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Events Around the Neighborhood

• Ingleside Cleanup
  WHAT: A neighborhood clean-up sponsored by the Civic Joy Fund and organized by RefuseRefuseSF, Shine On and TogetherSF.
  WHERE: Ocean Ale House, 1314 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, from 11 a.m. to noon
• Holiday Pet Pictures With Santa
  WHAT: Join Expert Pet for an afternoon of pet photo fun with the chance to meet Santa.
  WHERE: Expert Pet, 1649 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Winter Snow Globe Workshop
  WHAT: Join the San Francisco Public Library's Ingleside Branch for a class on making snow globes with holiday-themed figurines.
  WHERE: Ingleside Library, 1298 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, from 2 to 3 p.m. 
• Christmas Carols
  WHAT: Join the West Portal Lutheran School’s 4th and 5th graders for an afternoon of Christmas Carols.
  WHERE: Lakeside Landing, 2504 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. 

Disclaimer: Always double-check event information with the event organizer, as events can be canceled, details can change and errors occur.

Worth Reading

• San Francisco Chronicle: Exclusive: Striking S.F. hotel workers call on JPMorgan to cancel January conference in the city
• The San Francisco Standard: SF supervisors vote to reverse RV parking restrictions
• CBS News: San Francisco State lecturers facing layoffs as university deals with financial issues
• San Francisco Standard: Scandal-ridden SF nonprofit Collective Impact loses contracts
• Mission Local: Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie proposes rejiggering San Francisco mayor’s office
• SFGATE: Cruise, SF's embattled robotaxi company, is finally folding after $10B in losses
• KTVU: San Francisco's Twin Peaks killers sentenced to life without parole in 2017 murder
• San Francisco Chronicle: Driver strikes Walgreens building in S.F.’s West Portal
• KTVU: SF's Fillmore Safeway to close in February after 40 years, company says

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