Author: abrahamr

Elderly woman safe, unharmed after tense police standoff on 27th Street

Feb 8, 2019 | Featured, Mobile, Newsletter, SNAPS, Today's Mission, Topics

Update 4:46 p.m.: The woman was transported to the hospital in an ambulance after being rolled out...

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VIDEO: Scenes from the Feb. 7 Planning Commission meeting

Feb 7, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Newsletter, Video

Video by Abraham Rodriguez.   Live updates...

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MISSION PEOPLE: Jose Huizar

Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Multimedia, Today's Mission, Topics, Video

Jose Huizar came to the United States looking for a new start but  his past still plagues him to...

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New coalition of activists demands more equitable transportation in SF

Feb 4, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Several dozen activists gathered in the rain at 16th and Mission Streets Monday evening to demand...

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Should the Census ask questions regarding citizenship? Sound off

Jan 28, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Multimedia, Newsletter, Special Projects, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Last year, the Trump Administration issued an order to add a new question to the 2020 Census....

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MISSION PEOPLE: Perry Ojascastro

Jan 21, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Immigrant Life, Mobile, Multimedia, Today's Mission, Topics, Video

At some point, Perry Ojascastro’s great grandparents arrived in San Francisco and used the...

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Neighborhood notes: Little Roxie, MLK history, Lunar Year Celebration

Jan 18, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

The Little Roxie’s New Look The Roxie Theater recently received $63,000 in assistance from the...

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Senior tenants brace for new round of eviction fights at Folsom house

Jan 15, 2019 | 24th Street, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Immigrant Life, Inequality, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics

Raul Vasquez had only been in San Francisco for a few days when he found a listing for a room for...

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Shooting at 17th and Mission sends one man to the hospital

Jan 14, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

San Francisco Police are investigating a shooting that occurred near 17th and Mission on Monday...

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Family remembers SFPD shooting victim with a memorial and hot chocolate for the homeless

Jan 9, 2019 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Police Shootings, Today's Mission, Topics

Two and a half years after police shot 45-year-old Luis Gongora Pat to death at the edge of a...

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UPDATED: Bank robbery: Police swarm Bank of the West at 24th and Mission

Jan 4, 2019 | 24th Street, Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Updated at 5:50 p.m. See addendum at the end. Police responded today around 1 p.m. to what they...

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Valencia bike infrastructure improvements under way — but only in select areas

Jan 4, 2019 | Bikes, Education, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics, Transportation, Valencia Street

Valencia Street’s latest bicycle infrastructure changes are finally underway — but currently on...

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Former La Victoria bakers to open ‘Victoria SF’ on 24th and Capp

Jan 2, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Two months after closing shop, the former operating staff of La Victoria Bakery is set to return...

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The Elbo Room calls it quits, and musicians lament

Dec 31, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

As of Jan. 1, 2019, the Mission’s Elbo Room will be no more. It will slip into the realm of memory...

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The best photos in Mission Local in 2018

Dec 27, 2018 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Multimedia, Newsletter, Photography, Today's Mission, Topics

Our 12-month orbit around the sun is nearly complete. And to commemorate the end of the year,...

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Who’s got the best Mission tamales? Sound off.

Dec 20, 2018 | 24th Street, Eating Now, Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Multimedia, Topics, Video

You know it’s December in the Mission when you see the leaves change, the skies turn gray,...

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