Jorge Argueta with some of his books. Foto de Lydia Chávez

NBC News writes about local poet Jorge Argueta’s travels to El Salvador with a bag full of books for children.  (NBC) Argueta and his wife, Holly Ayala, run the bilingual bookstore, Luna Press Books. 

Jamie Maldonado at La Victoria on 24th Street will be putting in a bar, Santo at La Victoria, SF Gate reports. The bakery will remain, but there will be a tapas-like menu. Sounds good and good luck Jamie!

The city is taking Anna Kihagi, the owner of buildings in the Mission and elsewhere, to court for illegally evicting tenants.   (SF GATE)

SF Curbed has a good piece about Leah Nichols, an ML member and tireless advocate for different urban planning non profits, and the space she’s helped to create in in the Mission.

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