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In this week’s newsletter, we check in with the SFMTA on the impending street changes for the M Ocean View light rail line. Plus:

Sportscaster Bonta Hill's Graduation Speech
City College Chooses A New Chancellor
Sneak Peek At "The Whales" Statue
Sarah Schoellkopf On Her New Film
City College Relocates 14-Ton ‘El Rey’ Statue
The Listing, Things To Do and Worth Reading

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San Jose Avenue Getting Transit Lane For M-Ocean View Project

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The SFMTA is moving forward with quick-build upgrades to improve safety and reliability along the light rail line.

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City College Journalism Alum Bonta Hill Gives 2025 Commencement Speech

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City College Leaders Choose Carlos Cortez For Chancellor

Sneak Peek: "The Whales" Statue Unwrapped

'Norrita' Producer Sarah Schoellkopf Talks Film's SF Debut

‘El Rey’ Reigns Again: City College Relocates 14-Ton Statue

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THE LISTING

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1380 Monterey Blvd.

Located in Monterey Heights, this three-bedroom and three-bathroom home features multiple areas to host family or social gatherings, a four-tiered backyard separated by stone bricks and a wooden deck and two fieldstone fireplaces. It also has a two-car detached garage. Read more »

THINGS TO DO

📚 “Giving Up the Ghost” Presentation with Author Samantha Rose at Bird & Beckett Books & Records | Thursday, 7 p.m. | Free | Glen Park

🎷 Hammond Cheese Combo Performance at The Halfway Club | Friday, 5 p.m. | Free | Crocker-Amazon

🎤 Tandem Sidecar Performance at Ocean Ale House | Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m. | Free | Ingleside

📚 Summer Stride Kick-Off with Cafe Ohlone and Excelsior Branch Library at Hawk Creek Farm | Sunday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Free | Mission Terrace

✍️ Writing for Remember with Mary Gayle Online | Monday, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Free | Virtual

WORTH READING

  • Ocean Avenue Quickly Ordered Closed Due to Major Rodent Infestation What Now SF
  • Lurie taps former rival billionaire donors to fund S.F. street cleaning Mission Local
  • Federal prison officials visited Alcatraz last week and plan to return San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • Mayor Lurie halts funding for S.F. parks nonprofit that misused millions San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • ‘Inexcusable’: Two meltdowns in two weeks prompt soul-searching at BART San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • Nonprofit helps San Francisco high school students celebrate 'screen-free' pro ABC 7
  • S.F. DA has ‘pattern and practice’ of withholding evidence, public defenders allege Mission Local
  • BART recovering after fire breaks out near trackway between Daly City and Balboa Park KRON
  • The Funny Money Crisis at Fine Arts Museums SF Westside Obsever
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