Before crossing the Golden Gate Bridge from the suburbs, Jamie Goldberg was a softball player with a passion for sports reporting. Politics drive her crazy. But on trips down Mission streets, the ones that residents tell her need to be paved, she heads for the cure: “Dr. Loco" performances.
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Too much graffiti? That truck is gorgeous. Unpaid volunteer artists did that.
Until recently, murals weren’t tagged, but I’ve seen about four that have been tagged in the last several months.
I notice Valencia Street is left alone because it’s for the rich folks and taggers figure they can get away with defacing poor neighborhoods.