Adriana Lopez moved to the Mission District from Venezuela nine years ago. In 2010, she opened Pica Pica Maize Kitchen, a Venezuelan arepas restaurant at Valencia and 15th streets. Lopez told Mission Local about the history of...
Most know the Ibarra brothers as the owners of a printing shop with the same name on Valencia Street, but the native Nicaraguans have a secret identity: they’re famous musicians. They have a record label...
A chill winter breeze didn’t stop the search in the Mission last Saturday. Couples, friends, families and a few single adventurers passed through the doors of Viracocha, a vintage store at 21st and Valencia streets....
In this slightly awkward public shaming of poorly parked trucks and vehicles, television news reporter Stanley Roberts tells it like it is. Drivers are double parking on Valencia Street, he says, but they’re not average double...
Author’s note: All the comments in bold were copied from the guest book at Borderlands Cafe. It’s Tuesday. 6:53 a.m. 56 degrees. And I can’t find parking in the Mission District. Darn traffic laws. “No...
On Sunday, Nov. 11, a large crowd gathered at trendy Serpentine Restaurant for a silent auction and benefit and to celebrate the life of popular longtime Serpentine cook Caesar Chuc, who died in October after...
Every Thursday morning, before most people get out of bed, Erika Hathaway packs her wheelchair into her uncle’s truck and heads to the Planned Parenthood clinic on Valencia Street. Hathaway isn’t receiving ongoing medical treatment at...
Last Sunday Miguel Quintana, a fifth-generation sugar skull artist from Puebla, Mexico, held a workshop at Casa Bonampak on Valencia Street. Sugar skulls are used to decorate altars for Día de Los Muertos, the holiday...
