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Finding Mission District pupusas that take me back to my mother’s kitchen

by Ricky Rodas September 15, 2019September 29, 2020

The sight of freshly cooked Pupusas warms my soul. I’m the child of Salvadoran parents, so pupusas were served for every occasion. Breakfast, lunch, dinner—pupusas are an all-day kind of food. Mexicans and Hondurans make pupusas too, but El Salvador is credited with creating the beloved disk-like treat.

A day at La Pulgita, the Mission’s free outdoor street market

by Ricky Rodas September 14, 2019September 29, 2020

Mural of police shooting victim Amilcar Perez-Lopez blessed at ceremony

by Ricky Rodas August 27, 2019September 29, 2020

Zaytoon Mediterranean restaurant to set sail from Mission after 10 years

by Ricky Rodas August 23, 2019September 29, 2020

People We Meet: No place like Dolores Park

by Ricky Rodas August 21, 2019September 29, 2020

Building inspector tears into owner of illegally razed Florida Street home at hearing

by Ricky Rodas August 20, 2019September 29, 2020

People We Meet: Speaking through music

by Ricky Rodas August 18, 2019September 29, 2020

After 21 years, Casa Bonampak bids Mission adios in bittersweet ceremony

by Ricky Rodas August 16, 2019September 29, 2020

Neighborhood Notes: Annual 20th Street Block Party, rescue pets at at discount, cleaning up the school, and more

by Aleka A. Kroitzsh and Ricky Rodas August 16, 2019September 29, 2020

Roughly 100 people evacuated after gas leak near 22nd and San Jose

by Abraham Rodriguez and Ricky Rodas August 15, 2019September 29, 2020

Frjtz, the Mission’s hip Belgian style fry shop, could be taken off the menu

by Ricky Rodas August 6, 2019September 29, 2020

Bomb squad on scene on Valencia between 20th and 22nd; patrons ordered out of stores (UPDATED)

by Abraham Rodriguez, Ricky Rodas and Joe Eskenazi August 5, 2019September 29, 2020

Mission residents fuming over homeless in Dolores Park

by Ricky Rodas August 1, 2019September 29, 2020

A night of delicious food and intimate storytelling at the Brava Theater Center

by Ricky Rodas August 1, 2019September 29, 2020

Mission residents sound off on neighborhood design guidelines

by Ricky Rodas June 13, 2019September 29, 2020

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