Police Blotter

Outer Irving Street Housing Plan OK'd
A proposal for a new building at 4501 Irving St. was approved by a six-to-one vote at a San Francisco Planning Commission meeting June 28.

Underground Garage Plan Moves Forward
After months of intense deliberation over the design choices for Golden Gate Park's underground parking facility - during which time everyone seemed to adopt their own favorite - the Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority unanimously selected its preferred plan at its board meeting June 12. Prior to the vote, two controversial plans for the garage were dropped.

Neighbors charge UCSF Breaking Housing Promises
A plan by the University of California at San Francisco, which proposes to tear down three homes and one flat it owns in the 1400 block of Fifth Avenue to build housing for students and faculty, has neighbors crying foul.

What a Clown!
Entertaining more than 60 squirming kindergartners for an hour is a daunting task for most people. Add some equally fretful parents and their strollers and you're faced with roughly the same circumstances that David Magidson, alias Boswick Turnstyle, Jr., faces daily as a clown.

Mt. Sutro Forest Plan Calls for More Diversity of Species
After years of deliberation and public input, the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve Management Plan, which will determine the fate of Mt. Sutro, will shortly be finalized and sent to the chancellor at the University of California at San Francisco for final approval.

New Feature Playing at Old Fox Theater
Once the anchor for a thriving Parkside commercial district, the old Fox Theatre, a fixture in the neighborhood since 1928, was gutted last month to make way for an expanded preschool, new condominiums and commercial space.

Dedicated Orderly Retires After Three Decades of Service

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Capt. Michael Yalon: Police Beat

John M. Lee: Escrow Can be a Complex Process