Reader Reflection: World AIDS Day
World AIDS day was this weekend, and Mission Local reader Jason Wyman sent us his reflection on this event. From the World AIDS Day organization:...
Jessica Naudziunas
Stories by Jessica
Heavy Rain Brings Mission Flooding
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
The National Weather Service reported almost 2 inches of rain in less than 24 hours in the San Francisco area, and the Mission was no...
Wiener Doesn’t Understand the Naked/Gay Equation
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
“Many people who are supporting the band of nudists who have made their beachhead here clearly believe that encouraging this behavior will somehow help keep...
The Gentrification Files: 859 Alabama Street
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
Michelangelo’s “David” was hewn from precious Carrara marble. And the huge bathroom inside the luxury loft for sale at 859 Alabama St. is, too. The...
SF Time Lapse Fun
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
Watch one day of transit activity in San Francisco to the warm, smooth jazz tunes heard in this video: Video brought to you by Sumus,...
It’s Your Lucky First Saturday: Free MAPP is Today
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
Over a dozen spaces will be transformed into micro art centers with art shows, music performances, and kids events today. The Mission Arts and Performance...
Giving Thanks: Streetside Stories Helps Students Share Experiences
By Alejandro Rosas, Jessica Naudziunas and Yousur Alhlou Posted
Tech Tales, a program of Mission District non-profit Streetside Stories, helps students tell the true stories of their lives through art, and improves literacy skills...
KRON’s Stanley Roberts Calls People Out, This Time on Valencia Street
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
In this slightly awkward public shaming of poorly parked trucks and vehicles, television news reporter Stanley Roberts tells it like it is. Drivers are double...
SNAP: Feliz Navidad
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
Just one more day in November to avoid, or cheerfully join in, the onslaught of the annual Christmas bonanza. Here’s how the Mission District did...
Impromptu Dance Party at the Nicer Mission BART Station
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
This amateur video shot late night at the 24th Street BART plaza says it all, although, we do not condone the use of the word...
SNAP: Mission Street in 2009
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
A New Yorker Compares His Lesser Mission Chinese Location to the Better One Here
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
Wait, that didn’t happen. In this noodle smack down of the same ilk, Village Voice blogger Robert Sietsema dares to compare where Mission Chinese began...
SNAP: BART in Black and White
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
The Best Part of Waking Up, Is Now You’re Broke
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted
Well, at least you have $7 coffee in your cup? That’s the new price tag for the newest Starbucks’ brew per cup at participating locations...
SNAP: Vintage Asís
By Jessica Naudziunas Posted