The Bernal Heights community has rallied around a recent spate of brazen armed muggings near the Cortland Avenue corridor.
Sophie Fried, an employee at Sandbox Bakery, said police officers who regularly come into her shop recently warned her about the gun-toting bandits who are striking during the early evening hours on well-lit blocks.
The 25-year-old Fried both lives and works on Cortland Avenue, and she said a neighbor told her about a recent attack.
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A word of warning to the serial junk dumper of Bernal Hill — the neighbors are on to you.
The wee hours of Wednesday morning marked the fourth time in recent months that a dump truck has quickly rolled up the peak, dumped a load — in a handicapped parking space, no less — and rolled back down into obscurity. All in a matter of 10 minutes.
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The City’s order to remove a Coca-Cola sign in the Bernal Heights neighborhood is just a taste of the ongoing fight against outdoor advertising in San Francisco.But this fight is a little different than the typical billboard battle in San Francisco, a city famous for opposing corporate chain stores and commercialized communication. In this case, locals are actually hoping to preserve an outdoor ad that promotes a product made by one of America’s largest corporations.
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