Valley Icon Was Inspiration to Community
 John W. King, Sr., Founder of the John King Senior Community and Housing Complex passed away on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. “Daddy King” as he was lovely known by the Visitacion Valley Community was an icon in the Valley for over 55 years. Mr. King was born September 16, 1919 in Big Sandy, Texas. After leaving high school, he moved to Colorado to pursue a career in the meat packing business as a butcher. After several years, a job opportunity allowed him to relocate to San Francisco. Mr. King worked several years in the “Butchertown” area of the Bayview. Over the years he held many professions. He worked for American President Lines where he served as a stewart and union representative for 17 years and as longshoreman until he retired. It was during his retirement that he began his pursuit as community activist. In 1979 Mr. King founded the Visitacion Senior Escort program, a van based transportation program that would go on to become a model for future senior transportation programs throughout San Francisco. Mr. King would generously make his vans available to any organization that had a need for transportation. He was inducted into the Para Transit Hall of Fame for his 27 years of service. Seeing a need for affordable housing for seniors in the Visitacion Valley commmunity, Mr. King collaborated with Mercy Housing Inc., to form the John King Senior Community, Inc. In 1991, with support from Nancy Pelosi, he spearheaded the construction of 90 units of affordable senior housing complex that also housed a senior center and childcare facility. The John King Senior Community, located at 500 Raymond Ave. is a testament to Mr. King’s vision and dedication to his community. He endeared the political insight of the now Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and held an annual birthday party in her name honoring her commitment to the Visitacion Valley community up until his illness. Mr. King served on numerous community boards and organizations over years. He was a long-time member of the Visitacion Valley Task Force, past president of the Visitacion Valley Community Center board of directors and served on the executive board of the Asian Pacific American Community Center. He was one of the founding members of the Geneva Valley Development Corporation (now known as The Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation) that played a major role in the building of Heritage Homes and Britton Courts. Mr. King was also one of the featured interviewees of the Visitacion Valley: Circle of Elders short documentary. Mr. King is survived by his wife, Violette B. King of 54 years and sons Jerome King of Denver and John (Subiani) W. King Jr. of San Francisco, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He leaves to honor his legacy of leadership an extended family of friends, innovative programs and services, community based organizations, and seniors and residents of John King Center of all ethnic backgrounds. At the funeral and at the repass, Speaker of the House Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and State Senator Leland Yee paid their respects in person and by proclamations in the both United States Senate and State Senate for Daddy King! Condolences can be sent to the family at 59 Castillo St., San Francisco, California 94134. Daddy King leaves behind "A legacy of faith, hope and leadership! "Lend A Hand" Stop in Valley Helps ROCK Youth Organization on TV by Russel Morine Real Options for City Kids (ROCK) just keeps getting better. In the predawn hours of June 21, ROCK staff, supporters and youth from the community gathered in the playground of Visitacion Valley Middle School to receive a “surprise” from weatherman Al Roker of NBC’s Today Show. Al Roker was in town to “Lend a Hand.” The Today Show’s "Lend a Hand" charity helps small charities across the country that work toward improving conditions in their communities. Curt Yagi, Executive Director of ROCK was profiled in a taped segment, but the real excitement began as Al Roker went live. The crowd of cheering Vis Valley residents was broadcast to a national audience. Al Roker unveiled his “surprise” by rolling up the doors of three huge semi trailers each filled with donated goods. Target donated $170,000 in sports equipment, school and art supplies; Gymboree donated nearly $100,000 worth of clothing; 24 Hour Fitness donated $70,000 worth of fitness equipment; HP gave $65,000 worth of computers and equipment; Old Navy donated $11,000 worth of clothing. The list goes on and on with contributions from Jansport, Toys R Us, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Golden State Warriors, United Airlines, Hyundai, Expo Dry Erase Markers, Wells Fargo, Columbia Sportswear Company, Nathan Performance Gear, Squaw Valley USA, Naked Juice, Funky Monkey Snacks, Marvell, Microsoft Office 2010 Student Software, Vans, Penske, Dyson, Sara Lee, Kiehl's (The company that loves to give away samples), Home Goods, Glidden Paint, Two Men and a Truck, and You-Store-It. By the end of the event, ROCK had received nearly $1.2 million dollars in donated goods and services. With this level of generous support and the tireless commitment of ROCK’s staff, the youth of Visitacion Valley will reach new heights in their personal development. Real Options for City Kids (ROCK) is dedicated to nurturing the healthy development of children by listening attentively to their needs and by providing opportunities to those who might not otherwise have access. ROCK aims to promote the positive development and long-term success of the youth