Opening Tonight: Low Riders Meet Queer Culture In the Q-Sides
If you check out Galería de la Raza right now, you’ll see a photographic collection of beautiful people and beautiful rides. But there’s a layered...
Daniel Hirsch
Daniel Hirsch is a freelance writer who has been living in the Mission since 2009. When he's not contributing to Mission Local, he's writing plays, working as an extra for HBO, and/or walking to the top of Bernal Hill.
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Stories by Daniel
Good Morning Mission, with a Touch of Orange
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
It’s 53˚ and expected to rise to 68˚. Details for the next ten days are here. This morning’s block: Hampshire to York, 20th to 21st Streets....
Warriors in the Mission
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
The end of the NBA playoffs are nigh and the Golden State Warriors just need one more win to head to the finals. But so...
Good Morning Mission — La Lengua Nexus
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
It’s 55˚ and expected to rise to a partly cloudy 61˚. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s block is that strange triangular one between...
Man in Critical Condition after Shooting at 24th and Hampshire
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
San Francisco Police report that a shooting Saturday sent one 39-year-man to the hospital in critical condition. The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, according to...
Gray Area Festival this Weekend
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
While some events have been going on for months, renovations at the Grand Theater by the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts is finally, almost complete....
The Lexington Club, Panel by Panel
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
Admittedly shy by nature, Elizabeth Beier had a particular way of meeting women when she’d visit the now-shuttered Lexington Club. She’d take out a her...
600 South Van Ness Approved, Sutter Postponed
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
In a unanimous decision Thursday, the Planning Commission gave the go-ahead for the 27-unit condo proposed for 600 South Van Ness. The decision came not...
Mission Eyes: Silicon Valley Fashion?
By Daniel Hirsch and Laura Wenus Posted
LED lights galore, zero-galaxy space suits, disco ball helmets, a SheBot, 3D printed jewelry, and, sigh, drones walking the runway. Welcome to the future, or at...
Report: Airbnb Cuts into Housing, Should Share Data
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
A new report by the Budget and Legislative Analyst Office states what many have long been arguing about Airbnb and other short-term rental sites. They’re...
Mission Eyes: 10 Years of La Cocina
By Laura Wenus and Daniel Hirsch Posted
After 10 years of helping low-income immigrant women launch food-based businesses, La Cocina did a little celebrating last night. The incubator hosted a massive fundraising...
24th Street: An International Destination For Poetry
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
Sipping a coffee at L’s Cafe on 24th Street, San Francisco poet laureate Alejandro Murguía declares proudly: “Twenty-fourth Street is the bellybutton of the universe.”...
Medical Center Eyes Valencia, Opposition Mounts
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
As construction nears completion at V20, the 18 unit condo at 20th and Valencia, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation plans to open a medical facility in the...
On the eve of Mother’s Day, the Grieving Continues
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
On September 11 2014, Sherry Baltonado was at work at Civic Center Secondary School when she read in the newspaper about the fatal stabbing of...
Pigeon Palace Tenants Outbid, Head to Court
By Daniel Hirsch Posted
Despite their demonstration to scare off potential buyers Tuesday, another investor has outbid the tenants of the Pigeon Palace to purchase the six-unit building. The...