
In this week’s newsletter, we take a look at crime impacting small business owners on Ingleside's Ocean Avenue.
Plus:
- Central Drugs street sign unveiling recap
- A rundown of the Prop. K opposition rally
- Events Around the Neighborhood
- Worth Reading
Anne Marie Kristoff
Crime Frustrates Merchants on Ingleside’s Ocean Avenue

Small business owners experience crime differently than the general public, and Ocean Avenue's merchants have lingering concerns.
By Anne Marie Kristoff
Central Drug Store’s Elsie Tonelli Honored With Street Sign

Great Highway Park Proposal Opponents Rally In McLaren Park
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Events Around the Neighborhood
- Book Signing And Talk With Mary Gerritsen
WHAT: Join the president of the Orchid Conservation Alliance for a book signing and talk about her book “A Bay Area Guide to Orchids and their Culture.”
WHERE: The Plant Lady SF, 1637 Ocean Ave.
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. - Oakland Jazz Funk Project Performance
WHAT: Jam out to jazz, funk and soul musical hits with the Oakland Jazz Funk Project.
WHERE: Lakeside Landing, 2504 Ocean Ave.
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, from 1 to 3 p.m. - Repujado Metal-Embossing Workshop
WHAT: Get your crafting on at the San Francisco Public Library Ocean View Branch and create your own Repujado artwork and learn about the traditional Mexican metal-embossing method.
WHERE: Ocean View Library, 345 Randolph St.
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, from 2 to 4 p.m. - Frida Kahlo Way Family Bike Ride Celebration
WHAT: Join We Are OMI and Kids Are Safe SF for a family bike ride to celebrate the completion of the Frida Kahlo Way quick-build project with snacks provided at the end.
WHERE: Sunnyside Elementary (250 Foerster St.) to Merced Heights Playground (801 Shields St.)
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, starting at 10:30 a.m.
Disclaimer: Always double-check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change and errors occur.

Worth Reading
- KQED: SF Proposes Relief Fund to Aid Wage Theft Victims Left Unpaid by Employers
- CBS Bay Area: San Francisco Unified parents will have to wait longer to learn which schools are closing
- San Francisco Standard: The city to propose stricter RV parking ban, easing towing of vehicles used as homes
- San Francisco Examiner: SF asks judge to bar OAK from using new moniker
- San Francisco Standard: Protest or crime? The city’s investigation of an RV community worries homeless advocates
- SFGATE: San Francisco is suing the owners of a mysterious trash lake in SoMa
- Mission Local: TogetherSF wants to remake City Hall. Internal doc shows that's just the beginning
- San Francisco Chronicle: SF's Cliff House opening delayed with more than $10 million in estimated repairs
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