that it serves through a combination of in-school and afterschool learning enrichment, sports and fitness, leadership training and outdoor adventure opportunities. ROCK's programs are designed to serve girls and boys, ages 6-17, who live in or attend school in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley. ROCK is located at 590 Leland Ave. and can be reached at (415) 333-4001 or online at www.Rocksf.org Way to go ROCK! Keep up the great work! SFPUC Encourages Customers to Drink Tap Water The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced June 16 the release of its annual Water Quality Report, which has been mailed to every San Francisco resident. The state-mandated publication provides important information about San Francisco drinking water, including its sources, potential contaminants, and water quality egulations. In 2009, the drinking water provided by the SFPUC met or exceeded water quality standards set by federal and state regulatory agencies, as it has in years past. The SFPUC’s Water Quality Division constantly monitors the system’s water quality. In 2009, Water Quality Division staff conducted more than 105,000 tests of drinking water quality throughout the 167-mile system. In addition, SFPUC Watershed staff carefully manages the Hetch Hetchy, Alameda, and Peninsula watersheds that provide this water, ensuring that human activities or unforeseen circumstances, such as fire, do not compromise the quality of the system’s water. Indeed, the Hetch Hetchy water source is so clean and protected, that source has been granted a filtration exemption from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Department of Public Health, so that the SFPUC is not required to filter water from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. In compliance with the exemption, the SFPUC maintains a waterborne disease monitoring program—one of the very few in the country -- as ongoing formal documentation that no outbreaks have occurred. “Every year this report confirms what our customers already instinctively know -- that our water is one of the best in the nation,” said SFPUC General Manager Ed Harrington. “People should stop believing in the myth that bottled water is safer than tap water. When was the last time a bottled water company issued a comprehensive water quality report?” Bottled water companies are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and have significantly less stringent testing and reporting requirements than municipal water providers that are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (More details on testing and reporting differences can be found at www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/table1.html.) In addition, bottled water manufacturing adversely impacts the environment by using an estimated 17 million barrels of oil to make the plastic water bottles Americans use each year. For more information on the 2009 Water Quality Report, or to receive a copy, call 415-554-3289. The report is also available on the SFPUC website at www.sfwater.org/quality. Translations in Spanish and Chinese are posted on the same site. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission provides drinking water to 2.5 million people in four Bay Area counties, either directly– to the City of San Francisco and a few areas outside of the city – or indirectly through 27 wholesale agencies. Top Uses of San Francisco Public Library’s Computers and Wi Fi Network San Francisco Public Library participates in national U.S. Impact Study examining free access to computers and Internet in public libraries A national survey on computer and Internet usage at public libraries estimated that 203,702 people used San Francisco Public Library’s free public access technology resources in the past year. While it’s long been evident that the Library’s public computers and Internet access are very popular among library visitors, this study confirmed just how important these resources are to the community for accessing information on employment, education, civic engagement and entertainment. The U.S. IMPACT web survey, conducted by the University of Washington Information School with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, queried 1,746 San Francisco Public Library patrons over a two-week period in June 2009. Not surprisingly in the midst of a recession, the library plays a vital role for job seekers: 23 percent of the SFPL respondents reporting using the library computers and/or Internet access to find online job postings, write cover letters and resumes, and research careers. Of the users who searched for job opportunities online at the Library, 30 percent were granted an interview and 15 percent, or 24 individuals, reported actually being hired for a new position. Education and learning were also among the top uses of public access computing for SFPL patrons, according to 24 percent of the survey respondents. Of the educational users, 63 percent of the youth surveyed said they used the Library’s computers or Internet for homework help while 9 percent of the adults used them to learn about degree and certificate programs. SFPL also provides an important function in allowing citizens to engage with their community online for political causes and candidates, and with clubs and nonprofit organizations. Of the 196 users (22 percent) who reported they had used the Library’s technology resources for civic engagement, the most frequently reported uses were to learn about social causes and politics and to keep up with news events, particularly international or hometown news. San Francisco’s patrons also are using