The students normally wear masks while distance learning, but Brian Jose was photographed after a snack. Photo by Kate Selig.

Hello Readers:

Some parents have taken action on their own and are holding outdoor classes three days a week at Dolores Park. For some, the wifi is better in the park than at home.

In other news:

  • The Covid Tracker – deaths are up, but other indicators continue to get better.

Stay safe and enjoy the weekend,

— Lydia

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Covid Tracker: 33,397 cases, 387 deaths

As deaths pile up from the recent surge, hospitalizations have sunk below 100.

The new denizens of Dolores Park are four feet tall

The nine figures sat silently on camping chairs and blankets in Dolores Park, shaded by a big tree. They’re wired in, laptops open and headphones on, rapidly typing while keeping an eye on their video calls and packed calendars.

A chihuahua ambles between them, sniffing shoes and nudging legs to figure out what they’re up to. Building the next “Uber for X,” perhaps? No, they’re public school kids trying to pass math.

Just a snap.

What is it with ironing boards?

This is the third I have seen abandoned on the street – all in the last month.

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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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