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A bad day for gophers in Palega Park
This morning my whole family decided to join many others who walk around Palega Park every day for a bit of fresh air and exercise. The park is undergoing massive renovations, and as we watched the big...
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Love Your Park Day
Picnic in McLaren Park this May McLaren Park is San Francisco’s second largest public park and it’s right in our back yard. The Portola Planet has just learned about a city wide day of activities...
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Coyote pupping season begins, be wary in McLaren Park
Janet Kessler, aka the Coyote Lady, has been in touch to ask us to inform our readers about the coyote pupping season which has just begun. She shares the information below and for those of us that...
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PortolART: Support the Goettingen Cascades Stairway Transformation
Many of us are familiar with the 16th Avenue Tile Stair project but now it’s Portola’s turn to create something unique with our stairway. A group of neighbors called the Goettingen Neighborhood Group,...
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Yosemite Creek Daylight Plans To Be Revealed At Thursday Meeting
Rendering of the proposed daylighted creek along Wayland Street. It’s been a long time coming but we will finally get to see the plans for the daylighting of the Upper Yosemite Creek. On Thursday...
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The Wild Parrots Of The Portola
Wild Parrots of the Portola resting on a light pole along Woolsey St. San Francisco’s famous Parrots (specifically Telegraph Hill’s) have been expanding their flocks and territory further into the...
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Saddle Up Portola: Horseback Riding Comes to McLaren Park For A Limited Time
If you haven’t heard or seen for yourself already, horseback riding has returned to McLaren Park for a limited time. The San Francisco Rec & Parks. Department is trying out an exciting two month...
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Earth Day Celebration Saturday: Plant Sale, Portola Green Planning & Ice Cream!
This Saturday, April 22nd, is Earth Day and to celebrate there will be a celebration at Burrows Pocket Park tomorrow (San Bruno Ave & Burrows Street). The event is being co-sponsored by community...
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Portola’s Kids Approve Of The McLaren Park Horses
The pilot program for the McLaren Park horseback riding comes to a close after this weekend. While this program had some controversy among some adult (what doesn’t in S.F.?), there is absolutely no...
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3 Ways To Support The McLaren Park Horses
The future of the McLaren Park horseback riding is now in the hands of the pubic. If you’d like to see them return next season we have three ways that you can voice your support and suggestion for...
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What Lies Beneath the Murky Duck Pond?
McNab Lake’s (aka “The Duck Pond”) infamous murky green waters Walking along McNab Lake in McLaren Park, my partner and I like to guess what might be lurking beneath that murky green water–Perhaps a...
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Get to Know the Portola!
I’ve been asked a number of times as I meet neighbors on the street (and, let’s be honest, at FDR) about where people can find information about neighborhood happenings and how to get involved. So I...
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“Giant LEGO” Community Garden Forming this Saturday
Resembling the icon building blocks, the retaining wall at Gambier St. & Burrows St. is about to get some attention. A group of dedicated neighbors who now maintain the Gambier Plaza entrance to...
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Open Meeting 11/19 About the Greenhouses at 770 Woolsey
If you live in one of the houses facing the 770 Woolsey greenhouse property, you probably received a letter last week inviting you to a “Pre-Application Meeting” about the property on Monday, November...
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Crosstown Trail Grand Premier June 1-2!
A newly mapped urban walking/biking trail across San Francisco has just been born, and the Portola is a part of it! The San Francisco Crosstown Trail crosses San Francisco diagonally from southeast to...
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