David Chalk, Author at Mission Local

Purple stairs decorated with garland lead to a house; cars are parked along a tree-lined street under bright sunlight.

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York greenery

by David Chalk December 21, 2025, 6:00 amDecember 23, 2025, 10:56 am

A busy city street at dusk with cars, palm trees, pedestrians, and buildings under a purplish sky. Traffic lights and street signs are visible.

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Potrero lights

by David Chalk December 5, 2025, 6:00 amDecember 5, 2025, 10:21 am

A faded beauty salon sign and weathered wooden boards on a worn building exterior, with a yellow "Speed Humps Ahead" street sign overhead.

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Cut off

by David Chalk October 9, 2025, 6:00 amOctober 9, 2025, 11:45 am

Mural of the Virgin Mary with roses and clouds painted on a building wall behind a chain-link fence at night; people walk by in the foreground.

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Fence

by David Chalk October 7, 2025, 6:00 amOctober 7, 2025, 11:58 am

A sidewalk with a mural of a fishbowl, fish, and cat on a wall under blooming pink bougainvillea; street signs and fallen leaves are visible.

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(W)under

by David Chalk September 21, 2025, 6:00 am

Colorful mural under a barred window, featuring a grayscale portrait of a person exhaling smoke and another person wearing a hat, with abstract and animal-like shapes in the background.

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La Misión, La Cultura, La Lucha, La Gente

by David Chalk September 8, 2025, 6:00 amSeptember 9, 2025, 12:25 pm

A colorful mural features a large open-mouthed creature, geometric city buildings, a pink rose, and abstract designs against a vibrant background.

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Mouth hole

by David Chalk September 3, 2025, 6:00 am

A small dog statue wearing sunglasses and a yellow shirt sits behind a metal security gate in a store window next to a sidewalk.

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Doggie in the window

by David Chalk August 28, 2025, 6:00 amAugust 28, 2025, 10:17 am

A wooden chair sits under a tree in a yard, viewed through a metal chain-link fence with plants and sunlight in the background.

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Chair between fences

by David Chalk August 9, 2025, 6:00 am

A mural of a smiling woman wearing an elaborate jeweled headdress is painted on a wall with a "No Loitering" sign above her. Sunlight and leaves cast shadows on the artwork.

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No loitering

by David Chalk June 23, 2025, 6:00 amJune 24, 2025, 12:33 pm

A colorful mural covers a building at a street corner labeled "Latino Cultural District," with people walking and a city bus stopped nearby.

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Corner kiss

by David Chalk June 21, 2025, 6:00 am

Street view with large colorful murals on building walls, parked cars along the sidewalk, power lines overhead, and a partly cloudy sky at sunset.

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Resilient

by David Chalk June 4, 2025, 6:00 amJune 5, 2025, 11:32 am

A city street with cars driving and parked along both sides, lined with trees and buildings, with hills and a church spire visible in the background under a clear sky.

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Looking down Church

by David Chalk May 30, 2025, 6:00 am

A city street scene with a moving red and silver bus, green traffic lights, street signs, and hillside houses in the background.

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Looking up

by David Chalk May 11, 2025, 5:21 pm

Person riding a bicycle with a dog in a backpack on an urban street lined with parked cars and storefronts during the day.

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Whiskey rides

by David Chalk May 6, 2025, 8:30 amMay 6, 2025, 11:24 am