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Hello Readers:

Reopening public schools has become more complicated as Asian parents consider the risks of hate crimes – not only for their children, but for grandparents who often accompany children to school or to the bus stop.

In other news:

It’s spectacular outside – so get out for your own walk. And, don’t forget that your support is always needed.

Thank you!

— Lydia


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Covid Tracker: 34,930 cases, 461 deaths

Average daily new cases have reached the October nadir as positivity rates and hospitalizations remain […]

The city beneath my feet

Walking the long hall of my flat, listening to YouTube comedians, only worked so long.

Trial and error led to the 5 a.m. daily walk.

Paseo Artístico, a lovely afternoon of art captured in real-time sketches

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 20, cultural arts organizations on 24th Street presented an online streaming version of their Paseo Artístico event, organized by Acción Latina, “Mujerx En Acción/Womxn Who Lead.”

Hate crimes add another dimension to what ‘safe’ means to Asian families weighing in-person learning

Many Asian families are hesitant to send their kids back to school for in-person learning.

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I’ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley’s J-school since 2019. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still here.

As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master’s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City’s experiment in community boards.

As founder/executive editor at ML, I've been trying to figure out how to make my interest in local news sustainable. If Mission Local is a model, the answer might be that you - the readers - reward steady and smart content. As a thank you for that support we work every day to make our content even better.