🟧 Ocean Avenue's New Leader // Home-Invasion Burglary Homicide

Lakeside Village’s Kath Tsakalakis takes more of Ocean Avenue into her portfolio. Plus:

• Launderland vandalism conviction
• Home-invasion burglary and homicide
• 1,100-unit project officially underway

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On to the news.

Alex Mullaney
The Light's editor since 2008.

Lakeside Village’s Kath Tsakalakis Has A Plan For Ocean Avenue

The United Kingdom native is bringing her consulting knowledge and passion for volunteering to the Ocean View-Merced Heights-Ingleside. Read more »

Jury Convicts Man Who Caused $4K In Damage To Ingleside Laundromat

Steven Gaffney, 48, was convicted of unlawfully entering Launderland on Ocean Avenue and trying to steal money from its change machine. Read more »

District Attorney Charges Ingleside Homicide Suspect, Visits The Neighborhood

District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and city officials walked Ocean Avenue the same day charges were filed in Sunday's homicide case. Read more »

1,100-Unit Balboa Reservoir Development Breaks Ground

Work crews are demolishing asphalt and concrete ahead of preparing the grounds for buildings, streets and sidewalks in December. 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.

Update: SFPD Arrests Suspect In Fatal Ingleside Home Burglary

By The Ingleside Light Staff • Read more »

For M-Ocean View Rail Line Centennial, SFMTA Celebrates With A Blog Post

By John R. Adkins • Read more »

SF Turkey Drive’s Pierre Smit Is On A Mission To Feed The Hungry

By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »

Bicyclist On Alemany Boulevard Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver

By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »

New Venue Proposal Sparks Fears of Stratos Nightclub 2.0

By John R. Adkins • Read more »

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THINGS TO DO

A selection of happenings from our weekly events newsletter.

🌺 Botanical Garden Free Day at the San Francisco Botanical Garden | Thursday, starting at 7:30 | Free | Golden Gate Park

🎷 230 Jones Street Band Performance at Bird & Beckett Books & Records | Friday, 7:30 p.m. | $20 Cover Fee, $10 for students | Glen Park

🧑‍🎄 Holiday Pet Photos with Santa at Expert Pet | Saturday, 11 a.m. | Early Bird Tickets for $18.91, General Admission for $23.18 | Ingleside

🎙️ Songwriters Showcase with Covadonga Valera, YolandaSounds’ Yolanda Cazessus and Steve Burch and IMAR at Ocean Ale House | Sunday, 2 – 4 p.m. | No cover | Ingleside

💻 In-Person Tech Support with the Cayuga Connectors at Bethel Lutheran Church | Momday, 11 a.m. – noon | Free | Ingleside Heights

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WORTH READING

• Man convicted of exposing himself in Crocker-Amazon park with children nearby KRON
• Riordan wins first CCS Open Division football crown; S.F. rivals will meet for D-2 title San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
• Prostitution, break-ins, and squalor: Life inside SF’s largest housing complex San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
• San Francisco congressional candidate calls out-of-state house his primary home San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
• Human remains found at Ocean Beach in San Francisco NBC Bay Area
• New generation of San Francisco crab fishermen await upcoming Dungeness season CBS News
• Missing Idaho cat found in San Francisco, reunited with family after mysterious disappearance CBS News
• Man arrested in San Francisco 43 years after wife's body found in bay SFGATE
• San Francisco to start traffic calming work at dozens of streets NBC Bay Area
• Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill to Cost San Francisco $400 Million, End Care for Thousands KQED

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