http://missionlocal.org News From San Francisco's Mission District Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/la-mision-se-prepara-para-mas-obras-publicas/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/la-mision-se-prepara-para-mas-obras-publicas/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 23:46:52 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=232565 Los residentes de la Misión tendrán que esperar otros siete meses de calles deshechas y chalecos naranjas mientras las oficinas municipales se preparan para añadir otra calle a la serie de caminos deteriorados del barrio así como alcantarillas que desde hace tiempo ya necesitaban una renovación. La calle Guerrero, entre César Chávez a la 19, que desde hace 30 años no ha sido repavimentada será la última en ser intervenida,...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/la-mision-se-prepara-para-mas-obras-publicas/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-braces-for-street-and-sewer-overhauls/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-braces-for-street-and-sewer-overhauls/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:45:45 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=232052 Mission residents can anticipate seven more months of open trenches and orange vests as city agencies prepare to add one more street to the neighborhood’s growing portfolio of aging roads and sewers getting an overdue makeover. Guerrero Street between 19th and Cesar Chavez streets, which hasn’t been resurfaced in 30 years, is the latest to go under the knife — the sixth project in the Mission for city agencies this...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/the-mission-braces-for-street-and-sewer-overhauls/feed/ 17 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/este-verano-repavimentaran-la-calle-24/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/este-verano-repavimentaran-la-calle-24/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:48:13 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=231488 Después de más de dos décadas, la calle 24, entre Guerrero a Potrero, estará lista para repavimentar este verano, precisaron funcionarios del Departamento de Obras Públicas (DPW, por sus siglas en inglés). Los equipos de Ruiz Construction Company ya han comenzado a excavar para reemplazar las tuberías de alcaltarillado de la calle Shotwell y repavimentar la parte norte de la acera de la calle 24 entre la avenida Treat y...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/este-verano-repavimentaran-la-calle-24/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/24th-street-to-be-repaved-this-summer/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/24th-street-to-be-repaved-this-summer/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:45:55 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=231389 After more than two decades, 24th Street is set to be repaved from Guerrero Street to Potrero Avenue this summer, said officials from the Department of Public Works. Crews from Ruiz Construction Company are currently excavating to replace sewer lines on Shotwell Street and repaving part of the north sidewalk of 24th between Treat Avenue and Harrison Street. The work will set the stage for repaving 24th, which will begin...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/24th-street-to-be-repaved-this-summer/feed/ 7 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/ucsf-considera-nueva-construccion-de-estacionamiento-y-edificio/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/ucsf-considera-nueva-construccion-de-estacionamiento-y-edificio/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:40:32 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=230601 Nunca es demasiado temprano para comenzar a pensar en cómo transformar una propiedad subutilizada de la Universidad de California en San Francisco que se encuentra en la Misión, incluso cuando el plan no sucederá sino hasta el 2035, precisaron funcionarios. UCSF está considerando construir un nuevo edificio y un estacionamiento adyacente en las calles 15 y Folsom como parte de un nuevo plan de construcción a largo plazo. Actualmente, la...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/ucsf-considera-nueva-construccion-de-estacionamiento-y-edificio/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/ucsf-ponders-new-building-and-parking-structure/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/ucsf-ponders-new-building-and-parking-structure/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:46 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=230417 UCSF is considering erecting a new building and adjacent parking lot at 15th and Folsom streets as part of its new long-term development plan. The university currently employs more than 800 employees at the 72-foot Mission Building Center, which includes a 207-space parking lot at 1855 Folsom. “We can never predict what the future would hold,” said Kevin Beauchamp, the university’s director of physical planning. “But at least now we...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/ucsf-ponders-new-building-and-parking-structure/feed/ 17 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/la-comunidad-se-reune-en-memoria-de-jacob-valdiviezo/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/la-comunidad-se-reune-en-memoria-de-jacob-valdiviezo/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:54:00 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=230082 Jacob Valdiviezo le dijo a su madre que este año no podría ir a casa durante las vacaciones de primavera, como siempre lo hacía, porque no podía pagar el boleto de avión. Su madre insistió en que ella pagaría el boleto para el viaje desde Portland, Oregón a San Francisco. Jacob le contestó que no. A las siete de la mañana del viernes 22 de mayo, Valdiviezo sorprendió a sus...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/la-comunidad-se-reune-en-memoria-de-jacob-valdiviezo/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/remembering-jacob-valdiviezo-a-community-rallies/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/remembering-jacob-valdiviezo-a-community-rallies/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:00:24 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=229952 Jacob Valdiviezo told his mother he couldn’t come home from college for spring break this year, as he usually did, because he couldn’t afford the plane ticket. She insisted that she could pay for the trip from Portland, Ore., to San Francisco, but he declined. At 7 a.m. on Friday, May 22, he surprised his parents when he opened the door to their bedroom at home in the Mission and...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/remembering-jacob-valdiviezo-a-community-rallies/feed/ 5 http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/an-encyclopedia-of-cuisine-chaac-mool-chef-readies-for-off-the-grid/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/an-encyclopedia-of-cuisine-chaac-mool-chef-readies-for-off-the-grid/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:45:31 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=228420 On a recent afternoon, Luis Vazquez walked into Brooklyn Pizza in the Tenderloin. Before he got to the counter, he stopped, pointed his index finger at the kitchen and said, “It smells like panuchitos” – a traditional Mayan dish that’s part of a secret menu only a few people know about. A waitress handed Vazquez a copy of the menu; instead of the pizzas that appeared on a prominent blackboard...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/an-encyclopedia-of-cuisine-chaac-mool-chef-readies-for-off-the-grid/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/gas-main-rupture-on-26th-and-alabama-streets-contained/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/gas-main-rupture-on-26th-and-alabama-streets-contained/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:25:08 +0000 Rigoberto Hernandez http://missionlocal.org/?p=228374 A broken gas line left 11 customers without gas service in the area of 26th and Alabama streets tonight, according to PG&E. The Department of Public Works ruptured a gas line while working in the area at about 7 p.m., said PG&E spokeswoman Jana Morris. The gas leak was contained at around 8 p.m., she said. Residents nearby reported a strong gas smell. “Gas smell in the neighborhood. Police, firefighters...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/03/gas-main-rupture-on-26th-and-alabama-streets-contained/feed/ 3