Here is a fun shot from Lands End that I took over the weekend.

Dear readers: 

It’s Tuesday, and guess what? If you’re vaccinated and outdoors walking, riding your bike, or running, San Francisco says you can shed your mask! 

Yet people still seem to be wearing them outdoors… Read our latest story below to hear from a few residents talk about why they have decided to stay masked-up or rip it off.

— Hope you all are having a great week! Clara-Sophia Daly 

Our latest from Mission Local

Deb, 68, was not wearing a mask when exercising on Valencia Street on Tuesday morning. "It feels good it’s much easier to exercise especially for somebody my age." Eric Corbel, 57, is going to keep using his mask because he “can contaminate others.” Photo by Clara-Sophia Daly.

State agrees with CDC to ditch masks outdoors, but locals are still hesitant

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has told the fully vaccinated that it’s okay to forgo the mask outdoors, and California and San Francisco said the same on Monday.  But residents here still have mixed feelings about letting go of the masks they have been wearing for more than a year. 

Members of the Latino Task Force at the 701 Alabama St. Food hub registering residents for the vaccine.

It’s easy peasy to get a vaccine in the Mission District

Appointments are available and vaccines are free throughout the Mission. Already, 63 percent of the residents in Mission have been vaccinated, putting the Mission at 13th of the city’s 38 neighborhoods.

Once fully vaccinated, residents can walk outside without a mask, the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced Monday.

COVID Tracker: 36,201 cases, 537 deaths

The Bay Area is embracing the Vaccine and it shows in the data; only 15 SF hospitalizations on April 30.

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Clara-Sophia Daly is an award-winning journalist who covers immigration for Mission Local. Previously, she reported for the Miami Herald, where she covered education and worked on the investigative team. She graduated with honors from Skidmore College, where she studied International Affairs and Media/Film, and later earned a master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School.

Her reporting portfolio includes investigations into a gymnastics coach who abused his students for more than a decade — work that led to his arrest.

She also covered the privatization of Florida’s public education system, state-funded anti-abortion pregnancy centers, and the deputization of university police officers under federal immigration programs.

A Northern California native, she first joined Mission Local as an intern for a year during the pandemic — and is excited to be back writing stories about immigration.

Got a tip? Email her at clarasophia@missionlocal.com. Her signal is clarasophia.13