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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Cheers! El Rio patrons drink to its survival after nonprofit buys Mission Street building.
El Rio, the Mission’s celebrated LGBTQ dive bar, is nearing its 41st birthday — and on Wednesday,...
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Neighborhood Notes: El Rio celebrates 41 years in the Mission and Day of the Dead galleries
Voss Gallery Loves You Voss Gallery at 3344 24th St. opens “P.S. I Love You,” a solo...
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SFPD officer accused of lying under oath after severely beating bicyclist in SF’s Mission
A San Francisco police officer lied under oath about the Mission District incident that led to him and another officer to punch a man in the head a dozen times while also beating his legs with a baton, according to the Department of Police Accountability.
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Distillations: Barrel Proof is an odd hybrid, with dozens of TVs … and super high-end cocktails. And it works. Sorta.
“Hey,” I said, before he went to make it. “So, I’m trying to figure this place out, and here’s the story I’m telling myself about it. This bar was founded by two guys, business partners, and one of them wanted to own a sports bar that would show all the other sports bars up, and the other guy wanted a chill-but-hip whiskey cocktail lounge. And instead of not making a bar together they just each did what they wanted to do, and this is the result.”
The bartender thought about it. “I like that story,” he finally said.
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Slice of life: The Barberhood is a full-service shop replete with complimentary ganja, beer and massages
At Barberhood, you can get smoked out before you get your hair faded Working late into the...
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Ravioli real estate empire sold: Lucca Ravioli Co. owners leave SF’s Mission
The owners of Lucca Ravioli Co. have completed the sale of their three buildings on the corner of 21st and Valencia street for a shade above $7 million, marking the first time since 1925 that the family that started Lucca Ravioli Co. will no longer be in the Mission District.
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Fri
18
Red Poppy Art House: Lars and in Charge: Turkish Roman & Original Music
October 18 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
