🟧 Exclusive Chancellor Q&A // Robo-Wok Restaurant Opens

In this week’s newsletter, we publish the first interview with City College's new chancellor. Plus:

• A new restaurant's chefs are robot-assisted
• Rose Meneses on making dapper dogs
• The Listing, Things To Do and Worth Reading

On to the news.

Q&A: Chancellor Kimberlee Messina On City College’s Future

By John R. Adkins, Alex Mullaney

The 13th leader in 11 years, Messina takes the helm after the college secured its accreditation. Read more »

New Restaurant Wok Up Opens On Lakeside Village’s Ocean Avenue

The Hong Kong-style restaurant serves up dim sum and Chinese cuisine with help from robotic woks. Read more »

The Pawber Shop’s Rose Meneses Makes Ingleside's Dogs Dapper

The 37-year-old San Francisco native left the corporate world behind to follow her passion for working with animals. Read more »

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Ingleside Native Examines Urban Growth In Forthcoming Book

By Anthony Myers • Read more »

Outside Lands 2025: A Weekend Full Of Standout Artists And Food

By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »

Integrity Automotive Services’ David Pang Puts Quality First

By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »

83-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies Days After Ingleside Crash

By Jerold Chinn • Read more »

THE LISTING

9 Shields St.

Built in 1946, this three-bedroom, two-bath home offers stunning views of San Francisco's hills. It features two floors of space with an espresso-colored wood chip-covered backyard and stone pathway, a joint living room and dining room that connects to the black and white tiled kitchen and breakfast nook and a built-in fireplace. It sits across the street from the Lakeview and Ashton Mini Park and is a nine-minute walk to the Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreational Center and a seven-minute walk to Brooks Park. View The Listing »

THINGS TO DO

👮 Community Meeting with Capt. Harmston at Taraval Police Station | Thursday, 6 p.m. | Sunset

🎵 Sunset Fridays Performances with Wreckless Strangers at the San Francisco Zoo | Friday, 5 – 7 p.m. | General admission $14, $375 for VIP tent | Lakeshore

🖌️ Stair Mural Painting at the Upper Detroit Steps | Saturday, 10 a.m – 4 p.m. | Free with RSVP | Sunnyside

🌿 New Mission Terrace Neighborhood Garden Tour in Mission Terrace | Sunday, 1 – 4 p.m. | Free | Mission Terrace

📚 Books In The Park at Minnie & Lovie Ward Recreational Center | Monday, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Free | Ocean View

WORTH READING

• ICE pepper sprays protesters and press at S.F. immigration court Mission Local
• San Francisco Muni drivers told to ask permission to use the bathroom San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
• Auction of S.F.’s biggest mall delayed for seventh time as the struggling property’s limbo continues San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
• SF Rec and Parks Officially Requests Removal of Embarcadero’s Vaillancourt Fountain SFist
• SF's Sunset Dunes will change next week in response to series of accidents SF Gate
• The last phase of San Francisco’s most expensive park project is underway San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
•  SF set to open its first abstinence-based homeless shelter KTVU
• As SF Students Return to School, City Leaders Aim to Soothe Frayed Nerves KQED
• SF Transgender District starts $100K fund San Francisco Examiner

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