It’s 7 a.m., 48° and headed to 64°. Details for the next 10 days are here.
One of America’s favorite classic movies, “Forrest Gump,” was chosen by the Library of Congress as one of 25 films to be included this year in the National Film Registry. Associated Press excerpt:
Forrest Gump’s oft-imitated line, “My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get’” will be immortalized among the nation’s treasures in the world’s largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings.
In other news: As the Oakland A’s try to secure a new home in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Giants say not so fast; they won’t allow that to happen without a fight.
Enjoy your Wednesday, Missionites; the week is halfway over, and New Year’s is almost here.
I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.
As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.
As founder and an editor at ML, I've been trying to figure out how to make my interest in local news sustainable. If Mission Local is a model, the answer might be that you - the readers - reward steady and smart content. As a thank you for that support we work every day to make our content even better.
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