August 28, 2025

🟧 Ingleside's Hot Dog Man // Parking Permit Petition

Plus: BART's new fare gates and a gas station gets rebranded.


In this week’s newsletter, permit parking petition coming soon after years of delay. Plus:

BART's puts in new fare gates
Do you know the Hot Dog Man?
Gas station rebranded
The Listing, Things To Do and Worth Reading

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On to the news.

Ingleside's Residential Permit Parking Zone Could Extend To The Excelsior

Parked cars.

head shot of writer By John R. Adkins

“I think we deserve it, we’re a very strong family neighborhood with a lot of good people,” one neighbor said. Read more »

BART Installs New Fare Gates At Balboa Park Station

Fare gates.

logo of quote mark The Ingleside Light Staff

The new saloon-style gates are designed to minimize fare evasion. Read more »

Meet Ingleside’s Hot Dog Man Thaddeus Laffitte

Men at hot dog cart.

headshot of person By Anne Marie Kristoff

The City College alum sells hot dogs with fresh toppings at his alma mater while training students in business. Read more »

Ingleside Gas Station Getting Rebranded

Gas station.

headshot of person By Anne Marie Kristoff

The Valero station in the heart of the neighborhood is no more. Read more »

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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

By John R. AdkinsAlex Mullaney Read more »

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

By Anne Marie Kristoff Read more »

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

By Anne Marie Kristoff Read more »

THE LISTING

Pictures of a home.
895 Darien Way

Built in 1941, this three-level home sits on a corner lot with four bedrooms, one with a private deck, four bathrooms and a sunroom with a terrace view. It is ideal for hosting or entertaining friends and family with its spacious entry, large family and living rooms, beautifully landscaped backyard and formal dining room. It’s a two-minute walk to the 23 bus line, a 10-minute walk to the K-Ingleisde light rail and an eight-minute walk to Aptos Park. View The Listing »

THINGS TO DO

🎤 Suzy Q & Friends Performance at That’s Amore SF | Thursday, 6 – 8 p.m. | Free | Ingleside

🍷 Stitch & Sip + Movie Night at Youth Art Exchange Studios | Friday, 5 – 8 p.m. | Free with RSVP, $10 donation suggested | Cayuga Terrace

🪴 Plant Swap Social at Ingleside Branch Library | Saturday, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Free | Ingleside

🪘 Crucial Reggae Sundays with DJ Guid8nce, DJ Sep, Irie Dole and Irie Rockerz at Golden Gate Bandshell | Sunday, 4:20 – 7:30 p.m. | Free | Golden Gate Park

✏️ Architectural Union Square Sketch Class with Shreyas Mohan at Union Square | Monday, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Free | Union Square

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WORTH READING

  • Pedestrian advocates protest Waymo, rideshares operating on Market Street in SF KRON4
  • Trump adds San Francisco to list of cities where he wants to send troops San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • SF School Board Unanimously Denies Mandarin Immersion Charter KQED
  • 'This community is fading fast': 25-year-old SF music venue may close SFGATE
  • SF Homeless Services Nonprofit to Pay $1 Million After Investigation Found Fraud KQED
  • Dog bites, neglect, pest problems: Wag Hotels settles after lawsuit San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
  • Exclusive: SF dusts off its Homeward Bound relocation program San Francisco Examiner
  • Steph Curry, Michael Mina team up on restaurant, bar in San Francisco NBC Bay Area
  • Bay FC’s S.F. debut draws record crowd — and a 3-2 heartbreak Mission Local

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