Developments in Development: Earth-shaking
Developments in Development is a “weekly” column recapping real estate, housing, planning, zoning and construction news. With Mexico City still reeling, though working valiantly to...
Laura Wenus
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Stories by Laura
Neighborhood Notes: HOMEY returns, activist bus ads, Brava sneak peek
By Laura Wenus and Lydia Chavez Posted
HOMEY is returning to the Mission! After spending years tucked away in the upstairs space of a building in SoMa, the originally Mission-based nonprofit Homies...
Beloved grocer, namesake of Gus’s Market, killed in hit-and-run
By Laura Wenus Posted
A 57-year-old grocer who brought a strong sense of community to his markets was killed by a driver in the Bayview Friday morning, leaving his...
Life of Mission mentor in the making cut short by murder
By Laura Wenus Posted
The death of Abel Enrique Esquivel Jr. more than a month ago has the 23-year-old’s current and former mentors reeling from the loss of a...
City to assist with and pay for DACA renewals this weekend
By Laura Wenus Posted
When federal officials announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly known as DACA, they did leave room for some limited...
Shimmering sculpture invites San Franciscans to “DREAM”
By Laura Wenus Posted
Drivers coming into San Francisco where the 101 and 280 freeways merge have been greeted for the past few days by shimmering 12-foot-tall letters spelling...
Cannabus brings weed on wheels to Valencia Street
By Laura Wenus Posted
Think food truck, but for cannabis. That’s the concept behind the CannaBus you may have seen parked on Valencia and 19th streets Tuesday. Cannabus launched...
Rash of crimes, including homicide, strike SF Mission over the weekend
By Julian Mark and Laura Wenus Posted
Homicide A 52-year-old man died from multiple stab wounds at around 1:53 a.m. on Saturday morning at Hampshire and Alameda streets, police report. The San...
No-brainer SF housing project delayed; welcome to SF housing
By Laura Wenus Posted
A laundromat and parking lot one block away from a major transit hub probably seems, to many, like an absolute no-brainer location for building a...
Bike safety advocates, plus D8 Sup, hit the street for protected bike lanes
By Laura Wenus Posted
The yellow-shirted bicycle-safety activists were back on Valencia Street between 18th and 19th streets Thursday afternoon, carrying signs that read: “Protected lane.” Their aim is...
Building for nonprofits green-lit after supervisor brokers deal
By Laura Wenus Posted
Supervisor Hillary Ronen has once again saved a project from the limbo of delays. A developer’s plan to build space for some 10 nonprofits to...
Stolen officer’s weapon used in fatal Mission District shooting (updated)
By Laura Wenus Posted
The victim of a mid-August shooting in the Mission District succumbed to his wounds, and an investigation has found that the weapon used in the...
Sub-acute patients can stay in San Francisco, administrators say
By Laura Wenus Posted
In a sharp turnaround, California Pacific Medical Center said it will keep 28 patients currently at St. Luke’s Hospital who had been told earlier that...
Guest stabbed in host’s residence, man robbed at bus stop in SF Mission
By Laura Wenus Posted
Police report a 44-year-old man was stabbed at 12:44 a.m. on Monday inside someone’s home. The incident occurred on 20th Street between South Van Ness...
Tradition and quirks of modernity collide in artist’s embroidered autocorrect fails
By Laura Wenus Posted
Margaret Timbrell’s exhibitions “Auto-Corrected” and “RedWork” open this Saturday at the Pacific Felt Factory. In traditional “redwork” embroidery, she captures and interprets moments when autocorrect...