
In this week’s newsletter, we delve into the impending closure of Walgreens.
Plus:
- Muni service reductions
- Excelsior restaurant to close
- Ocean Avenue traffic work
- Events Around the Neighborhood
- Worth Reading
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Anne Marie Kristoff
Ingleside’s Walgreens Is Set To Close. What’s To Be Done?

The pharmacy-store chain plans to close 12 locations by the end of February, leaving the neighborhood without a drugstore.
By Anne Marie Kristoff
SFMTA Reducing Light Rail, Bus Service On Ingleside Routes
New Orleans-Inspired Eatery Gentilly To End 5-Year Run

K Ingleside Stops To Be Demolished, Traffic Lights Re-Timed
In Case You Missed It
- The Ingleside Light's 10 Most-Read Stories Of 2024
- The Ingleside Light Hosts Merry Mixer For Readers At Purtea
Events Around the Neighborhood
- 🧹 D11 Neighborhood Beautification Day at James Denman Middle School Yard | Saturday, Jan. 18, 8:30 a.m. – noon | Free with registration
- 🌿 Pan American Companion Plant Stories with Alicia Retes Presentation at Ingleside Branch Library | Saturday, Jan. 18, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Free
- 🧹 Clean Up Ridge Lane With Your Neighbors at Ridge Lane | Sunday, Jan. 19, 10 a.m. – noon | Free
- 🎨 My Life Canvas Art Exhibition at C.C. Arts & Crafts | Sunday, Jan. 19, 2 – 4 p.m. | Free
Worth Reading
- Mayor Daniel Lurie proposes new fentanyl law and visits troubled S.F. street San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
- From 1,000 to zero: The loss of public news racks in San Francisco Mission Local
- Animal cruelty is caught on video at SF markets — but the city says it can't act The San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
- Two of S.F.'s richest pressure groups, TogetherSF and Neighbors, will merge Mission Local
- Harvey Milk Club expels president over fraudulent-vote scandal Mission Local
- Protesters rally during San Francisco healthcare conference KRON4
- San Francisco police issue warning after $374K stolen in blessing scams CBS Bay Area
- SF court clerks say new contract a 'game-changer' in addressing case backlog San Francisco Examiner
- Fees waived for SF SPCA puppy adoptions to help free up space for LA animals NBC Bay Area
- New 3-story residence proposed at 585 Lakeview Ave. SF YIMBY
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