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In this week's edition, we report the latest on the Ocean Avenue bank burglary where $134,000 was stolen. Plus:
• Youth 1st’s Renard Monroe chats with us
• Ingleside Station finds a gambling den
• SF scale model finds a home
• Another newsroom union
On to the news.
Ocean Avenue Bank Closed For Repairs After $134K Burglary
By The feds are on the case after three burglars struck the San Francisco Federal Credit Union in Lakeside Village. Read more »
Youth 1st’s Renard Monroe Talks Impactful After-School Programs
By The Merced Heights resident created his after-school program to get more involved in the community and serve its youth. Read more »
Robbery In Progress Turns Into Gambling Den Raid For Ingleside Station Officers
SFPD seized several gambling devices from a "sophisticated" gambling den in the Excelsior on Independence Day. Read more »
Huge Scale Model Of San Francisco Finds A Home At Long Last
The huge, Depression-era piece was almost destined for City College of San Francisco's flagship campus in Ingleside. Read more »
San Francisco Investigative Newsroom Workers Form Union
Journalists with the San Francisco Public Press have joined the Pacific Media Workers Guild. 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.
SFMTA Building Boarding Islands On Frida Kahlo Way, San Jose Avenue
By The Ingleside Light Staff • Read more »
New Boss, New Vision: Laura Padilla On Leading Excelsior Action Group
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
Mexican Specialty Market San Marcos Food Center Opens On Ingleside's Ocean Avenue
By Anne Marie Kristoff • Read more »
America’s Oldest Soccer League Celebrates 125 Years In Balboa Park's Boxer Stadium
By Seamus Geoghegan • Read more »
THE LISTING
Real estate on the market you should know about.
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EVENT PICKS
Hand-picked events from this week's Things To Do.
🎙️ Live Music at That’s Amore SF | Thursday, 6 – 8 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
💡 One City Day: Family Day | Merced Heights Playground | Friday, Noon – 5 p.m.
🧹 Randolph Bright Mini Park Clean Up With We Are OMI| Saturday, 9 – 11 a.m. | OMI
🎸 Dr. Mandu Jazz Collaborative Performance at Ocean Ale House | Sunday, 6 p.m. | No Cover | Ingleside
🧑🚒 Seniors Fire Safety with the Sunnyside Connector Program at St. Finn Barr Church | Monday, 11 a.m. – Noon | Free | Ingleside Heights
WORTH READING
Take some time to kick back and read these.
- People We Meet: ‘All my aunts in Pavia were Communists’ Mission Local
- An assault allegation is roiling a key race for S.F. supervisor. New details reveal what led up to it San Francisco Chronicle
- S.F. supe who accepted pricey portrait of himself gets $4,500 ethics fine San Francisco Chronicle
- S.F. Lawmaker Asks Chatbot About 'Suicidally Motivated Civilians' in Gaza Coyote Media
- Another proposal to reopen SF's Great Highway as re-litigation continues: 'It's time to move on' ABC7
- ‘City on the Edge’ is an absorbing history of modern San Francisco — even when it lacks a thesis San Francisco Chronicle
- What happened to SF’s privacy culture? 48hills
- San Francisco supervisors put public bank measure on ballot Mission Local
- SF launches work program to help residents meet new CalFresh eligibility requirements Local News Matters
- In the capital of AI, government adoption is all over the place San Francisco Chronicle
- SFO wants to let travelers skip TSA lines with a new luxury private terminal San Francisco Chronicle
- 4th of July gridlock triggers City Hall scrutiny of San Francisco’s planning San Francisco Chronicle
- California proposal would build 8 data centers in Bay Area. Here’s where San Francisco Chronicle
- Is San Francisco Prepared for Extreme Heat? This SF Supervisor Wants to Find Out KQED
- Julius' Castle with sweeping city views plans to reopen after 20 years SFGate
- ‘It's hard to be here, but we are here': SF Black Wall Street expands its mission NBC Bay Area
- SF Fire Commission considering $6 million settlement in firefighter retaliation suit NBC Bay Area
- Things are getting boring at the Planning Commission. Is it state law? Or just no money to build? Mission Local
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