60 Seconds: New and Broken Resolutions
New Year’s Eve has come and gone. Where do you stand on your New Year’s resolutions?
View ArticleSFPD Poised to Prevent Street Violence on Super Bowl Sunday
San Francisco football fans aren’t the only ones gearing up for Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVII between the 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens. The police department is ready to deal with the crowds of people...
View ArticleSisterly Love at L’s Caffe
Seven years ago, three sisters — Lourdes, Gaby and Rosie Lozano — decided to start a business to help their parents. After long months of research and making their way through the licensing process,...
View ArticleLast Call: Leno Proposes 4 a.m. Bar Closing
Bars, clubs and restaurants throughout California could serve alcohol until 4 a.m. instead of the current 2 a.m. if a bill proposed by State Senator Mark Leno passes later this year. The law would...
View ArticleCesar Chavez Festival Celebrates Labor Leader’s Legacy
San Francisco’s 13th annual Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Street Festival attracted hundreds of people to 24th Street on Sunday to celebrate the life and work of the Latino civil rights and farm labor...
View ArticleConversation With Campos
Editor’s note: This column is one of a biweekly series of conversations with District 9 Supervisor David Campos addressing issues and events in the Mission. If you have questions for Campos, send an...
View ArticleModern Times Bookstore In Debt, Seeking Community Support
With a debt collective members estimate to be $100,000, members of the Modern Times Bookstore Collective told supporters at a meeting last week that the 41-year-old bookstore may have to close its...
View ArticleA Super-Sized Day
McDonalds at 24th and Mission: Open Wednesdays 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. That's 17 and a half hours. By ARMAND EMAMDJOMEH
View ArticleAn Eastern European Feast at Paprika
Paprika dishes out Eastern European fare such as chicken paprikash and goulash. Paprika 3324 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110
View ArticleRemembering Valencia Street
Dressed in a tight, grey skirt suit, the author Michelle Tea appears in her new movie mimicking a real estate agent, speaking excitedly and obnoxiously into a giant, antiquated cellphone, “The...
View ArticleDoes the Mission Have Too Many Restaurants?
It’s 2:30 on a Monday afternoon and only two diners are enjoying the Indian-fusion street food at Curry Up Now, which opened on Valencia between 17th and 18th in February. “Business has been okay,”...
View ArticleVIDEO: Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos came at a critical time for the Mission District this year. Volunteers from the Marigold Project and Erick Arguello from the Lower 24th Street Merchants and Neighbors Association...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Mission Segway Guy: John Marksman
Have you seen the guy in the Santa hat zooming around lately on a Segway, blasting his tunes? He is perhaps the Mission’s 2013 version of a “low-rider:” John Marksman, the Segway Guy. Marksman slows...
View ArticleNew to the Mission? A Bit of History: Mural Party @ Pacos Tacos
It was 1974 and Mission Murals were coming of age. En Español
View Article24th Street Businesses Talk About Business
Much has been said about the newcomers on 24th Street and in the Mission District. As part of our effort to chronicle the changes, we decided to go out and have some conversations with those doing...
View ArticleFourth of July Crime Recap: Robberies on 24th St.
According to police reports, the long weekend was pretty quiet in the Mission—but it wasn’t completely without incident. There were at least two robberies, both of which occurred on 24th Street....
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