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Ever wondered if the notorious Bernie Curran, RoDBIrigo Santos, or one of the other federally charged DBI fixers, worked on your house? Or if there was funny business at a neighbor’s building? Explore Will Jarrett’s amazing new map of the thousands of projects around the city where Curran, Santos, Cyril Yu and Rudy Pada, separately or in combination, worked their magic.

Three days into the ban on Mission St. sidewalk sales, the chase goes on. Mission Local talked with vendors at the plazas who simply move to a new spot when enforcement teams come . And we learned what vendors think about those city-run indoor spaces.

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Licensed vendor Franco Gonzalez standing in front of a table full of electronics that he is selling indoors, due to the new street-vending ban

Update: Three days into street vending ban – is it working?

“I was at 16th, then the police came. So I got on a bus and came here.”

Rodrigo Santos, Cyril Yu, Bernie Curran, and Rudy Pada.

Did an (accused) criminal work on your home? Check our map.

“You can’t say Curran wasn’t working hard.”

A group of reporters working at the Mission Local newsroom

Mission Local is seeking a development associate

Help our growing newsroom staff with fundraising.

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A fleet of Cruise cars parked in a parking lot behind a fence.

Cruising to nowhere

By Zach Smith

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