the public access technology to keep in touch with family and friends, with 32 percent of survey respondents using the resources for social purposes. The most common usage, at 26 percent, was to communicate with family and friends online; respondents reported that 43 percent of these online contacts lived outside the U.S. Fourteen percent used the Library’s resources on social networking sites. Health care was another popular topic of information for the computer users at SFPL, responsible for 20 percent of respondents looking for information for themselves and 9 percent to help someone else. Looking deeper, 17 percent were seeking information about an illness, disease or medical condition and 12 percent wanted to learn about diet or nutrition. Of note, for those that learned about diet and nutrition, 78 percent reported that the information they found helped them make a change to their diets. On a national basis, the study found that nearly one-third of Americans age 14 or older – roughly 77 million people – used a public library computer or wireless network to access the Internet in the past year. The report, Opportunity for All: How the American Public Benefits from Internet Access at U.S. Libraries, is based on the first, large-scale study of who uses public computers and Internet access in public libraries, the ways library patrons use this free technology service, why they use it, and how it affects their lives. McLaren Park News and Notes by Betty Parshall A Treat for the Eyes
 The small playground at Burrows and Peru Streets has a cheerful new feature that adds a lot to the pleasure of this spot in the park. A bright and attractive mural featuring the wildlife of the African Savannah now covers the retaining wall around the court. The First Five organization of San Francisco sponsored the project. The play area had recently been spruced up with new swings, a BBQ pit, basketball backboard and fresh white lining of the court area. The Parent ACTION group then went to work with planning and, finally, installing the mural. Monica Treanor designed the mural, and she, along with Cindy Wong, Birgit Cory and Trilce Farrugia spent about eight months in planning and holding children’s workshops and a lot of meetings to bring the installation to a successful conclusion. About thirty families were involved in the planning and the painting of the mural. It’s both colorful and educational, and it’s fun to see parents and children gazing and naming the animals and birds depicted. Monica also designed the mosaic tile work that enhances the planter at McNabb Lake that was planned and carried out by the same folks. They are committed to beautifying McLaren Park and have already identified a possible project for their group to tackle next. If you approach the mural from downhill, be sure to walk around the entire wall to view the African elephants thundering in the back. Involving parents and their children together in such endeavors is a major objective of First Five, and the small handprints that adorn the mural illustrate the success of this goal. Celebrating Love and Parks Linda and Joe Litehiser, both park enthusiasts who have volunteered with Friends of McAllen Park and also Friends of Camp Mather, were married in Yosemite National Park not long ago. It was a small wedding, and since they wanted to share their happiness with everyone they know, they had their “reception” at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on Saturday, June 12. A huge banner graced the wall behind the stage adorned with the words “Celebrating Love and Parks.” I didn’t try to count the number of people but it was a very big crowd who came to share the food, music and good company. Linda and Joe did a repeat of their wedding vows and danced to a favorite Sinatra ballad as the crowd cheered. A good time was had by all and we wish them many happy years and times together and thank them for all their good work on behalf of the parks. It was a great party. Save McLaren Park Event On Sunday, June 13 dozens of people came together at the group picnic area for a potluck picnic, turn in signed petitions and get an update on the progress of the drive to stop the installation of a disc golf course in the park. Up to the time of the picnic over 1300 signatures had been gathered. Informational sheets were available for distribution. One piece of advice was offered about contacting the Recreation and Park Commission, that while e-mails are good, a written and mailed letter is much more effective. With the ease of e-mail has come a perception that it’s just too easy – a written, stamped and mailed letter represents an effort that emphasizes how serious the writer is. So if you have e-mailed the commission, it would be even better if you could print out that letter and mail it. For more information about Save McLaren Park go to www.savemclarenpark.org Mark Your Calendars Woman’s Will, founded in 1998, is the Bay Area’s only all-female Shakespeare’s company. They will be performing free performances of Much Ado About Nothing at McLaren Park’s Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on Saturday, August 28 and Sunday, August 29. Both performances start at 1 p.m. Those of you who saw The Taming of the Shrew last year know how good this group is, and how quickly one becomes unaware that all the roles are played by women. We’ll remind you again as the dates draw nearer, this is an event you’re sure to enjoy. …from the desk of the VVBOOM newsroom by Nick Wolff Consignment Boutique Energizes Bayshore
