
In this week’s newsletter, we report on the tax dollars slated for Monterey Boulevard improvements. Plus:
- Three City College reports
- A chat with your friendly grocer
- Ingleside Briefing
- The Listing
- Events Around the Neighborhood
- Worth Reading
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Anne Marie Kristoff
$350K In Safety Improvements Slated For Monterey Boulevard

Pedestrian safety improvements for much of Monterey Boulevard have been approved by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.
By Jerold Chinn

City College's 5 Chancellor Finalists Meeting With Community
City College Saves Taxpayers $6.4M By Refinancing Bonds
City College And Teachers’ Union Reach Settlement Over Fabricated Document Incident
Christine Malone Found Fun In Retirement At Ingleside Supermarket

Ingleside Briefing
- San Francisco Legacy Business The Ave Bar is selling its liquor license.
- Renard Monroe, head of the neighborhood nonprofit Youth 1st, talks about growing up in our diverse community.
- Overbilling problems continue at the city's emergency rooms.
- City-funded eviction defense may be on the budget chopping block. But it's the frontline in the fight against homelessness.
- Landlord, whose investment office is on Ocean Avenue, gets written up for interesting business practices.
In Case You Missed It
- Ingleside’s Newest Restaurant Becomes Latest Crime Victim
- Riordan High’s Susan Sutton Talks Training Future Journalists
- 1,100-Unit Balboa Reservoir Project Gets Construction Start Date
The Listing

1490 Ocean Ave. Suite 3
Located on Ocean Avenue, the third unit at 1490 Ocean Ave. near the Miramar Avenue intersection is equipped with tile flooring, modern metal ceiling pendant lights, a thin wood plank accent wall and dark charcoal grey lime wash-esque wall paint. It is also fitted with burnt sienna accents along its door frames, cabinets and customer-facing countertops. Read more
Events Around the Neighborhood
- 🔬 Open Saturdays at Mission Science Workshop | Saturday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Free | Excelsior
- 🧹 Outer Mission/Cayuga Cleanup at Alemany Boulevard and Seneca Avenue | Saturday, 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Free | Cayuga Terrace
- 🪘 Rhythm and Movement with Jarrel Phillip Workshop at Ocean View Branch Library | Sunday, 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. | Free with RSVP | Ocean View
- 🎤 Pat Wilder & Friends Performance at I.T. Bookman | Monday, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. | $10 entrance fee | Ocean View
Worth Reading
- Prop. K opponents hold rally, touting Great Highway lawsuit against S.F. Mission Local
- SFUSD sues federal agency over anti-DEI demands, funding cuts San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
- Probe finds nonprofit’s gift to former top S.F. official created ‘appearance of a bribe’ San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
- Supes pressure mayor to expand shelters across SF San Francisco Examiner
- 'We cannot afford to stay here': 2 restaurants exit downtown San Francisco food hall SF Gate
- SF State Joins Wave of CSU Campuses Making Deep Spending Cuts KQED
- Habitual Walgreens, CVS theft suspect charged by San Francisco DA KRON4
- SF could make it easier for hotels to become temporary shelters San Francisco Examiner
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