By Rigoberto Hernandez Posted March 4, 2013 6:45 am
Hundreds of community organizers met for the second time late last week to put together a plan to end violence in the Mission District. Elements of the plan include determining what services are available, which...
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By Rigoberto Hernandez Posted February 11, 2013 6:30 am
Roberto Hernandez stood before facing an auditorium packed with city authorities and hundreds of his community organizer colleagues one recent Thursday. “I am tired of raising money for coffins,” he proclaimed. “The norm is to hit...
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By Carly Nairn Posted October 25, 2012 3:24 pm
More than two dozen people gathered at the Mission Beacon Center Thursday afternoon to plan a community response to the recent rise in gang violence, which includes three shootings in the past two weeks. The...
By Octavio Lopez Raygoza & Heather Smith , Posted April 5, 2011 7:01 am
Stories of violence averted are not often told in the news. Did collaboration between police and the neighborhood do just that?
By Laurie Buenafe Krsmanovic Posted April 28, 2010 3:09 pm
Four questions about poetry and resistance.
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By Alissa Figueroa Posted December 12, 2009 1:23 am
A 19-year-old Mission resident finds an escape from gang life through aerosol art.
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By Alissa Figueroa and Deia de Brito, Posted November 16, 2009 8:50 pm
The victim was stabbed after exiting a Muni bus. "Without a lot of work, people don't have much to do," said one rider.
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By Deia De Brito Posted November 4, 2009 11:27 pm
Officers stormed bus lines around the city in the biggest police sting ever performed on Muni
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