Neighborhood shootings

It hurts to write that headline - we've seen it too much. The bad news is that there was a shooting on Tuesday at 9 in the morning at Haight and Webster. The good news is that the Lower Haight neighborhood association is thriving and had already coincidentally already organized a meeting for that very evening, which attracted a crowd. A full report is available on SFist.

Some folks may not realize that we also had a daytime shooting a couple months ago on Hayes Street, between Lyon and Central, right in front of a funeral in progress. No one was hurt in that incident, and the SFPD were in the area and responded immediately. According to Capt. Ehrlich, it was retaliation between two people who live outside of the North Panhandle, and possibly even the City.

There is a theme here - we have a real problem with folks from outside of San Francisco visiting with guns a blaze. It's not the whole story, but a big part of it...

New Cafe Organica, Pac Primary expansion

There are definitely changes afoot at the beloved Cafe Organica (corner of Central & Grove). Word on the street is that the new owner has a background in organic coffee brokering, so he should be well equipped to keep up the high standards set by the previous owners. The sign in the window promises a February opening.

Pacific Primary, the preschool down the street at Grove & Baker, has just launched a website to publicize their expansion plans - they bought the Hicks Temple building last year and will be tearing it down to build a new 6,800 sq. foot facility. More information is available here: http://www.pacificprimary.org/secondsite

DPW to host Anti-Graffiti Super Huddle Jan 20th

The Department of Public Works Graffiti Advisory Board will host a special meeting from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20 at Golden Gate Recycling and Disposal, 900 Seventh St. The “Anti-Graffiti Super Huddle” is open to the public and will address the “war” against graffiti, from enforcement efforts to neighborhood prospective. Lunch will be provided. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Merle Goldstone, DPW Operations, 2323 Cesar Chavez St., San Francisco, 94124.

-from the SF Examiner