Today from Mission Local

Good afternoon and my apologies:

Sara is out, and I was supposed to send out the newsletter on Thursday and today, but the days got away from me.

We’ve had some excellent stories so without further delay, here is what you have missed.

Be well and enjoy the weekend,

Lydia

The Latest News

A city street view showing a yellow pedestrian crossing with a median strip containing newspaper stands, flanked by cars and buildings under a cloudy sky.

Pedestrian and cyclist safeness project comes to Folsom Street

“They [the city] did this without zero vision and perspective from the people here on the ground,” said Susanne Korey.

An illustration of District 1 supervisor candidates

Meet the District 1 candidates: Who do you support for mayor?

Guess who supports which mayoral candidate.

A cluttered artist's tray filled with used paint tubes, brushes, and palettes, set against blueprints in the background.

‘Smell the paint’: 1890 Bryant Street Studios opens to public this weekend

“I don’t paint about angst. We have enough of that,” said Luz Marina Ruiz.

People walking and shopping at a busy outdoor market with various vendor tents displaying goods like fresh strawberries.

Market Match program, which doubles CalFresh dollars at farmer’s market, may be slashed 

“It would be a killing cut to the Market Match program,” said Minni Forman, who oversees it.

‘Burrito Team:’ El Farolito’s Cinderella run continues Tuesday vs. Oakland Roots

“That’s the part I love,” said Sebastián Yabur.“They look down on us as an equipo de barrio — but we continue to surprise them.” 

A man sits at a piano, looking at sheet music, in a vintage black-and-white photograph.

A Cultural Mission gets dirty with Elijah Wald and Jelly Roll Morton

“The cliché is that everything got wilder during Prohibition, but it’s simply not true. They wanted to keep quiet,” said Elijah Wald.

A road with white lines and arrows on it.

“The three claims filed in February were denied. Regarding the new claims filed, we are reviewing the claims and will respond in the appropriate time frame.” 

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SNAPS

A black and white photo showing a street sign with "zombie crossing" and a graphic of a pedestrian walking with head down looking at their phone , on an urban street.

Dead man walking

By Walter Mackins
A piece of broken concrete on the pavement next to a parked vehicle.

Public breakup

By Tyler Pullen
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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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