A San Francisco appeals board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to allow repair for a chain-link fence around the disputed Parcel 36 in the Mission District, dealing a blow to the […]

SF board says fence can stay around disputed Parcel 36

Local internet service provider Monkeybrains has claimed part-ownership of a section of the much-contested Parcel 36 — and is securing its claim with a new fence and security guards. Members […]

Monkeybrains claims contested parcel, hires security to keep out greenway gardeners

Three people involved in an ongoing dispute over the ever-contentious parcel 36, a strip of land at 22nd and Harrison with unclear ownership, were hit with restraining orders this week. […]

Restraining orders hit parcel 36 rivals — more litigation to come

Mimi Klausner remembers the day when a group of Japanese tourists on Bernal Hill approached her for help, looking around in confusion and flashing a picture of the Bernal Heights […]

Bernal Heights swing remains a mystery to locals and tourists alike

The 150-foot-tall ferris wheel installed in Golden Gate Park to commemorate its 150th anniversary has made $9.4 million in ticket sales since its installation, but San Francisco gets to keep […]

SF gets just 3 percent of Golden Gate ferris wheel ticket sales

The dispute between guerrilla greenspace group Mission Greenway and local internet service provider Monkeybrains over the hotly contested Parcel 36 — a narrow slice of land in the heart of […]

Monkeybrains and Parcel 36 gardeners take dispute to court, Board of Appeals

Last night, the fraught situation at Parcel 36 escalated into a physical altercation between Mission Greenway member Elizabeth Creely and Monkeybrains co-founder Rudy Rucker. After an hours-long argument between a […]

A swat, a punch: Violence breaks out on Mission’s disputed Parcel 36

Patches of golden poppies, purple-headed lupine bushes, fields of yellow buttercups: The Mission is filling up with wildflowers, part of the San Francisco superbloom following the city’s third-wettest winter on […]

Explore: The Mission’s gardens

On Wednesday evening, the San Francisco Board of Appeals voted unanimously to revoke a seemingly minor permit that gave local business Monkeybrains permission to replace a fence on the hotly […]

Appeals board implores SF officials to take action on parcel 36

A strange routine has sprung up at the hotly contested parcel 36. Every week, someone from the Mission Kids preschool puts a new lock on the lot’s west gate. And, […]

Permit problems and cop calls on parcel 36

Update on February 23, 2023: The proposed meeting between Mission Greenway and Monkeybrains, which had been tentatively scheduled for this week, has been nixed. Mission Greenway reportedly wanted a public […]

Monkeybrains buys Heinzer warehouse, butts heads with gardeners

On Wednesday night, three men sent by Mission realtor Louis Cornejo were given a task: To move seven huge planters away from the west gate of the Mission’s most hotly […]

Tensions mount between guerrilla gardeners and neighboring businesses

Read in spanish / leer en español In a move that privatizes San Francisco’s public reservation system for soccer fields, the Recreation and Parks Department has begun selling reservations to […]

‘Just Play’ app profits off SF’s public soccer fields

leer en español / Read in spanish What? No one wants to lose weight anymore? Or perhaps the prospect of 2023, and the memory of nearly three lost years, has […]

New Year’s resolutions from Dolores Park

This weekend, about a dozen neighbors placed around 10 raised beds, fresh soil and plants at Parcel 36, the railroad right-of-way that cuts diagonally from Harrison and 22nd streets to […]

Guerrilla gardening action on unclaimed Mission parcel draws joy, anger

“While I am very sensitive to the shadow issue, I just see the housing crisis as something out of control,” said Commissioner Laurence Griffin.  

Shadows on Potrero del Sol Park won’t halt housing

On a walk in the park last week, one resident noticed an unusual sight: Park workers painting a section of the Bernal Heights Park walking path.  Upon closer inspection, the […]

‘The Future is Black,’ Alex Nieto murals erased from Bernal Heights path

Mission Creek Park will welcome a new sculpture at the park’s entrance, and now it's currently down from 135 submissions to these three. 

Mission Creek Park’s new sculpture down to three choices

An unknown Mission swimmer has a clarion call for others taking a dip at Mission Community Pool at 1 Linda Street: raise your voice, or lose your pool for the […]

Mission Community Pool slated for seasonal closure, despite campaign

Families, fitness enthusiasts, and musing adults turned out Monday for the reopening of Juri Commons, the tiny park hidden in the southwest corner of the Mission.  Kids ate popsicles and […]

Juri Commons gets an upgrade, but some find it falls flat

A suspicious device was found near Dolores Park today, Monday, Aug. 23. Police responded to the 600 block of Dolores Street, between 19th and Cumberland streets, a little after 10 […]

Police investigate suspicious device found near Dolores Park

Milk SF, queer community cafe, holds grand opening On Saturday, the Mission’s new queer community cafe Milk SF (302 Valencia St. at 14th) will host a grand opening featuring drag, […]

Neighborhood Notes: film at Dolores Park, grand opening of queer community cafe, donation drives for farmworkers and students, and much more

School supply giveaways Backpacks and other school supplies will be handed to children free of cost Saturday at La Raza Park/Potrero del Sol at 2827 Cesar Chavez St. The handout […]

Neighborhood Notes: School supply giveaways, BART adds hours, vaccines delivered and much more

Community pools reopen for summer 2021.

Mission & Garfield Pool summer schedule out now!

“I just decided I wanted to do something about it,” Girling told me. “I can see some kids are going to get killed.”

Developments in Development: ‘Bike lanes to Bernal,’ moving into Mission affordable housing, and green spaces

A new report ranks San Francisco’s park system as one of the best in the country — as long as you are not a low-income resident.  The city-based nonprofit Trust […]

A report ranks SF’s parks as some of the nation’s best. Access to them is not as good.

It’s Wednesday, and nowadays that means there’s Art in the Park for any person who drops by Victoria Manalo Draves park off Folsom Street near Sherman Street in SoMA. On […]

A Wednesday of art with Hospitality House’s Art in the Park

With less than a week before the September 14 opening, the city has filled only 700 of the 2,000 spaces allotted for the first phase of a community hub system […]

San Francisco struggles to fill hub spots to help disadvantaged students

Family and friends of Sean Monterrosa, the 22-year-old Bernal Heights native who was fatally shot by Vallejo Police on June 2, had a particularly hard week. A few days ago, […]

Photos from Tucan’s Day: a block party in remembrance of Sean Monterrosa

Mayor London Breed warned today that she would close Dolores Park if parkgoers failed to practice social distancing.   “This is the last thing I want to do,” said Breed. “We […]

If denizens can’t follow the rules, Dolores Park will be closed

What is love? Annie Labrie, Matthew Rochester, Brianna Brown and Rachel Youker were all drinking “KAM-bucha,” which is what they repeatedly called the drinks in hand. The “KAM-bucha” was in […]

Valentine’s Day – thoughts on love