Dumpling Story will open a new location March 1 at Valencia and 18th streets, serving Shanghai-style xiaolongbao and crispy pan-fried dumplings, according to owner Jimmy Shen. Shen, 52, owns Dumpling […]

Dumpling Story brings Shanghai-style dumplings to Valencia

Carlos Aroche grew up in a house full of boys, so being physical wasn’t anything new. “I was getting punched already before I was boxing,” said Aroche, 21, who lived […]

Ring king Carlos Aroche looking toward next big fight

Four candidates have filed to run against incumbent Supervisor Connie Chan in District 1, which spans the Richmond, Lone Mountain, Golden Gate Park, Lincoln Park and the University of San […]

Meet the District 1 candidates: ‘What is your No. 1 issue in this election?’

San Francisco spends too much money outsourcing city jobs, and too little hiring full-time staff who actually live in the city. That’s according to a slew of unions who held […]

SF workers’ unions demand more staffing, less outsourcing

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: San Francisco’s District 1 supervisor race

Some 56 commercial storefronts are sitting empty on Mission Street between 14th and Cesar Chavez streets, according to a count conducted by Mission Local.  While vacancies are down from a […]

You’re not imagining it. There are 56 vacant storefronts on Mission.

The original Muddy Waters Coffee House, which has sat near the corner of 16th and Valencia streets for 34 years, is up for sale for $75,000, according to a Craigslist […]

You can now buy Muddy Waters café on Craigslist for $75K

Once again, crime is on the agenda in the 2024 mayoral race, as Mayor London Breed asks voters to expand the power of the police department and her opponent Daniel […]

Explore: SF crime fell ever so slightly in 2023

In the pouring rain on Saturday night, nearly 1,000 people trickled into the long-empty corner space at 17th and Valencia streets for a new exhibition, “HOME,” that features works that […]

Drawing Room gallery returns to Mission at old Harrington Galleries corner

New fare gates meant to deter turnstile hoppers are coming to the 24th Street BART station this spring, sometime in May or June, BART officials said today. It will be […]

24th St. BART station to get new anti-fare-evasion gates

San Francisco’s city-run animal shelter is at capacity with dogs — mostly large ones — and is waiving adoption fees for most dogs through Jan. 31, according to the Department […]

SF shelter, overcrowded with dogs, waives adoption fees all month

Daniel Pon was studying pre-med in the late ’90s and was on track to becoming a doctor — any Asian parent’s delight. But today, the 49-year-old’s office is a 3,000-square-foot […]

People We Meet: Creating beauty in a world of ugliness, one aquarium at a time

One month into the 90-day vending ban on Mission Street, the 16th and 24th Street BART plazas remain clear of vendors, and the nearby businesses and commuters who use the […]

BART station neighbors content with ‘cleaner, safer’ plazas

Five and Diamond, an alternative fashion boutique at 510 Valencia St. between 16th and 17th streets, is closing its location in San Francisco after 17 years and moving to Portland, […]

Five and Diamond, the 17-year-old boutique, closing this month

Frankie calls himself a “connector.” Not the type that makes an electrical circuit work, but … sort of.  In his day job, he works at a family resource center near […]

People We Meet: Frankie, creator of SanFam

Regulars at Thanh Tam II, the hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese food joint on Valencia Street, know Johnny Le as the guy behind the register, or the one running up and down greeting […]

People We Meet: Johnny Le at Thanh Tam II

Some 35 comic book lovers, many of them longtime patrons of Mission Comics and Art, showed up at a community meeting last Wednesday to brainstorm ways to revive the struggling […]

Community joins forces to save Mission Comics and Art

A deluge on Monday afternoon submerged the intersection of 18th and Valencia streets. Yellow Moto, the pizza joint at the intersection, found itself surrounded by ankle-deep water outside, threatening to […]

Storm floods 18th and Valencia intersection

A group of some 35 commercial tenants of the historic Redstone Building and their supporters gathered Thursday evening to preserve access to free community meeting spaces, and to fight against […]

Redstone Building tenants decry rent hikes, fight to keep community space

Laku, the 30-year-old Japanese handcraft boutique at 1089 Valencia St. near 22nd Street, will close in January, owner Yaeko Yamashita confirmed this week.  The landlord is raising the rent, Yamashita […]

Laku, priced out after 30 years, will close

Read in English Los usuarios del BART, pronto notarán que los viajes en toda la región costará más. Las tarifas aumentarán un 5.5% a partir del 1 de enero de […]

Las tarifas de BART subirán un 5.5%, sin embargo, los usuarios de bajos ingresos obtendrán mayores descuentos

Riders may soon notice BART trips across the region cost more.  Fares will increase by 5.5 percent starting Jan. 1, 2024, raising the average fare by 23 cents to $4.43, […]

BART fares will rise by 5.5%, but low-income riders get bigger discount

A loaf of bread, a quart of milk, and now ATMs are being stolen from corner stores and other establishments. Thieves have yanked out, or at least attempted to yank […]

At least 16 in 2023: ATM thieves target corner stores

For HIV patients who struggle with daily pills — because they are homeless, or suffer from mental-health problems or drug addiction — long-acting injectable treatments are the newest innovation in […]

Can’t take HIV treatment pills? New injections show promise

Three suspects broke into K&H Liquor Store at 501 Valencia St. early Sunday morning, and used a crowbar to drag the ATM out of the store, the owner said.   Officers […]

Burglars break into K&H Liquors and steal ATM

Mission: Comics and Art, a store many fans hold dear, is calling a community meeting Dec. 13 to discuss ways to keep the 14-year-old business at 2250 Mission St. alive. […]

Mission: Comics and Art asks community for solutions to stay open

Stonemill Matcha, the popular Japanese eatery that closed in August after five years in the Mission, is reopening its original location on Valencia Street under new ownership as soon as […]

Stonemill Matcha to reopen, and neighbors are excited

California commercial Dungeness crab season has been further delayed until at least Dec. 16 but, in the Mission, there are plenty.   No matter the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s […]

Thanksgiving crab abounds at Mission markets, despite season delay

When their schools get as much as $1 million a year in new funding, what improvements would students like to see? Better food. “Anything that people love. Simple french fries, […]

Students ask SFUSD to spend new funds on tutors, arts, better school food

Anyone in China reading the news accounts of President Xi Jinping’s visit to San Francisco for APEC might be reassured by the state of the city — but not ignorant of […]

What San Francisco looks like in Chinese media coverage of APEC

The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on Monday discussed the mayor’s proposed Initiative Ordinance for the March 2024 election, which would allow voters to enshrine police policies governing surveillance technology […]

Supes question Mayor’s plan to place police chase, surveillance policies on ballot