Author: laurawaxmann

Painting Mission Walls

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jun 25, 2018 | People We Meet

My name is Tetris, and I came up from Los Angeles to do this collaboration wall that I’m...

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Dolores Park shooting injures three, one critically

Posted by Laura Wenus | Aug 3, 2017 | Dolores Park, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Update 8/4/17: According to San Francisco General Hospital spokesperson Brent Andrew, one of the...

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‘Secession Art and Design’ celebrates a decade in Mission-Bernal

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Aug 3, 2017 | Business, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Since a five-alarm fire ravaged nearly an entire block – destroying a handful of businesses and...

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Ebony McKinney, Tireless Advocate for the Arts, Dies Unexpectedly (KQED)

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Aug 2, 2017 | Art, Education, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

This story originally appeared on KQED.org by Kevin L. Jones. Ebony McKinney, a tireless advocate...

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Elbo Room move delayed, owners carve out another year on current lease

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Aug 1, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Granted a one year lease- extension from its landlord, the Elbo Room will continue to operate out...

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Pinball pub to take place of Belgian eatery

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 27, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A pinball and food establishment called Outer Orbit Pinball and Restaurant will be moving into the...

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Little Baobab to offer up pizza, Senegalese style

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 26, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Little Baobab, a former West African restaurant and quirky nightclub at the corner of 19th and...

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Q&A: D9 supervisor on bike-sharing and encampments

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 25, 2017 | Business, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mission Station, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Supervisor Hillary Ronen sat down with Mission Local to talk about issues relating to her...

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Latino district reps don’t want bike sharing on 24th Street

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 21, 2017 | Bikes, Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Technology, Today's Mission, Topics

The Mission’s 24th Street corridor, a Latino cultural enclave and special use district, is not...

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SF Mission crime: fire destroys parked car, man robbed at gunpoint

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 21, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Police and fire officials responded to a call for service regarding a vehicle engulfed by flames...

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The Sweep Report: 9th and Brannan cleared of homeless campers

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 20, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A homeless encampment that had been growing in size for several months near 9th and Brannan...

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Mission supervisor requests approval for hiring city workers

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 18, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Supervisor Hillary Ronen was not granted a fourth aide in her office to help tackle...

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Neighborhood group rejects bike share expansion to 24th Street

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 17, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A dramatically expanding bike share company that is set to place some 31 proposed bicycle-dock...

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Community art addresses loss, healing after fire

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 16, 2017 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Some 1,500 pieces of yellow and red plastic are sending a clear message to the Bernal-Mission...

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Neighborhood Notes: Dijital Fix on Valencia to close

Posted by Christina Egerstrom | Jul 14, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

This story has been corrected to reflect comments from Dijital Fix that the business’ rent...

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Victim of fatal 24th St. shooting remembered

Posted by Laura Waxmann | Jul 13, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Although Jesus Sandoval had spent the last six years of his life living with a friend’s family in...

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