Dollar store may become 29 units of housing
Plans to demolish a dollar store on 17th and Mission streets and build 29 units of housing may be restarting, with a new design that...
Laura Wenus
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Listen Local: The story behind Stories Behind the Fog
By Laura Wenus Posted
Listen Local is Mission Local’s biweekly radio program. We broadcast live online at BFF.fm every other Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:00. While dozens of outlets have...
Restrictions on owner-move-in evictions tightened
By Laura Wenus Posted
A contentious portion of new legislation to combat fraudulent owner-move-in evictions has passed muster at the Board of Supervisors, giving nonprofits the right to sue...
Man hits woman with can, bus driver verbally attacked
By Laura Wenus Posted
Police report a 50-year-old woman was assaulted Monday afternoon on 16th Street between Bryant Street and Potrero Avenue. The suspect reportedly had been escorted out...
Assaults send two to hospital, one in life-threatening condition
By Laura Wenus Posted
An argument turned into an assault with a box cutter early Saturday morning and left the victim fighting for her life. At 2:15 a.m., two...
Developments in Development: Community wins
By Laura Wenus Posted
Developments in Development is a “weekly” column recapping real estate, housing, planning, zoning and construction news. Sure, they’re controversial to some, but activists in the...
State yanks liquor license from delinquent restaurant Farina
By Laura Wenus Posted
State officials seized the liquor license of Farina Focaccia & Cucina Italiana on 18th and Dearborn streets and sold it at auction to cover nearly...
Police clash with skateboarders at Dolores Park
By Laura Waxmann, Mark Rabine and Laura Wenus Posted
Police clashed with dozens of skateboarders at Dolores Park on Tuesday evening in a confrontation that ended with rubber bullets being fired and at least...
Man arrested again for harassing Zuckerberg’s security guards (Chronicle)
By Laura Wenus Posted
A years-old conflict between security guards stationed outside Mark Zuckerberg’s Liberty Hill home and a transient neighborhood resident flared up again on June 10, when...
Listen Local: Art in the city with Dogpaw Carrillo
By Laura Wenus Posted
Listen Local is Mission Local’s biweekly radio program. We broadcast live online at BFF.fm every other Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:00. Mission Local chats with neighborhood...
Mission weekend sees stabbing and three assaults, one in Dolores Park
By Laura Wenus Posted
Police report three people were assaulted over the weekend in San Francisco’s Mission District. In what marks the third violent incident in Dolores Park in...
Shop Local Disrupted: selling an experience is the new brick and mortar
By Laura Wenus Posted
In a market where e-commerce has usurped traditional retail and research suggests consumers go out for experiences rather than to shop, some Mission businesses are...
Developments in Development: Streamlining and gossip
By Laura Wenus Posted
Developments in Development is a “weekly” column recapping real estate, housing, planning, zoning and construction news. Good news everyone! San Francisco is only the eighth...
Two new Mission District housing projects pass planning hurdles
By Laura Wenus Posted
Two buildings proposed for the Mission came before the Planning Commission on Thursday afternoon for design reviews – the developer of 1924 Mission St, near...
Developments in development: Unhoused
By Laura Wenus Posted
Developments in Development is a “weekly” column recapping real estate, housing, planning, zoning and construction news. “Stick ‘em on a boat!” is becoming a weirdly...