Local History

As historic Cesar Chavez mural goes down, local residents get a keepsake

Sep 9, 2020 | 24th Street, Art, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Twitter

Starting Saturday, Sept. 12, the historic Cesar Chavez mural at 24th and York streets will be...

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Neighborhood Notes: Fundraiser for Cesar Chavez mural, SF DocFest, Dance Mission Theater gives discounts to Black residents

Aug 28, 2020 | Art, Events, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Local History, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Twitter

Cesar Chavez mural may come down What’s going on in the neighborhood? The historic mural on 24th...

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Carnaval 2020 aims to test 2,000 people for covid for free

Aug 25, 2020 | Events, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Jobs, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Twitter

After postponement, Carnaval will occur this year — it’ll just look a little different.  For...

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It wasn’t so long ago that trains ran through the Mission

May 25, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

On a quiet Sunday in December of 1992, Bill Cassidy took pictures of the railroad tracks that once...

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Vero Majano remembers Los Siete

Apr 24, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Video

In 1969, seven Central American young men were accused of killing a white police officer in San...

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Musician Lester Chambers boogies his birthday away

Apr 14, 2019 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Richard Segovia walks around the music studio basement of his house wearing a grey ball cap with...

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Grown men plead for a chance to buy a suit at last day Siegel’s sale

Feb 3, 2019 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter

Grown men clamored and pleaded with security to let them in.  Just beyond their reach hung the...

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Lucca Ravioli Co. slated to close as old San Francisco family divests its real estate holdings

Jan 29, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Pair of buildings that host beloved deli, seven housing units, readying for sale “It’s very...

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After nearly 50 years, Workingman’s Headquarters closes and with it goes a piece of the Mission

Jan 15, 2019 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The Workingman’s Headquarters, a hardware store that sold tools to, and made keys for the Mission...

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Baby Jesus’ new clothes — a Mission tradition

Dec 22, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

 Covering the Mission, from development to police and culture, keep us at our jobs and support...

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Zoot suit riot: Siegel’s Clothing folds, and a community is exposed.

Dec 17, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The merchandise is packed into Siegel’s Clothing Superstore like meat stacked into an overstuffed...

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Big Hair, Protest, Dancing in the Street: Such Was the Mission in the ’80s

Nov 28, 2018 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography

Janet Delaney moved to the Mission in 1982 from the South of Market neighborhood, where she’d...

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Breaking: SF Mission’s Galería De La Raza forced out of longtime space by rent hike

Oct 12, 2018 | 24th Street, Featured, Front Page, Housing, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Galería De La Raza, regarded by many as the foremost pillar of the Latino art scene in San...

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The tales of two once-grand San Francisco theaters diverge  

Aug 23, 2018 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Two theaters within two blocks of each other on Mission Street share some striking similarities....

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Photo illustration: The Mission during the 1906 quake vs. today

Apr 18, 2018 | Dolores Park, Events, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mission High School, Mobile, Newsletter, Parks, Photography, SNAPS, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

The 1906 earthquake leveled most of San Francisco and its old glamour. But the city persisted,...

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Mission history: bars of long ago

Apr 14, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The Mission has long been an entertainment zone for the city — home to racetracks, bear and...

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