South San Francisco, CA January 1, 2023 HOWDY HO NEIGHBORS! At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, it became official, my retirement from Everything South City, a community-driven resource committed to sharing local ‘hookups by local folks’,…
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Welcome Autumnal Equinox 2022
South San Francisco, CA September 23, 2022 by Mel Ellison This morning, dawn of the first full day of Fall…. -the Autumnal Equinox was last night at 6:04 pm PDT….. The changing light at San Francisco is…
Sign Hill in the Early Morning Captures Sunrise Light – and Deep Thoughts on our Little Town – South San Francisco
South San Francisco, CA September 12, 2022 While many other areas of the State are covered in a smokey haze, we are fortunate for the coastal winds that clear our air allowing for some incredible photo captures. Such as this…
Mel Ellison New Year Photo Captures
South San Francisco, CA January 3, 2021 South San Francisco resident, and professional photographer, Mel Ellison, continues to share some of his incredible photography with us and we are proud to present a few from this New Year. “The sky…
The Transformation of Oyster Point in South San Francisco
South San Francisco, CA April 5, 2021 by Mel Ellison, ESC Correspondent Oyster Point Morphs and Dwarfs The San Mateo County Harbor District held a special meeting and site tour at the Oyster Point Marina on Thursday, March 4th and…
I bet my 2020 was worse than your 2020. by Mel Ellison
South San Francisco, CA January 12, 2021 by Mel Ellison, SSF neighbor, ESC correspondent I began to sense something was wrong starting at the end of 2019, and on into the first part of 2020. At my annual check-up…
It’s a Good Sign For Our New Year; by Mel Ellison
South San Francisco, CA December 25, 2020 by Mel Ellison, ESC As we were making our breakfast and coffee early this Christmas morning, the whole house began to glow with the morning sunrise. I grabbed my camera and headed up…
A Candle in the Darkness
South San Francisco, CA April 24, 2020 by Mel Ellison, ESC Correspondent When faced with disaster there are those that run from it, and those who run straight at it. As for the calamitous pandemic that has transformed our…
The view from my room this morning…. by Mel Ellison
South San Francisco, CA March 16, 2020 by Mel Ellison As the lyric goes “the sun will come out tomorrow”….and it is tomorrow….and the sun has come out….again…as it always does, (but it should be noted: quite spectacularly this…
Change Comes to the Oyster Point Marin; by Mel Ellison
South San Francisco, CA October 8, 2019 by ESC Correspondent Mel Ellison PRFACE: Mel wrote this article after attending the August 2019 tour of both Pillar Point Harbor and Oyster Point Harbor, at the public invitation of the San Mateo…