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Programming Note: This newsletter did not take this week off as planned. 🙃
In this week's edition, we report on a new group organizing to counter opposition to the Ocean Avenue red lanes project. Plus:
• Parking at Walgreens lot ends for now
• One City Day big in the OMI
• $31M Excelsior project done
• Things To Do
On to the news.
Group Forms To Counter Opposition To Ocean Avenue Red Lanes Project
By Fourteen people joined the first meeting where ways to garner support for the controversial red lanes were among the discussion items. Read more »
Free Parking In Ingleside's Former Walgreens Lot Is Over For Now
The best deal on Ingleside's Ocean Avenue is no more. Read more »
San Francisco's First One City Day Kicked Off In Ocean View And Celebrated In Ingleside
By Mayor Daniel Lurie gave remarks and honored volunteers at Ward Recreation Center and then celebrated afterward at Ocean Ale House. Read more »
$31M Excelsior-Outer Mission Safety Improvements Complete
By
Jerold Chinn
The overhauled stretches of Mission Street and Geneva Avenue, once some of San Francisco's most dangerous streets, are now safer, officials said. Read more »
Victor & the Callers Show And Other Greater Ingleside Events For July 14 – 20, 2026
From Sisterhood Gardens' anniversary party to a nature hike workshop, we curate these events to help you enjoy the best of the greater Ingleside. Read more »
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
If you missed any of The Light's stories last week, pour some coffee, take some time out and dive in.
Ocean Avenue Bank Closed For Repairs After $134K Burglary
By Alex Mullaney • Read more »
Robbery In Progress Turns Into Gambling Den Raid For Ingleside Station Officers
By Alex Mullaney • Read more »
San Francisco Investigative Newsroom Workers Form Union
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Huge Scale Model Of San Francisco Finds A Home At Long Last
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Youth 1st’s Renard Monroe Talks Impactful After-School Programs
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
THE LISTING
Real estate on the market you should know about.
This recently remodeled three-bed, three-bath home could be yours for $1,500,000.
EVENT PICKS
Hand-picked events from this week's Things To Do.
👮 Community Meeting with Capt. Harmston at Taraval Police Station | Thursday, 6 p.m. | Free | Sunset-Parkside
🎸 Scott Foster Combo Performance at Bird & Beckett Books & Records | Friday, 7:30 p.m. | Cover TBD | Glen Park
🎙️ Ladio Head Performance at Lakeside Landing | Saturday, 1 – 3 p.m. | Free | Lakeside Village
🎨 Community Screen-Printing Open Shop at Youth Art Exchange | Sunday, Noon – 4 p.m. | Tickets for $39.19 | Cayuga Terrace
🎲 Game Night at Ocean Ale House | Monday, 7 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
WORTH READING
Take some time to kick back and read these.
- San Francisco could crack down on illegal fireworks under controversial new proposal San Francisco Chronicle
- S.F. tells developers to build their office projects — or lose them San Francisco Chronicle
- SF may soon fine autonomous vehicle companies for impeding emergency response ABC7
- Undersea cable that provides 40% of San Francisco’s electricity is offline San Francisco Chronicle
- Fire brought under control at alleged SF marijuana grow house KRON
- A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance WIRED
- Vacant Sunshine Task Force Leaves Lurie Transparency Case in Limbo San Francisco Public Press
- This S.F. neighborhood actually demanded more housing. How did things turn out? San Francisco Chronicle
- Re-opening Great Highway to cars could cost $14 million, city says Mission Local
- Educational Opportunities Continue to Decline at City College of San Francisco IndyBay
- San Francisco supervisors pass sweeping changes to city code Mission Local
- San Francisco drops affordable housing requirement from 15% to 5% Mission Local
- Lurie has raised $8.6M to rewrite how SF works. Nobody is really fighting him San Francisco Standard
- San Francisco Inches Closer to PG&E Acquisition KQED
- San Francisco Approves Cannabis Cafés, a First for the Bay Area KQED
- S.F. fuel dock played key role in bay rescue. But its future is uncertain San Francisco Chronicle
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