Well-Loved Whales Statue Close To Making A Return

San Franciscans of a certain age will remember this sculpture from a different courtyard at a different institution.
By Woody LaBounty

Youth 1st Vandalized With Racist Graffiti, Noose

By Jerold Chinn

Taco Tuesday Now A Monthly Event At Ingleside's Ocean Ale House

By Anne Marie Kristoff

In Case You Missed It

• Balboa Reservoir Development Team To Host September Meeting
• Holloway Mike’s Deli & Ice Cream Serves Ingleside-Inspired Eats

Events Around the Neighborhood

• Ocean Avenue Association Open House
  WHAT: Join the Ocean Avenue Community Benefit District for a chance to learn and ask questions about the renewal process and what work they do in the neighborhood.
  WHERE: Ocean Avenue Association, 1720 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, from noon to 6 p.m. 
• Lakeview Ashton Mini Park Clean Up
  WHAT: Join We Are OMI, Sf Rec and Park Nature Team and Lakeview Ave Nature Stewards for a community clean up, habitat restoration and new planting with supplies and coffee provided.
  WHERE: Lakeview and Ashton Mini Park, 488 Orizaba Ave.
  WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, from 9 a.m. to noon 
• Scrapbooking Workshop
  WHAT: Join the San Francisco Public Library Ocean View Branch for a class scrapbooking with washi tape and cardstock papers.
  WHERE: Ocean View Library, 345 Randolph St.
  WHEN: Saturday, Sep. 7, 2024, from 2 to 4 p.m. 
• Edible Garden Demonstration
  WHAT: Join gardeners Anya and Erin at Lakeside Landing for a class on how to plant mint and propagate succulents with small pots to take home.
  WHERE: Lakeside Landing, 2504 Ocean Ave.
  WHEN: Sunday, Sep. 8, 2024, from 2 to 3 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 Standard: Residents demand police action at ‘forgotten’ open-air drug market
• NBC Bay Area: SF deputies evict dozens reportedly squatting at Potrero Hill apartments 
• CBS News: Teen charged with attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall 
• Mission Local: Supe candidate Michael Lai touts his education start-up. Teachers recall low wages, disorder and collapse. 
• San Francisco Chronicle: Influential S.F. LGBTQ organization says its endorsements may have been impacted by fraud 
• San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. nonprofit scandals: Mayor Breed’s plan to boost oversight 
• San Francisco Standard: Breed appoints first Chinese American to lead SF Fire Department 
• San Francisco Examiner: SF nonprofit uses 'ecosystem engineers' to address climate change in Bayview
• KQED: San Francisco State Divests From Weapons Makers After Working With Student Activists

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