🟧 SFMTA's New Boss Is An Inglesider

An interview with Expert Pet's techie founder, a community benefit district update and more.

In this week’s newsletter, we interview new SFMTA boss Julie Kirschbaum, who happens to be an Inglesider. Plus:

We check on the Ocean Avenue Association
Here's the wild Outside Lands Lineup
We talk to Expert Pet's Fernando Gomez
A Low-Profile Plant And Flower Sale
The Listing, Things To Do and Worth Reading

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And now, the news.

Julie Kirschbaum, New SFMTA Boss And Inglesider, Talks Transit

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The Ingleside Light met with SFMTA's new top official to talk transit and the neighborhood.

Ocean Avenue Association’s Existence Up For Vote

Outside Lands 2025 Music Lineup, Food Vendors Announced

City College's Biannual Plant And Flower Sale A Landscaper's Dream

From Tech to Tails: Fernando Gomez's Pet Store Passion

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

THE LISTING

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2429 Ocean Ave.

Located on Ingleside's Medical Row, the stretch of Ocean Avenue near Lakeside Village, this 1923-built office features all of its original components: wooden board and batten siding, brick walkway and window awnings in the back. Read more.

THINGS TO DO

🛣️ Vision Zero Freeway Ramps Open House at the Ingleside Library Meeting Room | Thursday, 5 to 6:30 p.m. | Ingleside

☕ Community Coffee with Supervisor Meglar’s Legislative Aide Jen Low at Java on Ocean | Friday, 10 – 11 a.m. | Free | Ingleside

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

🍜 Chow Fun AAPI Dine Around Closing Ceremony at Kapuso at the Upper Yard | Sunday, 2 – 4 p.m. | Free with RSVP

🎸 The Vince Lateano Trio Performance at Bird & Beckett Books & Records | Sunday, 5 p.m. | $20 cover fee | Glen Park

WORTH READING

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