Safari users here’s your link to the feature photo of the women with the classes, Ana Teresa Fernandez who is one of four artists chosen to propose a public art project on Valencia. 

See profiles of the others including Michael Arcega, Brian Goggin and Misako Inaoka.

Also check out the SF Chronicle story on foreclosures and the data center that let us look up foreclosures in the Mission District. Foreclosures in the second quarter of 2009 were down 16. 7 percent to 5 compared to 6 during the same period last year.

But the notice of defaults, the first step in the process, were up by 40. 9 percent in second quarter to 31 compared to 22 during the second quarter of 2008. Wonder how many of those will turn into disclosures.

Mission Mission’s cranking with vegan updates at Weird Fish.

Okay, gotta get cranking myself. More updates later today.

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