  You can’t help but soak up the positive energy radiating from the corner of Blanken Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard this summer. It began the first weekend June, when the San Francisco Sewing and Quilting Collaborative held a Soft-Grand Opening of their two storefronts at 2189 Bayshore Blvd. The delightfully vibrant interiors of this multi-unit collaborative are a powerful economic force that has the potential to spur shopping activity along the block up to Teddy Avenue. But the woman behind the storefronts is quick to point out the collaborative’s non-profit status and the fact she is thinking beyond the boutique’s revenue. Linda Hannawalt has been collecting equipment such as sewing machines, shelves and cutting tables from various quilting stores that have closed in San Francisco over the past few years. She used to quilt professionally for Black Cat Quilts, a neighborhood shop on Ocean Avenue that had to close its doors and has now set her sights on expanding San Francisco Sewing and Quilting Collaborative right here in Visitacion Valley. The Collaborative already has relationships with three nonprofits in San Francisco including St. Anthony Foundation - Madonna Senior Residence, the Homeless Prenatal Program and Metropolitan Fresh Start here in Visitacion Valley. Linda bounces between all three organizations, managing to keep the classroom doors open at 2189 Bayshore Blvd. on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. What services does this nonprofit provide? They’ve already donated over 120 community quilts since the first of the year to baby showers at the Homeless Prenatal Program, wheelchair quilts for veterans as well as patients at Laguna Honda Hospital. San Francisco Sewing and Quilting Collaborative doesn’t just make quilts for charitable causes, they’re dedicated to teaching the art of quilting and clothing alteration. Starting in September, they will develop a curriculum and schedule, where professionals will instruct classes ranging from basic sewing and quilting to advanced clothing alterations. Linda wants to teach job seekers looking for employment how to repair their own clothes so they look sharp for interviews. One of the reasons she located to Visitacion Valley was to be close to Metropolitan Fresh Start and her friend Kinwood DeVore. She also notes the good public transportation access to her location via the T-Third Muni line as well as the sheer attractiveness of the commercial spaces as reasons to open up shop on Bayshore Blvd. The shop - Consignment Boutique boasts a stunning floor display of items including jewelry, handbags, pillows, clothing items (hats, scarves, purses) as well as multitude of home accessories. Many of the items for sale are from local artists and 100 percent of the proceeds benefit the San Francisco Sewing and Quilting Collaborative. Linda has been pleasantly surprised by the foot traffic and visitors who walk in curious to see what is inside. The eye-catching window display can be seen at 2189 Bayshore Blvd., while the boutique is open for business Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays by appointment. Save Time, Save Money,
Support Neighborhood Businesses  Have you noticed the Shop Local posters along the T-Third Street Muni line? To promote shopping in Visitacion Valley, VVBOOM partnered with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to print and post shop local posters at both the Arleta and Sunnydale T-Third Muni platforms. The idea behind the marketing campaign is that by spending money locally, more revenue is retained, creates local jobs and keeps goods and services in Visitacion Valley. Home Stretch
 "We are almost done." That was the message delivered from the Leland Avenue Streetscape Project management team to a room full of local small business owners eager to embrace the end product. The Leland Avenue Merchant Group convened our quarterly meeting the evening of June 16th with a familiar format, starting with an update on local crime trends from Ingleside Police before a briefing on the final phase of streetscape construction along Leland Avenue. Without giving an exact date of completion, Alex Murillo (Public Affairs Officer, Department of Public Works), Kris Opbroek (Project Manager, Department of Public Works) and Tim Frey (Project Engineer, McGuire & Hester) assured everyone the end is near by laying out an approximate construction schedule that will conclude on the north side of Leland Avenue sometime between late July and mid-August. Merchants on-hand expressed specific concerns around loading and unloading, sidewalk and storefront adjustments as well as the unavoidable parking shortage directly to project representatives who encouraged merchants to contact them directly. *Alex Murillo: 415/437.7009 (office) 415/627.8106 (mobile) | alex.m.murillo@sfdpw.org *Tim Frey: 510/632.7676 (office) 510/715.0802 (mobile) | tfry@mcguireandhester.com *Kris Opbroek: 415/ 558.4045 (office) | Kris.Opbroek@sfdpw.org Joe Leland ... Around the Neighborhood *Farmers Market at the Cow Palace: Starting Saturday, July 24th, a weekly Farmers Market will open at the Cow Palace (Gate 5). At press time all the details have not been revealed, but it appears that the Farmers Market will be seasonal. The goal is to activate an underutilized area of the vast Cow Palace site by providing a convenient, affordable, and healthy shopping option to the surrounding San Francisco and Daly City communities. The market will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday throughout the summer. *It's Getting Crowed in Here...: November 2, 2010 will bring the residents of District 10 a new Supervisor for the first time in 10 years. The race is crowded