Photo by Lydia Chávez

It is 8:44 a.m. and these photos were taken earlier.  It is now 53˚ and expected to rise into the 74˚. Details for the next ten days here.

Today’s Block: Folsom to Harrison, 16th to 15th.

I ventured out to the block of Muni’s home this morning. It’s a massive home and beautiful in the simplicity of its structure. The few other buildings are filled with odd and lovely places  including a bookbinder who we visited on another occasion.

With the light good early on, so much the better to sign on to document your block. Don’t wait! Let us know what day and block you would like at info@missionlocal.com.

You can see a map of all of the blocks here. The blocks in grey are being saved for others who have signed up. Let us save a block for you as well.

And there it is, a Muni home.  Photo by Lydia Chávez
And there it is, a Muni home. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Mother or the world?  Photo by Lydia Chávez
Mother or the world? Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Looking west on 15th Street. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Looking west on 15th Street. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Shift change. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Shift change. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Where old signs die. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Where old signs die. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Cavernous Photo by Lydia Chávez
Cavernous Photo by Lydia Chávez
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Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Hello up there. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Hello up there. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A welcome mat looking south on Folsom Photo by Lydia Chávez
A welcome mat looking south on Folsom Photo by Lydia Chávez

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Founder/Executive Editor. I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019 when I retired. 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 there.

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.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how you make that long-held interest in local news sustainable. The answer continues to elude me.

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