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Author Archives: Lydia Chávez

I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019 when I retired. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still there.

As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how you make that long-held interest in local news sustainable. The answer continues to elude me.

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Ronnie Goodman tribute

by Lydia Chávez April 10, 2021April 6, 2021

You can read about the artist Ronnie Goodman here.

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Scooter and road map

by Lydia Chávez April 9, 2021April 6, 2021
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Plant trap

by Lydia Chávez April 8, 2021April 6, 2021
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Gio likes Midnite bagels too

by Lydia Chávez April 7, 2021April 6, 2021
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Roped on Valencia

by Lydia Chávez April 5, 2021March 30, 2021
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Let me out

by Lydia Chávez April 4, 2021March 28, 2021
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Walking the walls

by Lydia Chávez April 3, 2021March 28, 2021
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Kobe tribute on Mission

by Lydia Chávez April 2, 2021March 28, 2021
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Wise to capitalism

by Lydia Chávez April 1, 2021March 28, 2021
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Playhouse on Albion

by Lydia Chávez March 30, 2021March 28, 2021
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Eligibility opens up, and vaccine site in the Mission extends through May

by Lydia Chávez March 30, 2021March 31, 2021
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Essential

by Lydia Chávez March 29, 2021March 28, 2021
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Hidden figures

by Lydia Chávez March 27, 2021March 27, 2021
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I like that beard

by Lydia Chávez March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
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Lyft fleet

by Lydia Chávez March 16, 2021March 16, 2021

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