Don Julio Presides Over His Mission Curiosity Shop
Julio Lucero migrated to the United States in 1979 because of the brutal civil war that was then escalating in his homeland of El Salvador. About a decade later, Lucero became the owner of a...
Mission Street
The Mission Through the Eyes of Doctor Popular
He’s not a doctor and he’s not popular. The name is totally ironic. At least that’s what Brian Roberts, better known as Doctor Popular, will tell you if you ask. But the truth is that this...
Cleaning the Concrete Jungle
The idea for this story started with a single line in an article on SFGate: “The Department of Public Works has a policy to respond promptly to calls about hazardous waste such as feces and...
Foxy Lady, Clothier to Drag Queens, Shuts its Doors
“The Foxy Lady was successful because it served everybody. We did ‘Rent,’ we did Don Johnson’s costumes. We served the regular straight people. We’ve been in the gay parade. We did Carnaval,” said Janine Dominski,...
Ghastly ‘Surgeries’ Detailed in Preliminary Guzmangarza Hearing
The preliminary hearing for Carlos Guzmangarza, accused of impersonating a physician’s assistant to perform cosmetic procedures on women whom he allegedly defrauded of thousands of dollars, continued Monday with grisly testimony from one of the...
VIDEO: 16th & Mission Provides Unlikely Stage for Poets, Performers
Every Thursday, rain or shine, dozens of San Franciscans gather at the corner of Mission and 16th streets after the sun sets to rap, sing and recite poetry by the light of scattered street lamps....
Sunday Mission Walk
Big Maps! Little Maps! Maps! Maps! Maps!
Do you like maps? Do you like softly colored views of our fair city from yesteryear? Of course you do. You love this city with all your heart, including its rich history and its beautiful,...
