Feeling a little shaky from too much free coffee? It might have been the 4.3 magnitude earthquake at 10:40 a.m. The quake originated from south of San Jose but was felt by people all across the bay.

Despite our fair city’s proximity to a feisty fault line, it seems travel sections are sending vacationers here (37° 37′ N, 122° 23′ W), noting in particular the thrifty and iconic Mission burrito (visitors may be interested in an upstart chain’s healthy version). If cheap is the new green, then SF must be really green, according to the Examiner’s article on falling rent prices. Down an average of $200? Really? We’ll have more about that in an ML special report on Valencia’s business vacancies.

And if the hot dog guy is any clue, the city may be launching a crusade against street food. Check back later this week for an update on the fate of a Harrison Street taco truck — including live tweets from Wednesday’s public hearing — and find out what the heck our elected officials have been doing.

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I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

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