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S.F. housing nonprofit MEDA cuts staff, slashes salaries as fiscal troubles mount
Months after city approved $37.8 million rescue package for troubled MEDA housing units, affordable developer lays off a dozen workers
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Mission Buzz
Mission Buzz: Sayonara to French-inspired bakery. Bienvenue to homemade onigiri and bento boxes
More from Mission Buzz: Fox and Lion Bread turned three years earlier this month. Also, Valencia Live returns in May.
People We Meet
People We Meet: Nigel Poor’s prison-life podcast is coming to S.F.
The artist-cum-podcast host has spent a lifetime thinking about San Francisco’s discarded objects — and its people.
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Colin Hutton’s Video Wave makes an old format work
Hutton, a former librarian finds that managing a vast video inventory is comparable to running a library filled with books.
Puff, puff … past: S.F. supervisor proposes ban on smoking in outdoor patios
An ordinance to ban smoking from outdoor patios at bars is currently under review by the board of supervisors. Time for a smoke break?
Photos: It’s Open Studios weekend at 1890 Bryant Street
1890 Bryant Street Studios will be open today and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Special Report
The 16th St. Plaza crackdown
Can we design trouble out of the 16th St. BART plazas?
The 16th St. BART plazas are being redesigned — again! What can we do differently this time?
16th and Mission: A Bermuda triangle of vice that eludes zoning
It’s been one year since Mayor Daniel Lurie cracked down on drugs and street vending at 16th and Mission. How’s it going?
S.F. to boost police presence at Mission BART plazas, Mayor Lurie says
Mayor Daniel Lurie announced more police foot patrols, a dedicated sergeant, and more to come for the troubled Mission District BART plazas.
Poop-hopscotch: Kids dodge drugs, feces near 16th and Mission elementary school
For months, Jackie Fielder’s office has tried to make the streets around Marshall Elementary safer. Are things finally changing?
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