Ah, the news box. At least one survives. Photo by Lydia Chávez

It is 50˚ and expected to rise to 61˚ – coolish for today’s Sunday Streets. Details for the next ten days are here.

Today’s Block: Bryant to York, 26th to Cesar Chavez.

A block can seem so dull and then there is a big wonderful tree or a tree almost in bloom and both just make you feel good.

With the light good early on, so much the better to sign on to document your block. Don’t wait! Let us know what day and block you would like at info@missionlocal.com.

You can see a map of all of the blocks here. The blocks in grey are being saved for others who have signed up. Let us save a block for you as well.

All lined up - 11 identical houses on York. Photo by Lydia Chávez
All lined up – 11 identical houses on York. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A close up of the identical houes.
A close up of the identical houes.
Gorgeous tree! Photo by Lydia Chávez
Gorgeous tree! Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Once a furniture store soon to become a restaurant. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Once a furniture store soon to become a restaurant. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Photo by Lydia Chávez
Symetry. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Symetry. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A lovely urban garden. Photo by Lydia Chávez
A lovely urban garden. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Glass houses. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Glass houses. Photo by Lydia Chávez
ABC. Photo by Lydia Chávez
ABC. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Garages. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Garages. Photo by Lydia Chávez

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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/executive 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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