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This week, we take a look at the return of a statue that's been in the neighborhood since 1973.
• K-train derailment footage
• Westwood Park plaques
• Java on Ocean's Dahlia Bolaños
Scheduling note: This email newsletter will be off next week. Things To Do will still land in your inbox on Tuesday.
On to the news.
Bronze Statue 'Sentinels' Returns To Guard City College
By Plus, the college's two student newspapers covered the artwork's 1973 installation quite differently. Read more »
Dahlia Bolaños Is One Of Java On Ocean's Joyful Baristas
By The 20-year-old City College student finds meeting new people and connecting with regulars a daily delight. Read more »
Westwood Park Gets Historic Landmark Plaques At Last
The residence park's gateway pillars were designated as San Francisco historic landmarks in 2024. Read more »
Video: See K-Ingleside Train Derailment
Train camera footage provides new information. 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.
From Mapping Pipes To Seeking Accountability: Greg Braswell’s Crusade For Better Sewer System
By Alex Mullaney and Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Ocean Avenue Red Lanes Debate Continues As SFMTA Details Refined Rollout Plan
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
‘At Each Other’s Throats’: Infighting And City Hall Warning Roil Ocean Avenue Association
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Boxer Stadium’s Gone Woefully Underused. That’s About To Change
By Seamus Geoghegan • Read more »
THE LISTING
Real estate on the market you should know about.
This three-bed, two-bath home could be yours for $1,495,000.
EVENT PICKS
Hand-picked events from this week's Things To Do.
🎙️ Live Music at That’s Amore SF | Thursday, 6 – 8 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
🎸 Hal Richards Quintet Performance at Bird & Beckett Books and Records | Friday, 7:30 p.m. | $20 to $30 Cover Fee, Students $10 to $15 | Glen Park
🛍️ Community Resource Fair at West Portal Branch Library | Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m. | Free | West Portal
🎸Ultra Combo Performance at Ocean Ale House | Sunday, 6 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
WORTH READING
Take some time to kick back and read these.
- A Fine Press Makes Beautiful Books the (Very) Old-Fashioned Way New York Times
- S.F. police are issuing more tickets — except when it comes to speeding San Francisco Chronicle
- OpenAI and Anthropic are ruining San Francisco SFGate
- San Francisco’s AI boom is fueling a new wave of eviction fears San Francisco Chronicle
- City College is failing students by not offering enough classes San Francisco Chronicle
- San Francisco Airport Contractor Exports Facial Data to Federal Agencies, Critics Charge San Francisco Public Press
- A strained S.F. cultural center received $11 million in city funds. An audit reveals what went wrong San Francisco Chronicle
- Back in a flash: SF Camerawork to reopen weeks after shuttering Mission Local
- Check your wallet: This rare 1969 penny minted in San Francisco may be worth up to $600,000 KTVU
- San Francisco mayor says city will redo all homelessness services contracts CBS News
- El Niño Could Bring a Wet, Wild Winter. How Can You — and Your Home — Be Ready? KQED
- Waymo has been slapped with more than 8,300 parking tickets since January 2025 Gazetteer SF
- Crossing over: What East Bay restaurants encounter when they open in San Francisco Berkeleyside
- Lurie vowed to add more shelters. A $7M cabin community has sat empty nearly a year San Francisco Standard
- Behind on rent in San Francisco? New proposal could offer more eviction protections NBC Bay Area
- What are the S.F. congressional candidates’ stances on the November ballot measures? Mission Local
- 17,000 SF residents facing SNAP cuts: Here's how city's new job program could save their benefits ABC 7
- Under Trump, SFO is now a de facto immigration detention center San Francisco Chronicle
- S.F. is poised to spend $33M more on OpenGov. It’s still only handling basic permits Mission Local
- New evidence suggests Lurie’s office is concealing or destroying public records San Francisco Standard
- Exclusive: Proposed S.F. apartment tower more than doubles in size, sparking fears of backlash San Francisco Chronicle
- ‘Lurie vs. Lorax?’ San Francisco Tree Advocates Bring Planting Fight to City Hall KQED
- A Flock employee helped block the SF Democratic Party’s anti-Flock vote San Francisco Standard
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