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In this week's edition, we report on Caltrans' project to rebuild an I-280 pedestrian bridge connecting Ocean View to Cayuga Terrace for $25 million. Plus:
• The story of SF's Mr. Baseball
• Win Long Hardware profile
On to the news.
Caltrans Begins $71M I-280 Pedestrian Bridge, Roadway Improvement Project
By Replacing the bridge connecting Ocean View to Cayuga Terrace is the centerpiece of the state agency's two-year project. Read more »
San Francisco’s Mr. Baseball: The Legacy Of 'The Prodigious Half-Pint' Marino Pieretti
By Lisa Dunseth
The soon-to-be-renovated Crocker Amazon Playground baseball field No. 1 is named for a San Francisco legend. Here's his story. Read more »
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'We Have Almost Everything': Ingleside's Win Long Hardware An Essential Legacy Business
By The densely packed store joined the list of San Francisco businesses in 2025 and is relied on by residents and merchants alike. Read more »
Sisterhood Gardens Anniversary Party And Other Greater Ingleside Events For July 21 – 27, 2026
From a fraud fighters workshop to a Detroit Steps maintenance day, we curate these events to help you enjoy the best of the greater Ingleside. Read more »
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
If you missed any of The Light's stories last week, pour some coffee, take some time out and dive in.
Group Forms To Counter Opposition To Ocean Avenue Red Lanes Project
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Free Parking In Ingleside's Former Walgreens Lot Is Over For Now
By The Ingleside Light Staff • Read more »
San Francisco's First One City Day Kicked Off In Ocean View And Celebrated In Ingleside
By Seamus Geoghegan • Read more »
$31M Excelsior-Outer Mission Safety Improvements Complete
By Jerold Chinn • Read more »
THE LISTING
Real estate on the market you should know about.
A storybook Craftsman on nearly a quarter acre could be yours for $1.15 million.
EVENT PICKS
Hand-picked events from this week's Things To Do.
🗣️ City Hall Open House with Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Chyanne Chen | Thursday, 6 – 7:30 p.m. | San Francisco Christian Center Auditorium
🎸 Tandem Sidecar Performance at Ocean Ale House | Friday, 4 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
🧹 OMI-CPP Community Cleanup at Broad Street and Plymouth Avenue | Saturday, 10 a.m. – Noon | Free | Ocean View
🧹 Maintenance Day at the Detroit Steps | Sunday, 10 a.m. – Noon | Free | Sunnyside
🎲 Game Night at Ocean Ale House | Monday, 7 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
WORTH READING
Take some time to kick back and read these.
- PG&E donation funds new fire engine for San Francisco Fire Department NBC Bay Area
- Meet the billionaires behind $336M ‘explosion’ of money in California politics, per new report Mission Local
- Proposal Would Allow San Francisco Small Business Owners to Unionize KQED
- UCSF shifts specialized children’s care between Oakland and San Francisco, raising travel concerns The Mercury News
- Loyal Waymo customer calls for policy changes after alleged robotaxi attack NBC Bay Area
- Californians may get a new way to sue big companies. Some Democrats are nervous CalMatters
- Ex-commissioners fear City Hall will pack watchdog group with loyalists San Francisco Standard
- For Shorter Ballots, Mayor Wants to Change How Some Measures Qualify San Francisco Public Press
- Lowell High School group sues SFUSD over board’s approval of ethnic studies curriculum San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco approves harsher punishments for illegal fireworks KRON4
- ‘The money is just obscene’: Inside Mayor Lurie's funding machine reshaping S.F. politics San Francisco Chronicle
- Clint Reilly was the quintessential San Franciscan. For good and ill Mission Local
- S.F. cuts millions in funding to troubled housing nonprofit after Chronicle investigation San Francisco Chronicle
- Growing privacy concerns over SFPD drone program FOX2
- Nancy Pelosi, Ro Khanna and other California lawmakers defend KGO in letter to FCC San Francisco Chronicle
- Will Pelosi’s heir also visit Taiwan? Chan and Wiener answer very differently San Francisco Standard
- New owner to take control of redevelopment site at Parkmerced San Francisco Standard
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