My Mission: Lauren Waters, Dog Walker
When Lauren Waters moved to San Francisco in 2003, she discovered that some of her friends walked dogs for a living. The 28-year-old grew up around horses and dogs and has always felt a special...
My Mission
Jellyfish and the Secret of Immortality
If the name Turritopsis nutricula doesn’t roll off your tongue, try remembering “immortal jellyfish,” the nickname of this species of long-lived critters that are migrating from the sea to the science lab. Originally the immortal...
Mission Girls Center Nurtures Young Queens
On a rainy Wednesday night at the Mission Girls Center, Noia Siamu, a case manager, pulled a young lady to one side. “I have something important to talk to you about.” “What did I do?”...
Mission High Defeats International Studies Academy
Mission High boys soccer prepared for a tough cross-town rivalry against John O’Connell this Thursday as they had fun defeating International Studies Academy at home 6-1. For a third of the first half the Bears...
Tom Temprano: The Mission’s Political DJ
Heavily bearded and dressed in tight spandex shorts, a seersucker blazer and a rhinestone-encrusted shirt, Tom Temprano, who spins as DJ Carnita, calmly stood behind the turntables at El Rio on Sept. 1. Playing classics...
SNAP: Can a Giraffe Train a Dog?
Good Morning Mission!
It’s 7 a.m. and 55 degrees (have the Burners taken the heat to Black Rock Desert?). Expect early-morning patchy fog and afternoon sunshine. For details, click here. The Chronicle reports that more money does make a difference in education....
Adobe’s Musical Adieu
Adobe bookstore’s patrons browse books, drink beer and talk about the impending August 31 closure. TITS plays hopeful punk music for the tight-knit community that revolves around Adobe. These shelves will be empty by...
