December 11, 2025

🟧 The Red Lanes Are Coming // A Dog Walker Extraordinaire

Plus: A gallery named Ingleside is killing it in West Portal.


Red lanes and turn restrictions are coming to the avenue. Plus:

Ingleside Gallery thrives in West Portal
Geri Hunt On Dog Walking

The Light placed second for overall general excellence in the 48th Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards! Congrats to our dedicated reporters!

On to the news.

Alex Mullaney
The Light's editor since 2008.

Red Lanes, Left Turn Restrictions Coming To Ingleside's Ocean Avenue

head shot of writer By Alex Mullaney

Crews will start the month-long work painting the avenue's inside lanes red from Junipero Serra Boulevard to Lee Avenue in January. Read more »

headshot of person By Anne Marie Kristoff

The pop-up gallery departed Ingleside in 2022 but lives on in West Portal and other businesses around San Francisco. Read more »

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Inglesider Geri Hunt Finds Joy In Dog Walking

headshot of person By Anne Marie Kristoff

The Ocean Ale House server prioritizes good manners when taking furry clients on sniff-your-own-adventure strolls around the neighborhood. Read more »

The Ingleside Light Wins San Francisco Press Club Awards

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The only news publication dedicated to San Francisco's greater Ingleside neighborhood won two Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards. 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.

First Look: 7-Story Development Plans For Ingleside's Ocean Avenue

By Alex MullaneyRead more »

SFMTA To Upgrade 2 More M-Ocean View Boarding Islands

By Alex MullaneyRead more »

Alan Wong Talks City College, Supervisor Appointment

By Anne Marie Kristoff Read more »

THE LISTING

This five-bed, four-bath home features three bonus rooms in the basement, a detached two-car garage and a generously sized kitchen. It could be yours for $3,777,777.

THINGS TO DO

A selection of happenings from our weekly events newsletter.

📽️ “Lilo & Stitch” Film Viewing at City College of San Francisco Student Success Center Room 2122 | Thursday, 1 – 3 p.m. | Free with RSVP | Ingleside

🎁 Youth 1st OMI-Lakeview Annual Holiday Extravaganza at Merced Heights Playground | Friday, 2 – 5:30 p.m. | Free | Merced Heights

❄️ Winter Celebration at Sisterhood Gardens | Saturday, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Free with RSVP | Ingleside Heights

🧑‍🌾 Hummingbird Farm 8th Birthday Celebration at Hummingbird Farm | Sunday, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Free | Crocker-Amazon

✍️ OWLS Older Writers Laboratory Activity at Bernal Heights Library | Monday, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Free | Bernal Heights

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WORTH READING

  • Muni tax: Some Boomer homeowners get exemptions. But what about Gen Z renters? San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • San Francisco Supervisors Look to Block ICE From City Property KQED
  • San Francisco considering changes to Public Works code that requires tree planting ABC7
  • Waymo standoff in San Francisco goes viral, company responds KTVU
  • S.F. has doubled spending on nonprofits since 2019. Is City Hall getting its money’s worth? San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • San Francisco's Asian Art Museum returns statues stolen from Thailand in 1960s ABC7
  • Trial begins in slaying of San Francisco's ‘Grandpa Vicha' NBC Bay Area
  • Bunny Cafe opening first location in San Francisco KRON
  • Woman gives birth in a driverless Waymo taxi in San Francisco. She’s not the first one Los Angeles Times (Metered Paywall)
  • The San Francisco tradition that snowballed into 'bro-mageddon' SFGATE
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