Happy Valentine’s Day! We asked Mission locals in different walks of life, from ages 9 to almost 89, to share their essential secret to love.
Click on each person’s name to hear what they have to say:

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Happy Valentine’s Day! We asked Mission locals in different walks of life, from ages 9 to almost 89, to share their essential secret to love.
Click on each person’s name to hear what they have to say:
An admitted technophile, Jessica Lum navigates the Mission with Google Maps, but has only really come to know the neighborhood by wandering on foot, looking at murals, and occasionally watching the guy on the BART steps play “Stairway to Heaven.”
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