now with 25 declared candidates plus the real possibility of more to come. Start doing your homework now. Find out were the candidates stand on the issue that are most important to you and our community. Become an informed voter. Declared Candidates: Cedric Akbar, Bill Barnes, Isaac Bowers, James Calloway, Malia Cohen, Edward Donaldson, Kristine Enea, Marie Franklin, Rodney Hampton Jr., Chris Jackson, Espanola Jackson, Tony Kelly, DeWitt Lacy, La Vaughan Moore, Geoffrea Morris, Steve Moss, Jacqueline Norman, Nina Pickerrell, Ashley Rhodes, Dwayne Robinson, Diane Wesley Smith, Eric Smith, Lynette Sweet, Marlene Tran, and Stephen Weber. See ; http://www.sfusualsuspects.com/elections/upcoming-races/ *Coming Soon. Street Life on Leland: The Leland Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project is nearing completion after several months of demolition and detours. Thankfully the finished product is starting to shine and might just be worth all the aggravation. The most visual element of the project will be the massive public art sculptor named “Street Life.” Soon to be installed at the Leland - Bayshore intersection, “Street Life” was designed by REBAR, a San Francisco based arts collective. “Street Life” will consist of twenty-three metal poles topped with old parking meter heads that are joined around a central support. This destined to be iconic sculpture will be at approximately ten feet tall. *Mark Your Calendars: After a one-year hiatus (see above) the Leland Ave. Street Fair will be back and will be bigger and better then ever! The date is Sunday, September 19th, 2010. Mark your calendars! *Quote of the Month: "There is more to life than increasing its speed." -Mohandas Gandhi Visitacion Valley Police Report Police Cases *On May 23 at 6:02 a.m. on the 200 block of Blythdale Avenue, officers were dispatched to the report of a theft. The victim said that she came out of her house to find that a man was standing the open driver’s side door of her car. The suspect was described as an African-American male (6’0", 180 lbs.) wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black pants. The suspect got into a white 2-door Acura and drove away from the scene. Missing from inside the car were some speakers. At 6:14 a.m. on the 200 block of Blythdale Avenue, officers were dispatched to the report of an auto-burglary. The victim said that he returned to his parked vehicle to find that it had a shattered window. Missing from inside the vehicle was a stereo. *On May 25 at 2:51 p.m. on the 1700 block of Sunnydale Avenue, officers observed a group of six subjects known to them to be gang members congregating in the public housing neighborhood. The officers were also aware that five of the six had either stay away orders for the neighborhood and other gang members, or provisions in their probation/parole prohibiting them from the same. As the officers approached the group they dispersed in various directions and eluded the officers. The report will be forwarded to the parole and probation officers assigned to the various subjects. At 5:10 p.m. on the 3300 block of San Bruno Avenue, officers responded to burglary calls in the same building. Three separate apartment units in a building were forcefully entered through windows accessible by a fire escape, or by the front door. The victim's loses ranged from jewelry to small electronics, and laptop computers. At 7:28 p.m. at Sunnydale Avenue and Santos Street, officers were dispatched to the report of a purse snatch. The victim said that she was on the 8X Muni line when the bus stopped at the corner of Sunnydale and Santos. When the bus stopped, a suspect walked past and took the victim’s purse which had been resting on her lap. The suspect then fled the scene on foot. He was described as an African-American male (5’4” 150 lbs., 20-25 years old) with short hair. At 10:20 p.m. on the 1800 block of Sunnydale Avenue, officers responded to a stabbing call. The officers located the victim in his home suffering from a laceration on his hand. They located the suspect in his home, one door away, and took him into custody. The two adult men argued about a favor that was requested and did not get carried out. The argument escalated when one of the men called the other outside to fight. The suspect brought a knife to the fight, so the victim grabbed a stick. The victim successfully disarmed the suspect by striking him with the stick, then ran into his residence. The suspect followed him in and grabbed a knife from the victims sink and used it to slash the victims arm/wrist. The victim hit the suspect over the head with a glass cake cover causing a facial laceration. The suspect then ran back to his own home where the officers later found him and took him into custody. *On May 26 at 3 a.m. on the 200 block of Schwerin Street, officers responded to a residence regarding a found bullet. The officers spoke with a resident of the public housing unit who told them that though he and his uncle were asleep in the home at the time of the incident that they did not hear anything, but found a damaged window and wall as well as a bullet fragment. Neighbors told the victim that they heard shots at about 3 am, but did not see anything or anyone. *On May 27 at 7:45 a.m. on the 200 block of Rey Street, a woman told an officer that her neighbor, with whom she has a long-standing dispute, cursed at her. The victim feared that the dispute would become violent and requested a report to document the incident. At 10:16 a.m. on the 700 block of Velasco Avenue, officers responded to a robbery call. The 54 year-old Asian female victim told the