Hello Readers:

With vaccinations ongoing, we forget that for many residents who are out of work, the crisis remains. We have been going to the food lines all year and we returned again to talk to people about their year. It was a reminder that on the anniversary of the pandemic, it is far from over.

In other news:

Stay safe and enjoy the weather,

— Lydia

Stories

New restaurant LUNA to replace Luna Park

Six years after Luna Park at 694 Valencia St. closed, the location is being revived.

A year into the pandemic, residents rely on faith and family to manage ongoing instability

“One measure I’ve taken is not spending on things I don’t need,” Muñoz said. “Two is trying to use the car as little as possible to not waste gas because gas is very expensive right now. Three is coming to the food line because I can save $60 or $70 on food.” 

Biriani House – More Indian in the Hood!

Biriani House has been open a little over two weeks, in the old Dosa space, and already it’s a place to take note of.

Covid Tracker: 34,623 cases, 447 deaths

The transmission rate in San Francisco remains at historic lows with  Covid-19 R Estimation putting our local number in a range from .42 to .78, for an average of .60, whereas  the ensemble ranges from .46 to .83 for an average of .68. 

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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.