Author: julianm

An SF police officer is suing the city, alleging harassment for being gay

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 17, 2018 | Central Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Photo: Outside of Central Station, Officers Brendan Mannix (left) Jen Viceral (right) hand out the...

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Bissap Baobab owner may be early local casualty of federal ‘denaturalization’ efforts

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The recent arrest of Marco Senghor, the Senegal-born owner of the popular dance club and...

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Owner of Bissap Baobab restaurant charged with ‘illegally obtaining’ citizenship

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 15, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Beloved community member pleading ‘not guilty,’ says he ‘looks forward to his...

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One man injured in shooting at 16th and Shotwell

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 14, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

One man sustained life-threating injuries in a shooting that took place Tuesday at 7:25 p.m. at...

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Mission cannabis businesses set to more than double

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 14, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Six proposed marijuana shops, some warehouse-sized, could be headed to the Mission At the Mission...

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Controversial displacement study leads to strife between Planning Department, Mission anti-gentrification activists

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 10, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Department denies burying a report claiming new construction doesn’t lead to evictions A...

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Box Dog Bikes cleaned out— $60K worth of cycles swiped in latest bike-shop burglary

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 9, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

City bike shop owners feel besieged; Box Dog vows to re-open tomorrow Burglars cleaned out Box Dog...

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SF Mission District drag queens fighting Ellis Act eviction

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Richard Padilla, perhaps better known by his drag name, “Renita Valdez,” stood in a long hallway...

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Neighborhood notes: San Francisco Police Department to use ‘cadets’ to abate prostitution

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 3, 2018 | Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Station Captain Gaetano Caltagirone this week said he would deploy several “cadets” —...

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Our City, Our Home campaign prepares for ‘David-vs.-Goliath’ battle

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Only blocks away from where Food Not Bombs volunteers serve black beans to a long line of homeless...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance wows SF’s Mission. Her speech not so much.

Posted by Charlotte Silver | Aug 1, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Not even five minutes into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s sold-out appearance in the Mission Tuesday...

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Vandalized Cesar Chavez mural to lose United Farm Worker symbol appropriated by gang

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 31, 2018 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

A Cesar Chavez mural that was vandalized last Tuesday will be losing its so-called “huelga bird” —...

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits SF’s Mission

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 30, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Local Democratic Socialists to host politician on the rise Tuesday — and hope their time is next...

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Axis Development abruptly abandons proposed 117-unit Folsom Street project

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 26, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A potential 117-unit residential project at 2675 Folsom Street will not be moving forward in its...

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The Fried Chicken Sandwich Showdown at Los Picudos

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 26, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

A March 26 email from Mark: “Went to Tortas Picudos today but could not go through with it. First...

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Skateboarder remains in life-threatening condition after collision on 20th Street

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 25, 2018 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

A male skateboarder, who was apparently traveling in the opposite direction of traffic on 20th...

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