find temporary ways to enable the Greenway project to function responsibly as a community activity without a fiscal sponsor. Sadly, despite our best efforts and the help of many others in Glen Park, we have failed. That is why we must cancel our Saturday Work Party and discontinue future work parties and other organized volunteer activity on the Greenway (like weeding and watering) until further notice. We recognize that the Greenway is public open space and that the organizers of the Greenway project have no control over the activities of you or of anyone else on the Greenway. However, if you do venture onto the Greenway to satisfy your urge for outdoor recreation, please be aware that your activity is not in any way organized or sanctioned by the organizers of the Glen Park Greenway project. I’m well aware of the efforts that many of the
Greenway’s supporters are making to get the Greenway organized with a new fiscal sponsor and I’m confident that this will be arranged within weeks or perhaps a few months.
However long it takes, I will contact you with news of our progress.
Many thanks for all that you do for the Greenway.”

Nicholas Dewar, volunteer Project Director

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Wonder what’s stopping just organizing it separate from that non-profit. It seems like the volunteers largely come from Glen Park.

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It was a beautiful day for the annual #july4th celebration on Laidley street!

📷: Photos courtesy of Michael Waldstein

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