officers that two African American teenage boys approached her on the sidewalk walking shoulder to shoulder. The suspects approach forced her to step off of the sidewalk into the roadway. One suspect yelled at the victim, punched her several times and then the suspects grabbed for her purse. The victim struggled with the suspects who eventually ripped the purse from her shoulder. The two suspects then ran away together into the public housing complex. The victim was injured and was transported via ambulance to the hospital with chest pain. The incident was witnessed by an African American female adult who provided a detailed suspect description to the officers. At 10:54 a.m. on the 1800 block of Sunnydale Avenue, officers were on patrol when they observed an African American male adult open and crawl through a rear window of a housing unit. As the officers approached the house the man opened the front door of the residence. The officers found out, when the resident returned home, that the man was related to the resident, but emphatically did not have permission to enter the unit. The resident, the suspects’ uncle, was riding the bus with the suspect when they began to argue. The suspect told his uncle that he was going to break into his house and he apparently followed through with his threat. The suspect was later cited and released. At 3:07 p.m. on the unit block of Castillo Street, officers went to the residence of a man wanted on several warrants. The officers took the man into custody without incident. The suspect was booked for three San Francisco warrants. *On June 8 at 11:45 p.m., officers responded to the area of Bowdoin and Felton streets regarding a call of a subject attempting to remove the tires from a parked vehicle. As they approached, they noticed the suspect (as described by dispatch) standing next to a vehicle on a jack. The officers noticed that there were lug nuts on the ground below the tires, which were partially removed from the wheel wells of one side of the vehicle. The suspect abandoned his task as soon as he saw the patrol car and attempted to leave the scene. The officers were not about to let that happen and quickly detained him. As they conducted their search of his person for weapons, he was nice enough to warn them ahead of time that he had a “25” in his back pocket. A “25" is a street reference to a .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol. Sure enough, there it was just like he said in his back pants pocket loaded with a disengaged safety. The car that almost lost its wheels turned out to be stolen. The owner was notified and happily reunited with his vehicle. The suspect was booked at Bayview Station. *On June 9 at 12:54 p.m. on the 1500 block of Geneva Avenue, officers responded to a call by a family who were having difficulty with a teenaged child. The officers found the young man in need of services and transported him to another facility. The subject became physically resistive with the officers and head butted one of the officers causing an injury to the officer and himself. The subject was taken to the hospital and treated. He was cited and released for his actions *On June 11 at 6:16 a.m. on the 200 block of Leland Avenue, officers were dispatched to the report of a burglary. The victim said that a lock on a tool shed at his construction site had been cut, although nothing had been taken. He said that the site’s audible alarm system went off the night before. *On June 12 at 6 p.m. on the 100 block of Britton Street, officers took a suspect into custody on two outstanding warrants at his home. The arrest was made without incident. The suspect was booked at Ingleside Station. *On June 14 at 1:32 p.m. on the unit block of Leland Avenue, an officer was dispatched to the report of threats which had been made against a shopkeeper. The victim said that a man was outside panhandling in an aggressive manner when she went out to ask him to stop. The man refused to leave and then entered the store and said that he wanted the victim to come outside. He also suggested that he had other people waiting outside. The victim felt threatened by the man’s actions and statements. *On June 15 at 1:48 p.m. on the unit block of Leland Avenue, officers responded to a call of a person with a knife. Officers detained the suspect near Leland Avenue and Alpha Street. A folding pocket knife was found nearby and the suspect stated that it belonged to him. An officer was then told by the victim that he approached the suspect regarding a broken truck window and began to yell at him when the suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed at him with it and chased him around the street. The incident was witnessed by a construction crew nearby. The suspect was taken into custody and later cited and released at Ingleside Station. At 4:54 p.m. at Sawyer Street and Sunnydale Avenue, officers observed a vehicle being driven with an equipment violation. The officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and found that the driver had a suspended license and no proof of insurance for the vehicle. The driver and passenger, both African American female adults, were directed to exit the vehicle to facilitate the towing of the vehicle. The officers discovered that the driver had marijuana sticking out of her back pocket. They placed the driver into handcuffs. The passenger was also handcuffed when the officers discovered cocaine in a plastic baggie on the passenger seat as she exited. Both women were transported to Ingleside Station. They were both strip searched and additional narcotics, packaged for sale, were seized. Both