All Blog Posts (9)

I'm wondering if anyone witnesed or filmed an incident that occurred in front of The Cafe International (corner of Haight and Fillmore) at about 3am on either 9/9 or 9/10? 5 police vehicles (ten officers) half undressed a young woman, restrained her wrists and ankles and were both physically and verbally abusive to her (more details but prefer not to share here) The incident began with repeated blood curdling screams and someone else yelling for the police to be called. The above events happen… Continue

Dick Vivian, 22-year Lower Haight merchant, gives us his Ten TIPS for Successful ShopKeeping 1. Greet someone when they come in the door. A classic: "Hey, how're you doing?" 2. Feel them out. "Looking for anything in particular?" 3. Treat everyone as an individual. Don't say the same thing to every person. 4. Be aware of who this person might be/what they might like. 5. Be proactive/know your merchandise. Ex. A customer says, I'm looking for Otis Redding, and you say, "this is like Otis..."… Continue

Hello, there. Just in case anyone wants to know what the LoHaMNA (Lower Haight Merchant + Neighbor Assn) communication committee is up to, read on. Still looking for members, so please contact Patricia Decker at patriciasquared@gmail.com or join us at the next LoHaMNA General Meeting Wednesday October 7th at 7pm. Attending: Patricia Decker, Unicorn Escobedo, Bob Barnwell, Thea Selby Agenda 1. Introduce Constant Contact to group. 2. Decide what is Communications --enewsletters-bi-monthly --Com… Continue

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First Ever LH ART WALK Clean and Green with D5--plus Rolands Pastries! Where's the Beef? It's in Hot Dog Alley… Continue

Hello everyone! I'm Jen, a new member of Lower Haight Community Org. I wanted to address the issue of robberies in the Lower Haight in recent months. Unfortunately, our place on Oak Street was robbed on the morning of the 3rd at 11:30AM, while I went to go pick up my laundry at the Wishy Washy... I was literally gone for 15 minutes max. The thieves got four Macbook laptops from our place (we've got students and web designers), cameras, two jars of change, and my pillow case (probably to stash th… Continue

Hello All, I happened upon a very informative website that I'd like to share with fellow Lower Haighter: http://sf.everyblock.com/locations/neighborhoods/lower-haight/ Continue

I was just walking by and saw a fire truck on Germania with its ladder up to the roof of a building on the North side. There didn't appear to be a fire, though, and they packed up soon after. Continue

Two years after that nasty Russian hacker took down my first attempt at a true community site I've finally found the time to take a crack at version 2. And my how the Internet has evolved since then. Now with the push of a button and a few bits of DNS/CNAME record manipulations we're up and running. So have fun! Continue