As SFPD reform effort drags on, communities of color feel disconnected
After three years, the San Francisco Police Department has completed 29 of the 272 reform...
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Now 40 years old, Legal Assistance to the Elderly is bigger than ever — and more necessary
“Forty-four feet,” blurts out Sheila Hembury, anticipating the imminent question....
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Your definitive list of every 100 percent affordable housing project in the Mission
In all, five different affordable housing projects have broken ground — two are being developed by the Mission Housing Development Corporation and three by the Mission Economic Development Agency, known as MEDA. In addition two more buildings— with 193 total units — are on the books, but not quite through the approval process.
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Nine permits revoked on project co-owned by planning commissioner Dennis Richards — his attorney claims retaliation
The Department of Building Inspection has taken the unusual step of revoking nine building permits...
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The Academy of Art recently unloaded 56 of its classic cars. The millions it received may soon come in handy.
The Academy of Art’s auto museum is operating without city permits. Of course it is. The...
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Smallest Comic Book Store ever? Hella Novella owner applies for the title.
The smallest comic book store in all the known universe could be located right here in the Mission. Sketch Smith, the owner of Hella Novella off 19th and Mission St., is submitting her tiny comic book shop to the Guinness Book of World Records for the title and record holder of world’s smallest comic store.
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Neighborhood Notes: Art, fire, death (not necessarily in that order)
MCCLA Day of the Dead Exhibit On Friday, Oct. 18, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts will...
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It was 30 years ago today: Trapped on the Bay Bridge during the Loma Prieta quake
Oct. 17, 1989 — I had just felt what it was like to be clothes tumble-drying in the old Kenmore....
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Focusing on prevention: Zak Williams talks about supes’ mental health overhaul
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine what would bring two San Francisco supervisors and the son of the late Robin Williams onto the same stage on a chilly Wednesday night. But Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Supervisor Matt Haney, and Zak Williams stopped by Manny’s on 16th and Valencia to talk about something that touches many of our lives, and theirs more than most: mental health.
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Artists ready themselves for open studios — a chance to gain more exposure
This year’s San Francisco Open Studios is set to kick off in the Mission District on the weekend...
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Workers at Mission Neighborhood Health Center say clinic not paying them enough — and hit the streets
Workers at Mission Neighborhood Health Center, a non-profit organization that provides health care services to low-income patients, hit the streets today. They, very publicly, demonstrated for higher wages and changes at their worksites — but say that the center’s management is refusing to address their concerns.
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Dueling mental health reform plans emerge, as workers and patients claim victory at Behavioral Health Center
Political brawl between mayor’s ‘UrgentCareSF’ ballot measure and Supervisors Hillary...
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Compromise reached to save Adult Residential Facility, which mayor and Health Department had moved to gut
The 55-bed Adult Residential Facility — which had been willfully kept largely empty for months,...
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Restaurant Review: Great Gold – what’s in a name?
Chef/co-owner Brandon Kirksey told me that “Great Gold,” the name of his newly rewired restaurant...
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Boba Guys broken into over weekend in SF’s Mission
Boba Guys on 19th Street, among the Mission District’s most popular businesses — with its seemingly perpetual lines of boba fiends — was broken into early Sunday morning at 5:01 a.m.
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California’s cunning plan to bankrupt local pharmacies and keep drugs from AIDS patients
People’s lives will be ruined and the back-end costs will soar. And places like Mission Wellness will struggle to stay in business, which is also a net loss for the community.
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18 Reasons: Living to Eat, Eating to Live: Food as Medicine and Pleasure
October 23 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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The Chapel: A Gorey Halloween – The Edwardian Ball 20th Anniversary Begins
October 23 @ 8:00 pm - 11:59 pm