suspects were booked. *On June 16 at 2:13 p.m. on the unit block of Leland Avenue, the foot beat officer in the area responded to a local community center and spoke with an employee of the center regarding a local panhandler. The victim told the officer that the suspect had been aggressively panhandling clients of the center so she asked him to move out of the front of the building. The suspect became belligerent with her and made menacing threats, pushed and poked the victim, and trespassed in the building after she told him to leave. The officer located the suspect and took him into custody. The suspect also had a warrant for his arrest. *On June 17 at 10:47 a.m. on the 100 block of Santos Street, officers were dispatched to the report of vandalism. The victim said that someone had smashed the window of her car. At 5:10 p.m. on the 600 block of Campbell Avenue, officers were conducting a probation search of the residence of a known probationer. Inside they found methamphetamine and multiple explosive items which were removed from the residence. The suspect was arrested. At 6:34 p.m. on the 200 block of Blythdale Avenue, officers responded to SFGH to meet with the victim of a stabbing. The victim said that he was standing in the parking lot of his residence when he saw two men fighting. The victim said that he tried to get in between the men to break it up, but then saw blood on his shirt. He then realized that he had been stabbed. He was driven to the hospital by his aunt. The victim said he did not know who stabbed him and refused to identify the men fighting. *On June 18 at 9 a.m. on the 2600 block of Bayshore Boulevard, officers responded to the report of a burglary. They met with the reportee who said that when she came to open her business, she noticed a window had been removed from the door. She then noticed several tools missing from inside. *On June 19 at 2:44 a.m. on the unit block of Carrizal Street, a man reported to an officer that he was attacked by an unknown man who he saw walking with his girlfriend to his house. The victim stated that the unknown suspect cut his finger and hit him on the head with a skateboard. The suspect and the victim's girlfriend ran away from the scene. The victim was heavily intoxicated and could not provide the officer with any information regarding his girlfriend, including her name. The victim was taken to SFGH for treatment. At 8 a.m. on the 2100 block of Geneva Avenue, officers responded to a trespassing call. The officers located the suspect in front of a convenience store which has numerous posted “No Trespassing” and “No Loitering” signs. The store owner stated that the suspect had previously been cited for trespassing at the location and told he was not allowed to return to the store. The victim told the officers that the suspect was outside of the store at 8 a.m. and was told to leave. The suspect complied but later returned, entered the store and harassed customers for money. The store owner again asked him to leave and the suspect left the store but loitered in the entrance, continuing to ask for money from customers and passersby. The store owner then called for the police. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to Ingleside Station. Once the suspect was identified, he was cited and released. At 10:35 a.m. on the 400 block of Campbell Avenue, officers tesponded to a residence where a young woman told them that she had been attacked by her brother who suffers from mental health problems and drug use. The victim told the officers that her brother slapped her and choked her during the attack. The suspect then fled the house. A while later the suspect returned to the house. Officers responded to the house and took him into custody. The suspect was booked at county jail. *On June 20 at 11:36 a.m. at Crocker Amazon Park, officers responded to a park where a soccer referee reported that a player punched him in the mouth at the conclusion of the game due to a call that the victim had made during the game. The suspect was not located, but was known to the victim. At 3:37 p.m. on the unit block of Carrizal Street, officers responded to an assault call with numerous other officers. The officers found the victim in front of his home with an apparent broken arm. The victim told the officers that during a dispute with his roommate, the roommate struck him with an aluminum baseball bat and injured him. The roommate left the house. Officers located the suspect about three blocks away. The victim viewed the suspect and identified the suspect as his roommate who struck him. The suspect was taken into custody and booked at Ingleside Station. *On June 21 at 9:30 a.m. on the 200 block of Brookdale Avenue, a report was prepared at Ingleside Station regarding a vehicle burglary. The victim said that she went out to her parked car and found that its passenger window had been smashed. A GPS unit was taken from inside the car. At 2:42 p.m. on the unit block of Tioga Avenue, officers responded to the report of an explosive device which had been found by someone cleaning out old belongings from her home. Members of the SFPD Explosive Ordinances Division responded and secured the item, which was an old inert hand-grenade. *On June 22 at 4:53 p.m. at Bayshore Boulevard and Arleta Avenue, officers were conducting bus inspections at Bayshore and Arleta when a passenger could not provide proof of fare. The officers ran a computer query of the subject and found he had a warrant for his arrest. He was taken into custody and booked at Ingleside Station. At 5:55 p.m. on the 500 block of Carter Street, officers responded to an