Ocean Beach news roundup January 29

Robert Corrigan

Robert Corrigan. Photo: Golden Gate Xpress

This week in the Ocean Beach news roundup: top spot in transition at SFSU, “Chinese Schindler” honored, handrail hooligans steal seniors’ support

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  • San Francisco State University’s Robert Corrigan is retiring after 24 years as president. The Golden Gate Xpress student publication has a story about the transition, an interview with Corrigan and an opinion about whoever wants to be his successor. – Golden Gate Xpress, Golden Gate Xpress, Golden Gate Xpress
  • The man sometimes called the “Chinese Schindler,” a one-time Richmond District resident credited with helping thousands of Jews escape Nazi-occupied Austria, was honored recently in Canada. – Jweekly.com
  • Richmond District fire sends three to hospital. – SF Examiner
  • What’s your Board of Supervisors up to these days? Talking about the Grammys. – SFist
  • Lunar New Year celebrations have moved beyond Chinatowns, through “satellite Chinatowns” such as the Richmond and Sunset districts, and into the suburbs. – ABC7
  • That 48th Avenue handrail that helps elderly residents get up and down the steep hill near Balboa Street, and was replaced after a persistent gadfly campaign? Someone sawed it up on Thursday. – Richmond SF Blog
  • Grandmas and grandpas beware — scammers are targeting you. – SF Appeal
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