One SF Mission Block: What Was, What Is

Sep 26, 2015 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography, Today's Mission

When I step foot onto the block of Mission between 21st and 22nd streets, I feel a sense of home,...

Housing + Artists: SF Resident Talks Mission History

Jul 21, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

Looking back on decades-long struggles for housing, long-time Mission resident Tony Levine has...

Long Term SF Resident Talks About Gentrification

Jun 16, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

In my search for long-time Mission residents, I didn’t have to go far. John Nuno, who was born in...

The Changing Mission Has Been Changing for Decades

Jun 6, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Photography, Today's Mission

John, a who has been reading our coverage about the changes in the Mission wrote in and offered...

True San Franciscans Gather to Spray Paint and Remember

Apr 18, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Photography, Today's Mission

This morning hundreds of people gathered at Dolores Park for one of the few celebrations...

Grand Theater’s Art Deco Splendor Finds a New Face and Purpose in Tech Art

Apr 9, 2015 | Art, Education, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Technology, Today's Mission, Video

With two more days to go in its fundraising drive, the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts is making...

Long-Time Artist Captures a Genteel Mission in Homie Boxes

Apr 2, 2015 | Art, Business, Events, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mission Street, Mobile, Photography, Today's Mission, Topics

Chances are, you’ve seen Cindy DeLosa’s work in windows around the Mission: small...

Cesar Chavez (3.31. 27 – 4.23.93)

Mar 31, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

It’s hard to know how to honor Cesar Chavez, who was born 88 years ago today. So many people...

Marshall Elementary Celebrates 100 Years

Jan 24, 2015 | Education, Elementary Schools, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Photography, Today's Mission

With elected officials, former and current teachers and some 265 students and many parents,...

Where Does the Mission District End?

Dec 3, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, The Mission Wakes Up, Today's Mission

Let me narrow that question. Most on my mind these days is the Mission’s eastern boundary. The...

Friends and Family Celebrate Sandy Cuadra

Oct 31, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

Frisco’s Finest lowriders lined up outside St. Peter’s Church Wednesday as friends and family of...

Original Artists Reunite at Carnaval Mural

Oct 15, 2014 | Art, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Photography, SNAPS, Today's Mission

The photographer Lou Dematteis, who took the original photograhs of the 1979 Carnaval, which...

Library Helps Latinos and Others Digitize History

Oct 15, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Photography, Today's Mission

On Saturday afternoon, Susan Goldstein, the City of San Francisco’s archivist, could be found in...

The Mystery of the Lost Latino Pop Stars

Sep 22, 2014 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mission Street, Mobile, Today's Mission

A little bit of Shakira, Ricky Martin, Celia Cruz, Vicente Fernandez and other icons of Latin pop...

Preserving San Francisco’s Latino Voices

Aug 26, 2014 | Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

If San Francisco city planners had known more about the former thriving North Beach Latino...

Mission History Map

Aug 7, 2014 | AP, Featured, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Today's Mission

There’s a ton more history in the Mission and we’ll be adding new maps as the summer...

Local History

Housing + Artists: SF Resident Talks Mission History

Long Term SF Resident Talks About Gentrification

The Changing Mission Has Been Changing for Decades

True San Franciscans Gather to Spray Paint and Remember

Grand Theater’s Art Deco Splendor Finds a New Face and Purpose in Tech Art

Long-Time Artist Captures a Genteel Mission in Homie Boxes

Cesar Chavez (3.31. 27 – 4.23.93)

Marshall Elementary Celebrates 100 Years

Where Does the Mission District End?

Friends and Family Celebrate Sandy Cuadra

Original Artists Reunite at Carnaval Mural

Library Helps Latinos and Others Digitize History

The Mystery of the Lost Latino Pop Stars

Preserving San Francisco’s Latino Voices

Mission History Map

What To Do

826 Valencia: Volunteer writing workshop: Imagining Justice

Little Mission Studio: LMJB & LMS Holiday Concert!

18 Reasons: Paste di Natale: Lasagna Primer

Roxie Theater: Staff Pick: Gremlins (in 35mm)

Red Poppy Art House: Mizuho Sato Flamenco: Live Flamenco Performance