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Lydia Chávez
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Ritual, serving out of Lost Weekend Video recently, had a private party Saturday night to unveil its new look. We happened to walk by, but will be joining others when it reopens this week
The party looked like fun and while my photos leave much to be desired, the place looks great. Congrats to Ritual – I hope you continue the miniature art projects that you kept in front during the remodel.
Founder/Executive Editor. 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.
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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