At 24th and Mission Streets. Photo by Lydia Chávez

Neighborhood notes: 

Watermelons for as long as they last

The truck pulled up earlier today. Beautiful watermelons at 24th and Mission streets.  

New Mural in the Mission District

This weekend a New mural will go up above Liberation Law Group on Mission St near 24th St.  The mural entitled ‘Presente!’ will be painted by legendary street artist Crayone. 

English classes on-line

City college is offering free on-line English classes. You can register here

Photo by Lydia Chávez

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema Transforms into drive-in theatre

Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema will its 17th season of free films with two nightly screenings in a pop-up drive-in theater at the  Alemany Farmers Market Plaza at 100 Alemany Blvd. 

Access is first-come, first-served with an Eventbrite registration. Screenings generally run from 8:00 to 9:30 pm. Details and film lineups will be available next week on the BHOC website (www.bhoutdoorcine.org).  

The following rules will apply:

  • Vehicles will be directed into the parking lot and parking places. 
  • People must stay in their cars at all times except to visit the restroom.
  • Attendees must wear a face covering when leaving their car. 
  • Only a limited number of people are allowed in the restroom at any one time. 
  • Each car must be parked six feet or more away from another vehicle. 
  • Customers who do not follow these rules will be asked to leave.

Luz de Luna Grand Re-opening!

Luz de Luna is having a grand reopening ceremony at the store this Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. Musical artists Alfredo Gomez and Francisco Ferrer will be performing. Luz de Luna had closed pre-pandemic due to mandated retrofitting, and with the help of Calle 24 and a GoFundMe page has been able to raise costs to reopen recently. Join the celebration at 3182 24th Street.

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Clara-Sophia Daly is an award-winning journalist who covers immigration for Mission Local. Previously, she reported for the Miami Herald, where she covered education and worked on the investigative team. She graduated with honors from Skidmore College, where she studied International Affairs and Media/Film, and later earned a master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School.

Her reporting portfolio includes investigations into a gymnastics coach who abused his students for more than a decade — work that led to his arrest.

She also covered the privatization of Florida’s public education system, state-funded anti-abortion pregnancy centers, and the deputization of university police officers under federal immigration programs.

A Northern California native, she first joined Mission Local as an intern for a year during the pandemic — and is excited to be back writing stories about immigration.

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