People We Meet: Alberto Sanchez, nearly 25 years as a Mission paletero
At 80-years-old, Sanchez works seven day a week. He started working at 11-years-old in his native Mexico City polishing shoes.
Mission Buzz: New coffee shop is coming to the old home of Revolution Cafe
Also, a new Head Start program is coming the Women’s building. Friendship House has a new CEO and a community event at El Faro this weekend.
Valkyries clinch playoff spot for second consecutive season
With just 10 games left in the regular season, the Valkyries have clinched a spot in the playoffs and sit in second place in the WNBA standings. Going into the All-Star break the Valkyries were back-and-forth with the Las Vegas Aces for the number two spot, but they’ve won 15 of their last 17 games…
Meet the District 8 candidates: Should SFPD use Flock surveillance cameras?
San Francisco deploys over 400 Flock automated license plate readers. The District 8 candidates weigh in on the surveillance technology.
OpenAI workers ditched their boss’ politics for Anthropic’s
OpenAI workers not only revealed a schism within one of San Francisco’s frontier AI labs, they also aligned with the politics of their direct competitors
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Cinderella Bakery will finally debut in the Mission District: Opening set for month’s end
Cinderella’s opening in the Mission District is set for Aug. 28. The Russian bakery will open at 24th and Alabama streets.
Ro Khanna backs Connie Chan, saying next S.F. congressperson will have ‘huge megaphone’
Chan’s campaign hopes that Khanna, a progressive who is not in Pelosi’s orbit, will open up new possibilities.
Meet the District 6 candidate: With Medicaid cuts looming, how will S.F. keep providing drug treatment and recovery?
District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey says if S.F. has to find jobs for people in rehab to keep them on Medi-Cal, it’s money well spent.
S.F. wants to ‘revitalize’ SoMa’s 6th St. corridor. It’s starting by closing a drop-in center.
City leaders call for closure of a drop-in center for homeless and low-income residents on S.F.’s Sixth Street corridor with little reasoning.
S.F. board president ousts potential rival from housing committee
Rafael Mandelman dropped Bilal Mahmood from the Land Use Committee. The two may be rivals in a future state assembly race.
California billionaire-tax brawl kicks into high gear
The flush of new money coincided with a fresh onslaught of online opposition from Silicon Valley moguls and entrepreneurs.
Can this treasured S.F. photography institution cheat death again?
One artist, who helped what was once a collective of photographers achieve nonprofit status in 1977, says he has a plan for SF Camerawork.
Meet the S.F. congressional candidates: What major projects should S.F. build?
Congressional candidates Connie Chan and Scott Wiener explain where they would direct millions in federal funding if given the chance.
Soccer, Spider-Man, and an all-purple getup: It’s back-to-school day in San Francisco
At the brand-new Mission Bay School, grandparents flew in from Maryland to celebrate “a really exciting day for our family.”
Mayor Lurie blasts Prop. I as a ‘slush fund.’ His office would control the money.
It’s deeply unfortunate that San Francisco’s mayor is credibly telling voters there’s a slush fund being run out of his office
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