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Category: Local History

Posted inLocal History

Mission history: Every bar has a story behind it, and generally, that story is another bar

by V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
The Cesar Chavez mural
Posted inLocal History

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

by Annika Hom September 9, 2020August 13, 2021
The Cesar Chavez mural
Posted inToday's Mission

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

by Annika Hom August 28, 2020September 29, 2020
Posted inFeatured

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

by Annika Hom August 25, 2020March 3, 2021
Posted inLocal History

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

by Elizabeth Creely May 25, 2020August 13, 2021
Buck Delventhal
Posted inMobile

Buck Delventhal dies, and San Francisco loses its most capable guide

by Joe Eskenazi October 30, 2019February 11, 2022
Posted inLocal History

Vero Majano remembers Los Siete

by Stefania Rousselle April 24, 2019August 13, 2021
Posted inToday's Mission

Musician Lester Chambers boogies his birthday away

by Brian Perlman April 14, 2019September 29, 2020
Posted inLocal History

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

by Ricky Rodas February 3, 2019August 13, 2021
Posted inLocal History

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

by Julian Mark January 29, 2019August 13, 2021
Posted inLocal History

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

by Elizabeth Creely January 15, 2019August 13, 2021
Posted inLocal History

Baby Jesus’ new clothes — a Mission tradition

by Liliana Michelena December 22, 2018August 13, 2021
Posted inMobile

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

by Joe Eskenazi December 17, 2018September 29, 2020
Posted inMobile

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

by Heather Smith November 28, 2018September 29, 2020
Posted inToday's Mission

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

by Julian Mark October 12, 2018September 29, 2020

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