http://missionlocal.org News From San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:35:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/06/restrictions-on-brick-mortar-lifted-for-now/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/06/restrictions-on-brick-mortar-lifted-for-now/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:29:59 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=234363 The Bay Bridged reports that the Board of Appeals has granted the Brick & Mortar music venue a new hearing on the restrictions imposed by the San Francisco Entertainment Commission.   Until the hearing, those restrictions – an 80-decibel limit on noise and early cut off times for shows –  have been lifted.  Still, the issue is far from resolved. Read the whole story here. And remember, Bacon Bacon is...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/06/restrictions-on-brick-mortar-lifted-for-now/feed/ 0 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/esta-noche-lip-synches-for-its-life/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/esta-noche-lip-synches-for-its-life/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:37 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=233561 With nimble organizing, a district supervisor’s support, lip-synching and many a fake eyelash, Esta Noche, the Mission institution that claims to be San Francisco’s only Latino gay bar, held a fundraiser on Saturday, and came away with $14,000 – more than enough to settle its overdue bills with the city and to live another day. This spring, the 33-year-old 16th Street bar found itself in crisis because of a 2011 legislative change...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/esta-noche-lip-synches-for-its-life/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/adobe-books-to-open-on-24th-street-in-july/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/adobe-books-to-open-on-24th-street-in-july/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 17:47:46 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=233542 By Stevanie Wazna-Blank Adobe Books and Art Collective, which is reinventing itself as a cooperative, recently gave the public a sneak-peek of its new venue at 3130 24th Street, which it plans to open officially in July. The Market Place Party on May 18 was meant to showcase the new space and introduce Adobe to the neighborhood as a place not just to sell books, but to enable local artists and...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/adobe-books-to-open-on-24th-street-in-july/feed/ 6 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/modern-times-bookstore-in-debt-and-seeking-community-support/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/modern-times-bookstore-in-debt-and-seeking-community-support/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:15:07 +0000 Laia Gordi http://missionlocal.org/?p=233352 With a debt collective members estimate to be $100,000, members of the Modern Times Bookstore Collective told supporters at a meeting last week that the 41-year-old bookstore may have to close its doors in September. As a result, the Mission landmark that specializes in politically progressive volumes, is rethinking its operating plan in order to survive economic shocks of the internet age along with competition and gentrification, managers of the collective...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/modern-times-bookstore-in-debt-and-seeking-community-support/feed/ 13 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/snap-activists-beat-condo-pinata-last-weekend/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/snap-activists-beat-condo-pinata-last-weekend/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 18:00:23 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=232719 ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/snap-activists-beat-condo-pinata-last-weekend/feed/ 8 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/online-clothier-betabrand-opens-on-site-of-780-cafe/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/online-clothier-betabrand-opens-on-site-of-780-cafe/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:48 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=232636 By Stevanie Wazna-Blank Local online clothing company Betabrand will open its first storefront this weekend at 780 Valencia Street, previously 780 Cafe. The company’s headquarters have been at Cesar Chavez and Mission streets since 2010, when Betabrand was launched from CEO Chris Lindland’s previous company, Cordarounds. Lindland said that moving to a brick and mortar location on Valencia will “de-virtualize the brand.” Originally catering mostly to men, the company has...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/online-clothier-betabrand-opens-on-site-of-780-cafe/feed/ 29 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/emigre-entrepreneur-makes-beauty-her-mission/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/emigre-entrepreneur-makes-beauty-her-mission/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 14:00:11 +0000 Alicia Avila http://missionlocal.org/?p=232151 When Colleen Nguyen left her home in Vietnam 30 years ago, she landed in San Francisco. Fifteen years ago she began a career in cosmetology. “I like beauty because it makes people happy,” she explained. After receiving a license in cosmetology, Nguyen teamed up with a colleague to open a beauty school in Oakland. Despite her success, Nguyen felt that her heart was in San Francisco. In 2005, Nguyen decided it...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/emigre-entrepreneur-makes-beauty-her-mission/feed/ 2 http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/san-franciscans-come-to-mission-for-international-workers-day/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/san-franciscans-come-to-mission-for-international-workers-day/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:11 +0000 Mission Loc@l Staff http://missionlocal.org/?p=232190 An estimated 1,000 people marched through the city in support of immigrant and worker rights on Wednesday for May Day, or International Workers’ Day. The San Francisco nonprofit Community United Against Violence helped organize the march to Civic Center, starting at the 24th and Mission Street BART plaza Wednesday afternoon. Photographers Francisco Barradas and Megan Fitz documented the day’s events.  ]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/05/san-franciscans-come-to-mission-for-international-workers-day/feed/ 1 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/armory-to-open-space-for-community/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/armory-to-open-space-for-community/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:15:40 +0000 Marta Franco http://missionlocal.org/?p=230219 The Armory Community Center is poised to host public sports, art and educational events, as well as private functions, now that the city has granted a recreation permit allowing the owner of the landmark brick structure to expand its G-rated family fare. The driver behind the project is Peter Acworth, owner of the historic Mission building and founder of Kink.com, an Internet company that produces BDSM-themed (dominant and submissive sexual role-playing...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/armory-to-open-space-for-community/feed/ 5 http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/open-source-software-maker-races-to-funding-deadline/ http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/open-source-software-maker-races-to-funding-deadline/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:36:24 +0000 Christy Khoshaba http://missionlocal.org/?p=230467 In a bold experiment, nonprofit Mission software developer Yorba Foundation is bidding for sustainable support through crowdfunding for its open-source email program, Geary. Founded in 2009 by Google alumnus Adam Dingle, the Capp Street nonprofit aims to raise $100,000 in the next nine days via a campaign on the funding platform Indiegogo. If the plan works, Yorba’s strategy could blaze a trail for other open-source companies to support the creation...]]> http://missionlocal.org/2013/04/open-source-software-maker-races-to-funding-deadline/feed/ 1