World Cup in the Mission: Mexico 1, Germany 0
Hirving “Chucky” Lozano scored the winning goal for Mexico against the World Champions and kickstarted the party at El Farolito. The celebration soon moved to the streets of the Mission District.
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VIDEO: Re-live Carnaval weekend
Mission weighs in on mayoral candidates
Mission residents weigh in on the upcoming June 5 mayoral election.
VIDEO: The District 8 debate, where the candidates differ
We took Joe Eskenazi’s column and tried to distill it into a silent video. It’s not nearly as much fun as reading the column, but we’re testing out new applications and other forms of storytelling. This was done with the help of Lumen5.
SF Carnaval weekend arrives, and here’s a preview
Carnaval weekend begins with loads of music, food and fun on Harrison between 16th and 24th streets. Then, on Sunday, there is the parade that begins at 9:30 a.m. at 24th and Bryant streets. Here is a sneak preview of what you will see:
Mission Eyes: Exploring the Mission Prom at Brava’s Cabaret
Mission Eyes heads out to Brava’s new Cabaret space and talks to the folks from Loco Bloco and Jamestown Community Center at their new event, the Mission Prom.
VIDEO: San Francisco Friends School hosts youth summit
Students at the San Francisco Friends School spent months studying issues like youth homelessness and climate change, then invited other middle school students to participate in a summit to learn more about what they learned. More than 230 students from all over the city joined the summit on May 4.
VIDEO: 4/20 – this year was ‘the Christmas of Cannabis’
Video profile: Mo Gamin’ on 16th Street
Six days out of the week, Mo fills packs his car with TVs, chairs, hand sanitizer and video game accessories and takes to the streets to set up a streetside studio where anyone can play on ancient Nintendo video game consoles. He sets up his video game consoles and monitors on top of his Honda Accord wagon and opens up his...
Video: New California marijuana laws endanger free medical cannabis providers
Joe Airone has run a donation-based medical marijuana collective since 1996. Sweetleaf has delivered free medical cannabis to the doorsteps of hundreds of low-income, terminally ill patients in San Francisco. But when marijuana was legalized this year, Airone was forced to close up shop. That left more than a hundred low-income, terminally ill Bay Area residents without access to medication....
SF Mission Station ramping up undercover operations, homeless outreach
Mission Station is upping its homeless outreach and undercover operations, said Captain Gaetano Caltagirone at a community meeting Tuesday at the station. Caltagirone stepped in as head of the station two months ago with promises of better community relations and more “old-fashioned” policing, including foot patrols and undercover drug busts. He also seems to be taking a more participatory...
Video: SF Locals try to stay loyal to Mission retail despite clarion call of the click
The shop-local movement, it seems, has been disrupted. But not for lack of trying — Mission residents interviewed by Mission Local out and about are going to frequent their favorite local shops looking for holiday gifts. Still, there’s no denying the expediency of online ordering.
‘Trippy’ doc illustrates ATA’s 30 years in the Mission
As Valencia Street in the Mission is increasingly burnished to a shine, Artists’ Television Access — flying a black-and-white sign like a pirate flag — stands out as a rough spot in a sea of diamonds. The cinema collective moved from SoMa to the Mission in 1986. Since then, ATA has hosted art, performance and cinema, exploring the areas where...
The YIMBYs had a ball: Dispatches from a pro-housing party in your backyard
The YIMBYs are no longer just a scattering of familiar voices at public meetings crying out to build housing and build it faster — now they’re now a real nonprofit and a political movement. At least, that’s how it seemed at the group’s first gala. Here’s a glimpse of the evening: There’s fake news, aggregated news, sponsored news. At Mission...
VIDEO: Activists stir up action at the Women’s Building
Bay Area Women Activists event at The Women’s Building on 18th Street as part of a head-first dive into local organizing. See a print story here.