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In this week's edition, we report the details on a now-funded $5 million stormwater and traffic improvement project.
• A Q&A With Colin Dobson
• De León Piercing Studio opens
• Ingleside apartment complex shooting
• San Francisco Voting Resource
Scheduling note: This newsletter will take next week off.
On to the news.
Take Control of Your Finances
Oct. 24, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Main Library, Lower Level, 100 Larkin St.
Join San Francisco Public Library for Financial Planning Day, a full-day event featuring objective one-on-one counseling from CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals and expert-led workshops on investing, income tax updates, property tax, budgeting and more.
Join us in person at the Main Library or attend select sessions via Zoom. Workshops are held in the Koret Auditorium, and one-on-one counseling takes place in the Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room. Registration is required for Zoom attendance; in-person seating is first come, first served. Secure a session with a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ by registering here. Walk-ins are welcome, but availability is not guaranteed.
$5M Worth Of Stormwater Management Projects On Tap For Outer Mission
By The feds are shelling out for rain garden plazas and bioretention bulbouts. Read more »
Building Passion On The Pitch: A Q&A With Colin Dobson
By In 12 years, Super Soccer Stars has gone from Mission Bay to Bay Area-wide with programs at Aptos Playground and Balboa Park. Read more »
De León Piercing Studio Brings Culture And Community To Ingleside
The new shop on Ashton Avenue will hold a grand opening on Nov. 1 for Día de los Muertos. Read more »
Update: Man Shot In Ingleside Apartment Complex
San Francisco Police Department officers searched for the suspect Tuesday evening. Read more »
General Election 2026: San Francisco Voting Resource
Information and analysis for the races and measures in San Francisco's November general election. 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.
SFPD Increases Reward For Unsolved Ocean View Murder
By Alex Mullaney • Read more »
OMI Nature Exploration Area Opens On Brotherhood Way
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Inglesider Indigo Rosenberg Talks Mapping Safety On Muni
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
THE LISTING
Real estate on the market you should know about.
This two-bed, one-bath home features new flooring, a stone fireplace and an extended peninsula countertop in the kitchen. It could be yours for $898,000.
EVENT PICKS
Hand-picked events from this week's Things To Do.
👮 Community Meeting with Captain Harmston at Taraval Police Station Community Room | Thursday, 6 p.m. | Free | Taraval
🏀 City College Rams Men’s Basketball Scrimmage at San Francisco State University | Friday, 12:30 p.m. | Free | Park Merced
Ocean View, Merced Heights, and Ingleside History Day Presentation
Ingleside Branch Library | Saturday, 3 – 5 p.m. | Free | Ingleside
Learn about OMI history and share stories about important people, places, businesses and events with community partners like SF Planning, who will also share information about the SF Cultural Heritage program.
2026 Sunnyside Garden and Stairway Walk
236 Monterey Blvd. | Sunday, 2 – 4 p.m. | Free | Sunnyside
Celebrate SF Stairway Month with a tour through Sunnyside’s hidden parks and parklets, the Sunnyside Conservatory and the Painted Detroit Steps with the Detroit Steps Project and the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association.
WORTH READING
Take some time to kick back and read these.
- Mayor Lurie’s office didn’t show at a City Hall hearing on drug use. Then he appeared on CNN San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco Unified to replace school lottery system EdSource
- Former manager of Levi’s Stadium accused of embezzling $1.4 million of San Mateo County taxpayer funds Mercury News
- ‘Proof we were there’: A reporter’s SoMa homecoming Mission Local
- These S.F. neighborhoods say City Hall broke its promises. Can the next supervisor deliver? San Francisco Chronicle
- Exclusive: S.F. sheriff’s overtime paid for pageants and festivals as understaffed jails hit ‘breaking point’ San Francisco Chronicle
- A ‘charismatic landform’ is being lost in California San Francisco Chronicle
- FBI arrests OpenAI engineer in SF over toilet paper-wrapped recording device SFGate
- Mayor Daniel Lurie touted a key housing reform. Critics say it changes almost nothing San Francisco Chronicle
- SFUSD board backs neighborhood schools, ending elementary school lottery Mission Local
- San Francisco’s skyline, rezoned: What it could look like if new height limits are maxed out San Francisco Chronicle
- Chinese Americans once flocked to S.F.’s Chinatown and the west side. Now they’re moving elsewhere San Francisco Chronicle
- ‘No room to take a breath’: S.F. swim clubs squeezed by city lifeguard shortage San Francisco Chronicle
- SF school board race fractures political alliances San Francisco Standard
- S.F. State just saw its first enrollment growth in a decade. Now comes the hard part San Francisco Standard
- The inside story behind the mysterious rift between Pelosi and Wiener San Francisco Standard
- California sues to block planned closure of National Archives at San Francisco NBC Bay Area
- S.F. power grid takeover could cost city $20 billion, PG&E says San Francisco Chronicle
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