The San Francisco Police Department today announced the arrests of five suspects who are believed to be responsible for a string of at least three home-invasion robberies in the city's Ingleside neighborhood.
by Angus Macfarlane
WNP member Angus Macfarlane sent us this wonderful summary of the land on the east edge of the OMI, home of a number of civic institutions. In the future we hope to have more from Angus on the fascinating Industrial School, a place where even three-year-olds were sent to be rehabilitated. Engraving of the Industrial School in the 1880s. , circa 1880 - by Van Vleck and Keith
The year 2004 marked the 150th anniversary of the city s first development in the OMI. In 1854, San Francisco purchased 100 acres for $10,000 from John Horner at the intersection of the San Jose Road and the Ocean House Road (the precursors of today s San Jose Avenue and Ocean Avenue) for the construction of the House of Refuge an institution to deal with neglected, abandoned, and delinquent children under the age of 16. The footprint of that 100 acres still exists on today s maps as Balboa Park and City College of San Francisco.