apartment and met with the resident. The victim stated that his front door was damaged and believed that an unknown suspect attempted to burglarize his home. *On June 23 at 11:30 a.m. on the 200 block of Santos Street, a report was prepared at Ingleside Station regarding the burglary of a vehicle. The victim said that he went out to his parked car to find that it had been broken into. Missing from inside were some papers and a checkbook. At 11:57 a.m. on the 700 block of Velasco Avenue, a report was submitted via 311 regarding vandalism. The victim said that she heard a noise outside her home and looked to see that her car’s window had been broken. The victim said that there were no items taken from inside the car. *On June 24 at 1:30 p.m. on the 2200 block of Bayshore Boulevard, a fight in the street was called in to 911 and officers responded with numerous other Ingleside units. The officers located one combatant lying on the ground and discovered that other had fled on a bus. The officer tracked down the coach and detained the second suspect. The officers’ investigation led them to arrest the party found on the ground as the aggressor in the fight and to the conclusion that the other party had defended himself. The suspect was treated for injuries at SFGH and then booked at County Jail. At 5 p.m. on the unit block of Garrison Avenue, officers responded to a "shots fired" call with numerous other Ingleside units. Officers located a vehicle with damage and eleven shell casings. An officer located a surveillance camera operated by Mercy Housing which was reviewed in regards to this incident. Police Summaries *May 25: 2:28 p.m., 100 block of Blythdale Ave., traffic collision. *May 26: 5:15 p.m., Hahn St. and Visitacion Ave., suspended driver. *June 11: 11:50 p.m., Rutland St. and Leland Ave, unlicensed driver. *June 12: 5 p.m., 100 block of Brookdale Ave., stolen auto. *June 12: 6:30 p.m., Geneva and Brookdale Aves., suspended driver. *June 12: 7:17 p.m., Unit block of Blythdale Ave., traffic collision. *June 13: 1:50 p.m., 100 block of Brookdale Ave., recovered auto. *June 13: 3:02 p.m., Unit block of Brookdale Ave., recovered auto. *June 16: 4:20 p.m., Unit block of Leland Ave., recovered plates. *June 19: 2 p.m., Visitacion Ave. and Sawyer St., unlicensed driver. *June 19: 3:32 p.m., Sunnydale Ave. and Rutland St., suspended driver. *June 20: 7:55 p.m., Bayshore Blvd. and Sunnydale Ave., traffic collision. *June 21: 11:45 p.m., 100 block of Tucker Ave., recovered auto. *June 22: 2:12 p.m., 200 block of Brookdale Ave., recovered auto. *June 24: 7:45 a.m., Brookdale and Blythdale Aves., traffic collision, hit and run. Events in July at Valley Branch Library Following are events in July at the Visitacion Valley Branch Library, 45 Leland Ave. *July 1, Thursday: Drop in to make a wind sock craft from 4 to 5 p.m.. *July 6, Tuesday: Drop in to make a wind spinner craft from 4 to 5 p.m. *July 6, 13, 20 and 27, Tuesday: Family Storytime, songs, stories and rhymes for children of all ages from 11:30 a.m. to 12 noon. *July 8, Thursday: Drop in for science experiments at the branch from 4 to 5 p.m..For ages 5 and older.*June 9, Wednesday: Sweet Candy Sushi from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Kick-off this year’s Teen Summer Reading Contest at the Visitacion Valley Library. We’ll be making yummy, sweet sushi out of marshmallows, cakes and candy. Prizes for teens who sign up for Teen Summer Read! For ages 12 to 18. *July 13, Tuesday: Drop in to make a sweet candy craft from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m..For children of all ages. *July 15, Thursday: Make a colorful wallet or sleek holder for your high tech gear out of duct tape from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Open to teens and tweens. *July 20, Tuesday: Terrific musical and motivational program, the Eric Herman Musical Show from 10:30 to 11 a.m. *July 21, Wednesday: Graywater is water from showers, baths, laundry and bathroom sinks. Benefits of graywater include lowering water use, saving energy, providing an alternate source of irrigation water and more. This presentation from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m.will show you how to plan and design a laundry to landscape graywater system and will also teach you about other types of graywater systems that might be appropriate for San Francisco homes. This is a Green Stacks Program. *July 26, Monday: Gary Lapow Musical is a special lively interactive show to stimulate the imaginations of children of all ages (and their parents) from 10:30 to 11 a.m. *July 28, Wednesday: Game On! Get your game on at the library this summer! Battle your friends on the Wii from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Open to teens and tweens. Saturdays Are Special at Randall Museum Drop in Saturdays between 1 and 4 p.m. to create all kinds of art and science projects. Cost is $6 a child or $10 for an adult and child together. Kids under 8 must be with a paying, participating adult. Members of the Randall Museum Friends and Arts Card holders receive a 2-for-1 discount. Sign up at the museum's front desk to participate; the last sign-ups are taken at 3:30 p.m. July 3 - Engineer and build a marble run for hours of rolling fun! July 10 - Bring in a special memento or use one of ours as the focal point to create a 3D collage. July 17 - Illustrate your own fantastically fabulous Flip book. July 24 - Learn about the diverse patterns of the Persian rug and the Navajo blanket as you paint a bookmark in one of these beautiful styles. July 31 - Pound out and collage bottle caps to make magnets and jewelry. |