The Sycamore, a neighborhood spot for beer, wine and pub fare is asking the community to chip in to help pay for $3,750 worth of repairs on a canopy damaged […]

The Sycamore seeks help to pay for storm damage 

Welcome to “Meet the candidates,” where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead-up to the November election. In District 7 — which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and […]

Meet the District 7 candidates: ‘Tell us about your background’

SF SAFE, the police-affiliated nonprofit embroiled in a series of financial scandals, has purportedly stiffed another local outfit: Diosa Blooms, a small, family-owned Mission florist, says the embattled nonprofit ran […]

Florists: Disgraced nonprofit SF SAFE stiffed us $17K

Proposition E will reduce police accountability, make San Francisco less safe and disproportionately affect communities of color.  That’s according to the community advocates who gathered outside the headquarters of Y […]

Proposition E foes demonstrate outside Y Combinator HQ

On Tuesday, the Valencia center bike lane received very different receptions before two city bodies: A legal challenge from merchants, and applause from cyclists. In the morning, three Valencia Street […]

Cyclists, merchants at odds over Valencia bike lane

Postres del Corazón, a baking competition, brought together bakers from different countries — Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala and the United States — last Friday to showcase desserts inspired by recipes […]

Postres del Corazón bake-off brings sweet treats to 24th St. BART

Welcome to “Meet the candidates,” where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead-up to the November election. In District 7 — which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and […]

Meet the District 7 candidates: ‘Why are you running for supervisor?’

San Francisco city officials said Thursday that they are revisiting the option to replace Valencia’s center bike lane with side-running bike lanes, similar to what already exists north of 15th […]

SFMTA says Valencia bike lane improved safety, but it may rethink design 

Mark Farrell, standing in a batting cage at the San Francisco Baseball Academy surrounded by some 100 supporters, had his first official campaign event on Tuesday, digging in and taking […]

Mark Farrell launches mayoral campaign from a batting cage, lobs high heat at Mayor Breed

Sunday’s Super Bowl kept Mission residents in a state of anxiety until the bitter end. The 49ers, for the second time, could not hold a 10-point Super Bowl lead against […]

49ers: Misery loves company in the Mission as SF loses gut-punch Super Bowl

In our “Meet the candidates” series, we are asking every supervisorial hopeful in the November 2024 election one question each week. Candidates are asked to answer questions on policy, ideology, […]

Meet the candidates: SF’s District 7 supervisor race

Welcome to “Meet the candidates,” where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead up to the November election. In District 7, which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and […]

Meet the District 7 candidates: ‘What is your number one issue this election?’

In many ways, the former Big Lots store site, which is set to house an affordable senior apartment complex, is unconventional. It is on a hill, it is L-shaped, it […]

70 affordable senior housing units coming to not-so-big lot

The ban on street vending along the Mission Street corridor has been extended for six months, Mayor London Breed and District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen announced on Monday.  Officials noted […]

Mission St. vending ban extended by six months 

Two ballot measures that would increase police staffing and deregulate the police department are seeing the heaviest spending in the upcoming March election, with totals for and against the measures […]

SF police measures see $1M-plus campaign spending

Candidates trying to oust progressives from San Francisco’s branch of the Democratic Party, which maintains the party’s imprimatur on local election endorsements, have raised almost four times as much money […]

DCCC candidates trying to oust progressives outraising them almost 4-1 

The San Francisco 49ers are heading to the Super Bowl, and Mission residents came out to celebrate in droves.  On Sunday evening, the 49ers triumphed 34-31 against the Detroit Lions […]

Mission erupts in joy as 49ers mount epic comeback

SF SAFE, San Francisco nonprofit that has been accused of misspending city funds is today facing a new charge: It has purportedly stiffed a Mission District nonprofit of $625,000 for […]

Embattled SFPD contractor accused of stiffing Mission nonprofit $625K

Maribel Ortiz, Manuel Miranda and their 10-year-old daughter do not know if they will have a place to sleep on Monday.  The family arrived in the United States just short […]

SF immigrant families’ plea to officials: Shelter us

Update, Jan. 12, 2024: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the case out of Oregon, Johnson v. Grants Pass, which reaffirmed a prior federal ruling prohibiting criminalizing those […]

Ninth Circuit upholds ban on SF homeless sweeps

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

If you roam around San Francisco, you’ll likely run into garden planters on sidewalks and in public plazas.  Some are large, shiny and steel, like bathtubs or animal troughs; others […]

The Mission’s response to homelessness: More than 2,000 planters

In the company of family, friends and the community, Robyn Sue Fisher and Sen. Scott Wiener cut the red ribbon outside Smitten on Tuesday afternoon, almost one month after the […]

Smitten ice creamery reopens after vandalism

Read in English Los vendedores ambulantes que han expresado su preocupación por la próxima prohibición de vender a lo largo de la calle Misión, se reunieron el viernes por la […]

Tras una agitada reunión, Ronen dijo que no retrasará la prohibición de vender en la calle Misión

Street vendors who have voiced their concern about the pending ban on selling along Mission Street met Friday morning with District Supervisor Hillary Ronen to request that the ban be […]

After fiery meeting, Ronen refuses to delay Mission Street vendor ban

Read in English En el mundo del comercio ambulante de hot dogs, Jilary y Ronald son jefes atípicos, a diferencia de la mayoría de gerentes. Ellos trabajan junto a los […]

A 10 dólares o menos la hora, los vendedores de hot dogs de San Francisco apenas sobreviven

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At $10 an hour or less, SF hot-dog vendors scrape by

Last month, a virtual alphabet soup of city agencies capped a months-long planning process and rolled out a warning for the general public: Eating bacon-wrapped hot dogs is bad for […]

SF’s bacon-wrapped hot-dog warning reeks of desperation … and rotting meat

Thieves ripped an ATM from inside Walgreens on 23rd and Mission streets early Sunday morning, taking out a sliding door and leaving its glass smashed to pieces.  A spokesperson for […]

Thieves drag ATM from Mission Walgreens

The San Francisco Police Department is calling all hands on deck for next week’s APEC confab, mobilizing all of its staff and bringing in hundreds of additional officers from outside […]

SFPD gears up for APEC — hundreds of outside cops heading to SF

Wednesday, Nov. 8 Dance Mission Theater: Sankofa, Black Arts in the Americas, Part 2 Explore the power of “Black Art, from the Harlem Renaissance to the civil rights movement” in […]

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