Category: Local

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…

Lighten up on Grand Avenue

South San Francisco, CA    June 20, 2012 Addressing security concerns with better light quality is only one reason Grand Avenue, and side streets, received an upgrade to the historical lampposts in June. “This new lighting will consume less electricity and…

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…

Discover and Go

Discover and Go A new program announced by our Library Director Valerie Sommer is just in time for summer. Discover and Go is a wonderful new program allowing South San Francisco Library Card Holders to make reservations, print passes, and…

Sons in Retirement

Sons in Retirement Retirement; The Good Life, Right? “He’s gonna be the end of me, I tell you” a woman was overheard exclaiming to her friend at the salon the other day. “Ever since he retired he is under foot…

LIGHT SHINES ON SOUTH CITY POLICE

LIGHT SHINES ON SOUTH CITY POLICE “Quick stop, turn around!” I yelled to my husband while we were driving down South Spruce two years ago. “There is a SWAT in progress; we don’t need to be anywhere near here”. In…

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…

South City Murders Arrested Gangs 500 Block/C Street

May 3, 2012  19 indicted in racketeering case targeting South  San Francisco street gang Long-term probe links suspects to multiple murders, robberies, drug trafficking SAN FRANCISCO — Federal and local authorities announced the indictment Thursday of 19 members of a…