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Mission Local reports on the people and places that shape San Francisco’s neighborhoods, from community traditions to changes on local streets.
People We Meet: The mayor of Caselli Avenue
Torr Melling, 59, was facing a home renovation quandary. He had just received four pallets of building materials, dropped off by a Home Depot employee with a mounted forklift, and now he needed to move it all off the street and into his garage. He fired off a message in his neighborhood group chat. Ten…
People We Meet
People We Meet: Pete Sferra doesn’t care what you wear — or don’t
Pete Sferra, now 71, has been a nudist for over 50 years and hangs out unclothed in the Castro “like a normal person.”
People We Meet: Dr. Murnane, the Presidio bird whisperer
John Murnane rescued an injured great horned owl in 2025. Now an owl keeps turning up in his Inner Richmond backyard.
People We Meet: A Talent for Mischief, S.F. duo’s genre-bending band
Meet A Talent for Mischief, a local band made up of two music lovers.
People We Meet: Coach Julio Muñoz, the Mission’s tennis guy
Julio Muñoz is a Mission native who has been playing and coaching tennis here for most of his life.
Neighborhood Buzz
Richmond Buzz: October means all the sausages you can eat
“Richmond Buzz” is a recurring column on changes, and other news from the Richmond. This week: a taste of Bavaria on Clement Street.
Tenderloin Buzz: A new way to view art in the neighborhood
Coming up in the Tenderloin: First Thursday’s art walks now offer a guided tour, and other neighborhood events.
Mission Buzz: Fielder asks mayor to do better for Mission St., and it’s concha time in the old Shuggie’s
Mission Buzz is a regular update on changes, tidbits and other news from the Mission’s commercial corridors. Got news? Send to tips at tips@missionlocal.com. — District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder requested more police foot patrols, more community ambassadors, and more street cleaning on Mission Street, in response to what Fielder described as “disappointing” data from…
Twin brothers Alan and Norm Quirós ready to show their art at 1890 Bryant Open Studios
Alan and Norm Quirós have had a predilection for drawing for as long as they can remember. Growing up in San Francisco in the ’70s, some of the twins’ earliest memories are of picking up crayons alongside their older brother and scribbling all over the walls of their childhood home near Silver and Mission streets…
Capt. Perdomo feels your pain: Mission SFPD leader in hot seat at community meeting
Residents describe open drug use, dirty streets and slow response times, while the captain points to the limits of the law.
How do you handle it when San Francisco weather gets hot?
San Francisco has famously cool summers, but it does warm up and this is how residents deal with the heat.
Excelsior Buzz: The comic book store is finally open. Coming soon: an arcade.
“Excelsior Buzz” is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and news from the Excelsior. Got news? Send us tips at xueer@missionlocal.com. The owner of Mission: Comics & Art’s new Excelsior outlet, says his comic book shop might be the first in the neighborhood — and it’s finally open for business. Don’t let the faded red “Optometrist”…
Sunset Buzz: Artists to lose studio after new landlord doubled rent
Meanwhile: the block parties go on, and a new shipwreck-themed playground opens on Saturday.
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