After two years, Boogaloos reopens on Wednesday
At 8 a.m. Wednesday, after more than two years of dormancy, one of the Mission’s favorite brunch spots will reopen its doors. While its interior is a bit cleaner, with...
Video profile: Mo Gamin’ on 16th Street
Six days out of the week, Mo fills packs his car with TVs, chairs, hand sanitizer and video game accessories and takes to the streets to set up a streetside...
Two separate SF Mission Street stabbings leave men fighting for...
A 57-year-old man was left in life-threatening condition on Sunday after nine men swarmed him and assaulted him with a “knife and other blunt objects” near 17th and Mission streets...
Amid housing crisis, SF builds fewer units last year than...
As the mayoral race heats up, the city got some sobering news: despite all the talk about the need for more housing, the city added fewer new units last year...
Snap: New mural at 18th and Mission
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Mission history: bars of long ago
The Mission has long been an entertainment zone for the city — home to racetracks, bear and bullfights, beer parlors (including The Willows), and other amusements. Some of those old bars,...
Photo essay: Lazy Friday afternoon at Dolores Park
A blast from the past: Discolandia
Discolandia closed January 16, 2011. This post was published on July 22, 2010, and was written by Melissa San Miguel. Ritmo Latino, Virgin Megastore, Tower and Mission Music are all...
Like Facebook? “Meh,” say some Mission residents
As Facebook’s appetite and dependence on user data became increasingly clear during Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony this week, Mission District users interviewed on Thursday said they rarely use the website...
Neighborhood Notes: Valencia Street dryer fire, Mission Crit, and Equipto’s...
Dryer Fire on Valencia St. A one-alarm fire caused by a couple of dryers at a laundromat near 19th and Valencia streets sent black smoke billowing onto the corridor at...
SF Mission District politicians stand behind Leno
Past and present Mission District representatives are doubling down on their support for mayoral hopeful Mark Leno. Indeed, unlike recent past mayoral elections, the Mission District appears to be in...
New poll puts Mark Leno on top of tight SF...
This poll undermines the narrative that Leno was “fading.” But it also prompts the question of how credulously the media should cover outside polling in the first place. So, here’s...
Homeless shelter at SF Mission school met with questions, optimism...
Buena Vista Horace Mann School could be hosting 20 homeless families in one of its gyms, come October, as part an ambitious — and some would say controversial — proposal...
Snap: Graffiti framed
Permanent lemonade stand coming to Valencia St.
Young entrepreneurs, beware: by June, Valencia Street will be getting a permanent lemonade stand near the corner of 20th Street. Its name? Gourmonade. And it will serve the “the best,...
Two kidnappings in one night in SF’s Mission
A man and a woman were arrested for taking a 17-year-old girl into a car against her will on 19th and Capp streets at 3 a.m. Sunday, police say. The...
SF Mission group elicits design ideas for a greenway on...
Group asks to hear from those who want — and oppose — the greenway idea A steady stream of about 50 Mission residents walked through an open gate on Treat...