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elections

D8 Race Enters Final Stretch: Three Candidates Spar at Commonwealth Club Forum

With eleven days until Election Day, McCoy, Nguyen, and Patel clashed Tuesday over housing, surveillance, and political endorsements — as Yekutiel's name lingers on the ballot.

The race to succeed term-limited Supervisor Rafael Mandelman heated up Tuesday evening when the three remaining District 8 candidates — Gary McCoy, Michael Nguyen, and Darshini Patel — faced each other at a forum hosted by Commonwealth Club World Affairs and the San Francisco Democratic Party. The debate, billed as the Gr8T Debate, marked the sharpest public exchange yet in a contest covering the Castro, Noe Valley, Glen Park, Diamond Heights, and surrounding neighborhoods.

historic preservation

Planning Wants Six New Landmark Districts in Duboce Triangle — Community Meetings Just Wrapped

SF Planning and Supervisor Mandelman held back-to-back forums this week on a proposal to designate six collections of Victorian and Edwardian buildings as protected historic districts, with adoption targeted for December.

Duboce Triangle residents got their first detailed look this week at a plan to significantly expand historic protections across the neighborhood. San Francisco Planning, joining Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, held an in-person community meeting on Wednesday, October 21, at the Gazebo Room of CPMC Davies Campus at 601 Castro Street, followed by a virtual session on Thursday evening. The proposal calls for six new landmark districts within Duboce Triangle, covering buildings ranging from small groupings of just three structures to collections of roughly fifty.

Glen Park

Glen Park Station Bar Raised a Glass to 100 Years Last Weekend

The village's longest-running drinking establishment marked a full century on October 17 with a street closure, an all-day party, and a history talk from the neighborhood's own archivist.

Glen Park's Glen Park Station bar turned 100 years old this month, and the neighborhood turned out to celebrate. The centennial party ran Saturday, October 17, from 1 to 9 p.m. at 2816 Diamond Street, with a street closure along Diamond from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to give the festivities room to spread. At 1:30 p.m., Evelyn Rose, founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, led a public history talk tracing the bar's origins in 1926 and its hundred-year run as the neighborhood's social anchor.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 24

Castro / Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Cleanup

📍 Duboce Avenue and Steiner Street, Duboce Triangle · 10:00 AM · Verify · Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association

Saturday, October 24

Walktober: Tiled to Tiled Stairway Walk

📍 Glen Park (grand finale at Glen Park Station, 2816 Diamond Street) · Various times · Verify · Glen Park Association

Sunday, October 25

Ives Collective Fall Concert

📍 Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez Street · 4:00 PM · Verify · San Francisco Classical Voice

Tuesday, October 27

Noe Valley Night Market — October Edition

📍 Noe Valley Town Square, 24th Street at Sanchez · 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM · Verify · Noe Valley Merchants Association

Saturday, October 31

Halloween in the Castro: Block Party & Night Market

📍 18th Street & Castro Street, Castro · 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Verify · Castro Merchants Association

More from the Community

Hoodline Profiles Frenchie Wine Bar, the Natural-Wine Spot on the Noe Valley-Mission Border

Hoodline ran a feature on October 22 on Frenchie Wine Bar at 1007 Guerrero Street, on the border of Noe Valley and the Mission.

Glen Park Rec Center Small Field Closes Through November 23 for Turf Restoration

The small field behind Glen Park Recreation Center closed Monday, October 19, for turf restoration work and is expected to remain out of service through Monday, November 23, according to a notice…

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