Category: Historical

Preserving All of Sign Hill

Preserving All of Sign Hill David Schooley, founder of San Bruno Mountain Watch, spoke to a full house on Tuesday July 17th during an informational meeting regarding the preservation of privately held lots on South San Francisco’s iconic Sign Hill. …

Fire on Sign Hill

Fire on Sign Hill South San Francisco Fire Department received mutual aid from other local fire agencies including CAL Fire to assist in their effort to knock down a grass fire last Thursday July 5th on the southern side of…

Cooperstown: Where Dreams Really Do Come True …

Cooperstown:  Where Dreams Really Do Come True …  The Cooperstown dream may have come true in 1996 when the first youth baseball teams played their first game on these magnificent fields in nearby Hartwick Seminary. But the dream became real…

Westborough Shopping Center

Westborough Shopping Center By Kamala Silva Wolfe Peninsula Progress June 13-20, 2012 There is a lot of buzz about the construction happening up at the Westborough Square Shopping Center and rightly so. South San Francisco’s shopping centers all have seen…

Memories from a South City native

Memories from a South City native By Nadine Bottini Moreno  South San Francisco was a home for me long before I was even born. My family moved to South City back in the 1920’s and bought up an area of…

Molloy’s 33rd Annual Chili Cook Off

By Kamala Silva Wolfe Peninsula Progress May 5, 2012 Molloy’s 33rd Annual Chili Cook Off Benefiting the Community Learning Center Native sons, Owen Molloy and Steve Boldenweck, came together once again to raise funds for the Community Learning Center, an…

April 24th Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day

April 24th Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day  What a difference one person can make. John Kevranian, a San Bruno resident from South San Francisco, is a son, husband, father and business owner of a retail store in Burlingame.  He has lobbied…