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Church Uses Clout and Prayer to Press SF Officials on Housing
For years, the Catholic Church has worked on immigrant rights, but nowadays in San Francisco, housing has moved to the top of the church’s social justice agenda. To that end it is organizing prayer...
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The Mission 7 to Unveil New Eclectic Sound
Five uniquely different musicians from contrasting backgrounds form The Mission 7, a band born in the Mission District that specializes in a wide array of sounds: boogaloo, Latin soul, retro garage...
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24th St. Bar Gets Cozy at What Was The Attic
Caroline Brown, owner of the new 24th Street Bar, sat composed in the naturally-lit, wood walled space, reveling in the launch of the bar’s new website: a launch into the world of social media, that...
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Mission Mural Honors Legacy of Chata Gutierrez
As local musicians, poets, housing advocates, and community members joined forces in commemorating one of the Mission District’s most beloved voices this Saturday, Carlos “Kookie” Gonzalez stood among...
View ArticleShooting, Burglary and Seven Robberies in SF Mission
A 25-year-old male was grazed in the head by a bullet at Rolph playground on 26th and Hampshire streets Friday morning. The victim was waiting to meet someone at the playground when he was approached...
View ArticleDevelopments in Development: Expansions
Let’s take a break from condos this week! Not necessarily in the moratorium sense – I mean, let’s talk for a change about three local businesses expanding elsewhere in the city. First, congratulations...
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Día de los Muertos Sweeps Through SF Mission
Hundreds of people gathered in the Mission last night to watch a procession of skeletons on stilts, indigenous dancers, skeleton-painted faces, and candle-holding participants commemorating their...
View ArticleCafe La Bohéme Mourns Death of Cook Glenna Randolph
On Christmas morning, Café la Boheme owner Awad Faddoul called his chef, Glenna Randolph, like he does every year. He thanked her for her gifts to him and his family, and she gently scolded him for...
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SF Mission Artists Sew Blankets for the Homeless
On a beautiful day on Mission Street, Annice Jacoby of City Poets saw people walking past a homeless man at their feet. Fearing that San Franciscans have grown “numb” to homelessness, Jacoby turned to...
View ArticleSF Mission’s Compupod to Open Second Location
The storefront at 2863 24th St. near Bryant Street that will house Compupod is still under construction, but inside, owner Hugo Gonzalez is placing the finishing touches. Gonzalez says the electronics...
View ArticleHigh-End French Eatery Shutters After Year on 24th Street
Sous Beurre Kitchen, the upscale French restaurant that began as a periodic pop-up housed inside of the nearby Sugarlump Cafe, closed its doors permanently on May 14 after operating in its...
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Tech-Powered Tour of SF Mission Explores Question of Belonging
In a collaboration with local residents and KQED, Detour, a startup offering audio walking tours of 11 San Francisco neighborhoods launched its Mission District tour yesterday. The Mission’s tour...
View ArticleRoosevelt Tamale Parlor Space Will Host New SF Mission Pop-Up
Shuttered since December, the near century old Roosevelt Tamale Parlor will once again open its doors at 2817 St.— albeit temporarily— to house a rotating pop-up series headed by two all-star...
View ArticleLocal Firefighters Commended for Rescue Effort at Deadly Blaze
Firefighters from a Mission District fire station has been awarded the highest level group “valor award” from a firefighting periodical, Firehouse Magazine, for their efforts in rescuing victims of a...
View ArticleShotwell St. Violence Claims Life of Man Gunned Down in June
For three months, Fidel Amezcua, known to most by the name Happy, fought for his life. But on Saturday the 29-year-old, who worked as a custodian for the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department,...
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Restored Flags of the Americas to Adorn 24th Street
The flags of Panama, Guatemala, Colombia, Cuba, Argentina, and other countries of the western hemisphere will be going up on street poles along 24th Street in the next few weeks, repainted and...
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Communities Rally for Reprieve from Gun Violence
Organizers, politicians, and young people rallied at 24th and Mission streets on Friday night, calling for a 60-day moratorium on street violence and enlisting local political leaders to pledge to...
View ArticleMan Surrounded by Group of Cars, Robbed in SF Mission
A 40-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint after reportedly being surrounded and stopped by a group of vehicles on 24th and Harrison streets on Tuesday. The man was walking near the intersection at about...
View ArticleWoman Tied Up and Robbed at Gunpoint in SF Mission
On Monday at 11 p.m., a 42-year-old woman working inside of a restaurant near the 24th Street BART Plaza was tied up, then robbed at gunpoint, by an unidentified man. The woman had been closing up...
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Owner of SF’s First Guatemalan Bakery Dies
Manuel Barrientos, the proprietor of San Francisco’s first Guatemalan bakery, was 79 when he died on November 25, but for many, his vigor and dedication to his craft made his age difficult to gauge....
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