Bernalwood blog… ACTIVATE! We interrupt this pandemic to bring you an essential update from Bernal Heights, where celebrity author and youth wrangler Chris Colin shares this update about “Six Feet of Separation,” the newest newspaper in our neighborhood: Did you feel that? That was the media landscape shifting! I’m pleased to announce the publication of … Continue reading “Six Feet of Separation” Is the New Newspaper by Bernal Heights Kids
It’s been a few weeks since BagelMacher began serving fresh-made bagels on Sunday mornings on Bernal’s stretch of MIssion Street, but already the pop-up brunch spot has generated a lot of love in the neighborhood. A project of Jeff Krupman, the mad genius who founded Pizza Hacker at 3299 Mission (at 29th), Bagel Macher transforms … Continue reading BagelMacher Pops Up on Mission, Making Sundays Bagelicious
The College Hill Learning Garden is a outdoor education facility for kids located on a patch of land within the grounds of the College Hill Reservoir. The garden at 336 Elsie (near Santa Marina) is operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and it opened in 2016. This weekend, on Sunday, April 22, Bernalese of all … Continue reading Sunday: Earth Day Festivities at the College Hill Learning Garden
If you found yourself experiencing moments of inexplicable euphoria and joy yesterday, it was certainly no coincidence: Bernal Heights was pummeled by a barrage of Category Five Rainbow Events during all those sporadic rainstorms. While Bernalwood activated the Rainbow Situation Control Facility to monitor the action yesterday, fulltime Bernal-watcher Chris Baker shared this photo of a … Continue reading Rainbow Barrage Pummels Bernal Heights With Euphoric Energy, Unicorn Glitter
The San Francisco Police announced the arrest of a woman who is believed to have been the driver of the vehicle involved in a hit and run accident last month that left a victim with life-threatening injuries on the north-east side of Bernal Hill. San Francisco resident Aliitasi Alapati, 41, was arrested last Thursday in … Continue reading Suspect Arrested in Connection With Bernal Hill Hit and Run
Bernal Neighbor Tony Ferrari is chef and co-owner of the Hillside Supper Club restaurant at 300 Precita, in the southwest corner of Precita Park. Yesterday he sent a note to Bernalwood that’s both a candid perspective on the challenge of operating a restaurant in San Francisco right now and a neighborly invitation to stop by for … Continue reading Hillside Supper Club Shares Straight Talk on Restaurant Business
On Tuesday evening, April 3, the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (BHNC) is having a Family Night with dinner, music, and entertainment for Bernalese kids (and their parents too). Tickets are $15 for an adult + 1 child; additional children are $8 each. Ailed Paningbatan from BHNC says: Join us for our Family Night Out at … Continue reading Tuesday Evening: Family Night Out at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center
A pedestrian was injured on the northeast side of Bernal Hill at 8:20 this morning, after she was hit by a car traveling east on Bernal Heights Boulevard. The driver of the car left the scene without stopping. A Bernal neighbor tells Bernalwood: There was a hit & run on Bernal Heights Blvd this morning. … Continue reading Woman Injured After Hit and Run on Bernal Heights Blvd.
Neighbor Darcy Lee from the fabulous Heartfelt store on Cortland reached out to extend an invitation to other merchants and businessfolk around Bernal Heights to get involved with the Bernal Business Alliance. Neighbor Darcy writes: When I first became a merchant on the Cortland corridor, I belonged to the Cortland Merchants Association. We held long … Continue reading Neighborhood Businesses Invited to Join Bernal Business Alliance
If you find yourself feeling a little homesick for San Francisco next time you’re having a Bill Murray/Scarlett Johansson moment in Tokyo, Bernal Heights artist Amos Goldbaum has helped create a place where you can go to feel right at home. Wise Sons, the Jewish delicatessen anchored on the corner of 24th Street and Shotwell … Continue reading Bernal Artist Amos Goldbaum Paints New San Francisco Mural in Tokyo