Boba Guys broken into over weekend in SF’s Mission
Boba Guys on 19th Street, among the Mission District’s most popular businesses — with its seemingly perpetual lines of boba fiends — was broken into early Sunday morning at 5:01 a.m.
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Author: Julian Mark
SFPD officer accused of lying under oath after severely beating bicyclist in SF’s Mission
A San Francisco police officer lied under oath about the Mission District incident that led to him and another officer to punch a man in the head a dozen times while also beating his legs with a baton, according to the Department of Police Accountability.
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Ravioli real estate empire sold: Lucca Ravioli Co. owners leave SF’s Mission
The owners of Lucca Ravioli Co. have completed the sale of their three buildings on the corner of 21st and Valencia street for a shade above $7 million, marking the first time since 1925 that the family that started Lucca Ravioli Co. will no longer be in the Mission District.
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Sixty-unit housing project on 14th Street to rise, as supes reject SF Mission activist appeal
A seven-story, 60-unit project will rise at 344 14th St., as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reject a last-ditch environmental appeal filed by neighborhood activists opposed to the project, which contains eight affordable units.
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SFPD officer who threatened to call immigration authorities on minority bystanders violated policy
A San Francisco Police officer, who in May 2017 threatened to call immigration authorities on a group of Asian and Latino men, saying “we’re going to ship everyone back to their own country,” violated a slew of department policies, according to a report by the Department of Police Accountability.
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Fellow district attorney candidates turn ire on Suzy Loftus in SF Mission debate
Suzy Loftus, Mayor Breed’s choice to lead DA office, faces hostile crowd — in audience and...
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‘Hello, Officer’: The SFPD’s efforts to speak your language are both high-tech and low-tech
One police officer behind a foldout table at a senior center may not look like the most advanced breakthrough in community policing, but the Ingleside District — which partially encompasses Visitacion Valley and Sunnydale, neighborhoods at the southeastern fringe of the city — is one of the few stations experimenting with placing officers in communities less comfortable with visiting a police station.
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SFPD internal report finds officer who shot Luis Gongora Pat acted ‘out of policy’ in escalating encounter
The San Francisco Police officers who shot dead homeless immigrant Luis Gongora Pat in April 2016 may receive — at most — weeks of discipline for escalating the situation that ultimately led to Gongora Pat’s death.
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Discord in SF City Hall over ambitious mental health system overhaul
Like the boulders of Clinton Park being rolled off the sidewalk, put back on, taken off again — and now perhaps replaced with bigger boulders — the political tug-of-war between a faction of the Board of Supervisors and Mayor London Breed over reforming San Francisco’s mental health system draws on, as people continue to suffer on the street.
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Housed and unhoused agree: Anti-homeless boulders won’t work
The arrival of twp dozen anti-homeless boulders on Clinton Park, a quaint residential street near Market and Dolores at the cusp of the Mission, has been met with varying degrees of outrage and acceptance in recent days. Yet the question remains: Do these rocks actually deter homeless encampments? Or are they simply a symbol of anti-homeless meanness?
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Mission District activists appeal 60-unit housing project — supes to make final vote
The seven-story, 60-unit housing development at 344 14th St., which was green-lit in July, was appealed by Mission District activists at the end of August and must now go in front of the Board of Supervisors for a final determination.
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More than 200 housing units being planned near Potrero del Sol Park — art space future unclear
A seven-story, 205-unit housing project is being proposed at Cesar Chavez Street and Potrero Avenue — currently the site several old warehouses being used as artist space.
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Gutted 3300 Club building up for sale, as developer ditches plans
The fire-ravaged former home of the 3300 Club bar and a 28-unit residential hotel is back on the market for $3.15 million, according to Erik Murray, the managing partner of a real estate company that bought the building two years ago with plans to renovate it.
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‘Unpleasant’ or ‘interesting’? Two-ton, $5,000 bench arrives at 16th and Mission
Is it a sculpture? A coffin? An alien pod from outer space that landed right at the 16th and Mission BART plaza? No, say BART officials, it’s actually a bench — a 3,900-pound, $4,661 bench — that was installed a couple of days ago on the northeast plaza near the Walgreens.
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‘Those Who Wander’ explores the world of ‘Lost Street Kids’
‘Those Who Wander’ begins with a grisly murder, but expands into the lives of...
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SFPD sued for ‘beating and punching’ man at 16th and Mission
A man is suing the city and two San Francisco police officers for allegedly “beating and punching” him near 16th and Mission streets in late June — a purported incident stemming from the officers’ attempt to arrest the man for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk.
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Manny’s: October Presidential Debate Watch Party at Manny’s (Day 1)
October 15 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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18 Reasons: Beginning Cheesemaking: Feta, Fromage Blanc, Creme Fraiche
October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
