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‘Historic laundromat’ owner files suit vs. San Francisco for delaying construction of 8-story tower

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Making good on his frequent threats to sue the city if delayed or denied in his quest to transform...

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Muni must be taken apart and put back together again (Updated: Mayor initiates process of axing Muni boss)

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 20, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Update: Mayor Breed puts Muni boss Ed Reiskin on notice with sternly worded letter indicating his...

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Review: Rintaro soars in the Mission

Posted by Maria C. Ascarrunz | Aug 18, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission

Izakaya Rintaro opened in 2015, with Chez Panisse alum Chef Sylvan Brackett at the helm. Although...

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An SF police officer is suing the city, alleging harassment for being gay

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 17, 2018 | Central Station, Covering the Police, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Photo: Outside of Central Station, Officers Brendan Mannix (left) Jen Viceral (right) hand out the...

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Neighborhood notes: GoFundMe for Marco Senghor’s legal defense fund, 20th Street Block Party, etc.

Posted by Mission Local Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | Events, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Donate to Marco Senghor’s Defense Fund Marco Senghor, the owner of the Senegalese restaurant...

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Distillations: Numbing the pain and making heroes at the Wooden Nickel

Posted by Benjamin Wachs | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Restaurant Reviews, Today's Mission, Topics

“What’ll you have?” the dirty blonde-haired bartender asked me, seeming more curious than...

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Bissap Baobab owner may be early local casualty of federal ‘denaturalization’ efforts

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

The recent arrest of Marco Senghor, the Senegal-born owner of the popular dance club and...

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Valencia St. business owner doubles down on selling copper crafts

Posted by Andrea Valencia | Aug 16, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

When Andrea Paz Vargas arrived in the Bay Area almost 10 years ago, she worked three different...

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Twin Peaks tunnel contractor’s safety record comes into spotlight after worker’s death

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 15, 2018 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Shimmick Construction answered “no” on Muni questionnaire regarding past...

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Owner of Bissap Baobab restaurant charged with ‘illegally obtaining’ citizenship

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 15, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Beloved community member pleading ‘not guilty,’ says he ‘looks forward to his...

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One man injured in shooting at 16th and Shotwell

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 14, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

One man sustained life-threating injuries in a shooting that took place Tuesday at 7:25 p.m. at...

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Mission cannabis businesses set to more than double

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 14, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Six proposed marijuana shops, some warehouse-sized, could be headed to the Mission At the Mission...

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Muni’s apology for crashing its own system arrives late, fittingly enough

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 13, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Also: Construction company employing man killed in Twin Peaks tunnel has contractual clause...

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Court-appointed receiver angling to eject notorious landlord Anne Kihagi’s family from apartment

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Aug 13, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Turnabout, they say, is fair play. Anne Kihagi is getting a taste of this. Kihagi, who beat out...

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Neighborhood Notes: Communal kitchens, block parties, and meaningful art

Posted by Charlotte Silver | Aug 10, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Co-working kitchens catch on in the Mission Two new co-working kitchens are about to open in the...

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Controversial displacement study leads to strife between Planning Department, Mission anti-gentrification activists

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 10, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Department denies burying a report claiming new construction doesn’t lead to evictions A...

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