By Rigoberto Hernandez Posted February 7, 2013 6:45 am
Cristina often found herself wandering the streets of the Mission District for hours, without direction, contemplating suicide. “I just wanted to be alone,” she said — so much so that when she saw her son...
Filed under Featured , Front Page , Immigrant Life , Mobile , Today's Mission Tagged Border Patrol , clinica martin-baro , immigrant , immigration , Mujeres Unidas Y Activas , post-traumatic stress disorder , sexual assault , undocumented immigrants
By Erica Hellerstein Posted October 26, 2012 1:26 pm
Caesar Chuc, the beloved neighborhood cook who moved from Mexico to the United States to provide his family with a better life, passed away this week at San Francisco General Hospital. He was 39 years...
2 Comments Filed under Featured , Food , Front Page , Immigrant Life , Mobile , Today's Mission , Trouble Tagged attack , brawl , Caesar Chuc , cook , diabetes , fight , heart attack , immigrant , investigation , mexico , police , Serpentine , Yucatan
By Ayla Albayrak and Natalie Leal, Posted January 22, 2010 6:54 pm
A woman we pass every day, but know little about.
By Garrett McAuliffe Posted November 25, 2009 11:57 pm
Recently arrived students at Mission Education Center Elementary School sing, dress up like turkeys and learn America's quintessential myth. Click on the headline to read their stories.
3 Comments Filed under Education , Front Page Tagged children , deborah molof , elementary , first , Garrett McAuliffe , geneva mission , immigrant , immigrant kids , indoctrination , kids , lions club , mission education center , pilgrims , spanish , thanksgiving , turkeys
By Lily Mihalik Posted November 10, 2009 7:08 pm
Campos Reacts to Overriding Vote.
Filed under Front Page , Government & Non Profits Tagged Board of Supervisors , david campos , illegal , immigrant , Immigrant Life , immigration , Legal , Lily Mihalik , Mayor Newsom , override , San Francisco , undocumented , veto , vote
By Stefania Rousselle Posted April 18, 2009 10:46 pm
Esther Gress is a domestic worker. Mission Loc@l followed her for a day. By STEFANIA ROUSSELLE
2 Comments Filed under Government & Non Profits , Photography Tagged art , culture , domestic worker , Esther Gress , guillermina castellanos , human rights , immigrant , immigration , mission , mission cultural center , mission street , obra , play , Quebrando El Silencio de Mis Manos , raquel botello , raza centro legal , Silence of My Hands , stefania rousselle , women's collective , worker day
By shightower Posted April 14, 2009 9:17 pm
Human Rights and Immigrant commissioners listen to testimony. By SHIKIRI HIGHTOWER
