🟧 City College Needs The Ghostbusters

In this week’s newsletter, we report the fraudulent student issue at City College and more.

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In this week’s newsletter, we report the fraudulent student issue at City College. Plus:

A stylish soccer team's unassuming HQ prepares to open
We introduce you to The Plant Lady SF's In-House Plant Care Expert
• The Listing, Events Around the Neighborhood and Worth Reading

editor Anne Marie Kristoff

Crime Ring Still Jamming Up Students Enrolling In City College Courses

Illustration of City College.

Some of the college’s faculty think it’s time for the state chancellor’s office and even the FBI to take on the bad actors.
By Nancy Chan

USA's Oldest Community-Owned Soccer Team Operates From Low-Key Ingleside Storefront

By Anne Marie Kristoff

Meet The Plant Lady SF's In-House Plant Care Expert

By Anne Marie Kristoff

Ingleside Briefing

The Gap was founded right on Ocean Avenue in one of the El Rey's commercial spaces. The brand is having a moment.

San Francisco has a scammer problem. Taraval Police Station handled more than $6 million in losses from fraud, mostly from blessing scams, last year.

In Case You Missed It

The Listing

980 Holloway Ave.

Built in 1922, this two-bedroom, one-bath house features refinished hardwood flooring, an abundance of natural light with several large windows throughout the floor plan and an entirely replaced sewer line. Read more.

Events Around the Neighborhood

🎵 Downtown First Thursdays Event on 2nd Street | Thursday, 5 – 10 p.m. | Free with RSVP | Financial District

🎸 SF Syncopaters Performance at Bird & Beckett Books & Records | Friday, 8:30 – 10 p.m. | Free | Glen Park

🪴 Plant Swap at Ingleside Branch Library | Saturday, 10:30 11:30 a.m. | Free | Ingleside

💃 Nicole Maria and Faisal Zedan Performance at Ocean View Branch Library | Sunday, 2 – 2:45 p.m. | Free | Ocean View

Worth Reading

  • 'Total chaos': San Francisco federal workers blindsided by abrupt HHS shutdown ABC7
  • SF looks to well-worn playbook in tackling new drug challenges The San Francisco Examiner
  • San Francisco releases data on 30-day pilot triage center in SoMa neighborhood ABC7
  • A billionaire’s foundation made a roadmap to address S.F. homelessness. Will Mayor Lurie follow it? San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • Bob Lee’s family sues his killer, family for alleged cover-up in tech exec’s murder San Francisco Standard (Metered Paywall)
  • ‘Heklina needs justice': Demonstrators in SF, London rally for late drag performer NBC Bay Area
  • One of S.F.’s busiest streets is on track for a makeover — after years of pushback San Francisco Chronicle (Metered Paywall)
  • New grocery store to move into once-proposed Whole Foods site San Francisco Examiner
  • Bay Area city once again named ‘healthiest’ in America: study KRON4

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