Today from Mission Local

Good morning!

We have a new family grocery enterprise in town – three young brothers from the Ahmed family are building a grocery business. Welcome to the neighborhood!

Participants of the Clean Slate program talk about how it changed their lives.

The mayor’s practice of deleting texts is not going down well with the Sunshine task force.

School board candidates discuss antisemitism training and District 11 candidates discuss the Excelsior and its needs.

Robert’s snap made me laugh..so sly!

Check out the event listings below and have a wonderful weekend!

Sara will be back on Monday. Phew!

Lydia

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A person stands in front of a grocery store produce section, wearing a black t-shirt and a black cap, surrounded by fruits and vegetables.

A family grocer expands to third Mission location at former BoA

“It’s something we’re passionate about and we think we’re good at,” said Ahmed.

Eight people stand outdoors in front of greenery, some smiling, with a mix of business and casual attire, including sunglasses and a sunhat.

25 years on, participants say ‘Clean Slate’ program changed their lives

Why she didn’t apply earlier? “I was looking at my kids’ education. I was going to school. I said I cannot afford it…,” Peraza said. 

A woman in a red outfit smiles while standing outside. A man in a suit poses indoors with a U.S. flag in the background.

Mayor, city attorney broke law deleting texts, task force says

“This is a person who’s probably constantly sending messages around the city, and yet … none of them are making it to the public record,” said Dean Schmidt, an attorney and task force member.

Election 2024

Illustrated poster for District 11 Supervisorial Race 2024, with landmarks and portraits of eight candidates: Michael Lai, Adlah Chisti, Ernest "EJ" Jones, Roger Marenco, Chyanne Chen, Jose Morales, and Oscar Flores.

Meet the District 11 candidates: What are the top issues in the Excelsior?

Dumping, public safety, pedestrian safety and more.

Illustration of a school board with 11 diverse members shown in individual circular portraits with names: Madeline Krantz, Min Chang, Parag Gupta, Supriya Ray, Virginia Cheung, Matt Alexander, Jaime Huling, John Jersin, Laurance Lee, Lefteris Eleftheriou, Ann Hsu.

Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

Getting everyone on the record, and hoping to make readers smarter voters. Check out the full series.

SNAP

A black cat walks on a sidewalk next to a brick wall and staircase.

Cat on a mission

By Robert B. Livingston

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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.

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