The Miz in the Mission: WWE wrestler gives San Francisco fans ‘awesome’ experience
Michael Gregory “The Miz” Mizanin, a reality TV star turned pro wrestling champ and,...
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The Mission’s ‘Sunset Idea House’ is now a squatters’ palace
‘Homeless Johnny Depp’ and a ‘six-star admiral’ highlight the strange and...
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More than 200 housing units being planned near Potrero del Sol Park — art space future unclear
A seven-story, 205-unit housing project is being proposed at Cesar Chavez Street and Potrero Avenue — currently the site several old warehouses being used as artist space.
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World of Noodles and Banh Mi: A Little Too Much to Swallow?
Along the short 22nd Street corridor between Mission and Valencia, there has been a flurry of new...
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Plan to transfer permanent housing at Behavioral Health Center into temporary shelter is ‘paused’
In a late Friday afternoon announcement, the Department of Public Health affirmed it has...
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Neighborhood Notes: Uncovering the Mission’s oldest mural, children’s fairs, art shows and more
“Somos/Funky” at Accion Latina With a curated selection of work covering 19 Mission artists,...
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Gutted 3300 Club building up for sale, as developer ditches plans
The fire-ravaged former home of the 3300 Club bar and a 28-unit residential hotel is back on the market for $3.15 million, according to Erik Murray, the managing partner of a real estate company that bought the building two years ago with plans to renovate it.
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‘Unpleasant’ or ‘interesting’? Two-ton, $5,000 bench arrives at 16th and Mission
Is it a sculpture? A coffin? An alien pod from outer space that landed right at the 16th and Mission BART plaza? No, say BART officials, it’s actually a bench — a 3,900-pound, $4,661 bench — that was installed a couple of days ago on the northeast plaza near the Walgreens.
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An immigrant Latina’s experience is transformed into a high-tech dance show
When she was just 25 years old, Mabel Valdiviezo had to make one of the most difficult choices of her life: leave her native Peru or stay and risk her life during a time of political repression.
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‘Those Who Wander’ explores the world of ‘Lost Street Kids’
‘Those Who Wander’ begins with a grisly murder, but expands into the lives of...
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Slice of life: Outside Aramex restaurant, the Mission is gentrifying. But not in here.
On a recent hot Friday afternoon, the Aramex restaurant near 16th and Mission Street is bustling with action. Noise from the street bleeds in, mixes with the sounds of deep fryers cooking baskets full of chicken while merengue plays from a bluetooth speaker in the kitchen and industrial fans blow the warm air outward. It’s warmer inside Aramex than the rest of the Mission by at least two degrees.
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Nurses, mental health workers storm Health Commission meeting, shut it down
You can say this about the nurses staffing the imperiled Adult Rehabilitation Facility on the...
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Hundreds march to City Hall and demand an end to immigration detention camps
Hundreds of demonstrators on Monday morning took to the streets of the Mission District and demanded an end to the federal government’s ongoing treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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SF Health Department chose to deny services to the mentally ill. This was a management decision. Fixing it can be, too.
Lorraine, who is 80, was apparently given two choices: Leave the Bernal Heights board-and-care...
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Finding Mission District pupusas that take me back to my mother’s kitchen
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.
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A day at La Pulgita, the Mission’s free outdoor street market
La Pulgita is a city sanctioned outdoor market place where vendors can come on Saturdays to sell their goods.
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Tue
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Manny’s: October Presidential Debate Watch Party at Manny’s (Day 1)
October 15 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Tue
15
18 Reasons: Beginning Cheesemaking: Feta, Fromage Blanc, Creme Fraiche
October 15 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
