Holloway Avenue has an unexpected history. Plus:
• Mayra Bustamante perseveres
On to the news.
Alex Mullaney
The Light's founder and editor.
Holloway Avenue: Where Horse Stables Gave Way To A Diverse Street
By The Ingleside microhood has evolved a lot in recent years. Read more »
Ingleside's Mayra Bustamante A Jack-of-All-Trades And A Master of Perseverance
The trusty worker for Ocean Avenue businesses juggles multiple jobs while living out of her car. 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.
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Lakeside Village Restaurant Ofena Closes After 2 Years
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At Ingleside’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant, A ‘United Nations’ of Customers
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Ingleside Merchants Sound Off On Ocean Avenue Red Lanes
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THE LISTING
This three-bed, three-bath home has a new roof and bespoke finishes with an open-concept kitchen and living room. It could be yours for $1,299,000.
THINGS TO DO
📖 Sixteen Rivers Press Poetry Reading at Bird & Beckett Books & Records | Thursday, 7 – 8:30 p.m | Free | Glen Park
🥁 Hop Sauce Performance at Ocean Ale House | Friday, 6 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
🐸 Tree Frog Treks Presentation at Excelsior Branch Library | Saturday, 1 – 2 p.m. | Free | Excelsior
🥕 Stonestown Galleria Farmers Market at the Northwest Parking Lot | Sunday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Free | Stonestown
✍️ OWLS Older Writers Laboratory Activity at Bernal Heights Library | Monday, 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Free | Bernal Heights
WORTH READING
- San Francisco man sues city, police department over Flock camera surveillance Courthouse News Service
- ‘This business killed my son’: A California hospital empire rises as patients suffer San Francisco Chronicle
- Traffic collision in San Francisco leads to car going up in flames KRON
- Meet the 28 people tasked to reshape San Francisco’s constitution Mission Local
- Your Guide to the Bay Area’s Biggest Art Month KQED
- Comic: How San Francisco’s sewers do (and don’t) work Mission Local
- Northern California still has the nation’s lowest ICE arrest rate. Here’s why San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
- San Francisco supervisors call for hearing into PG&E's massive blackout KTVU
- Bay Area college suspends football program after SFGATE investigation SFGATE
- ‘We took our business community for granted,’ San Francisco’s new mayor admits to city’s failings, but vows not to move fast and break things Fortune
- Experts examine how climate change will create more king tides in Bay Area ABC
- S.F. sees record drop in pedestrian fatalities, bucking statewide trends San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
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