Today from Mission Local

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I am late, but maybe arriving in time for your afternoon coffee break or getting ready for an early glass of wine.

Joe Eskenazi tears into the issues that San Francisco residents appear to be having with the facts. On Saturday, the mayoral candidates tore into one another.

Farmworker leader Dolores Huerta made nice, endorsing Mayor Breed. And, the lesser-known mayoral candidates were given podium time to introduce themselves. Meanwhile, District 9 candidates addressed the city’s rolling and biking plans.

Sadly, Fabric Outlet will be closing.

Dog Eared Books marches on, turning 32 today and offering discounts of 32 percent! Happy Birthday Dog Eared!

More soon,

Lydia

The Latest News

A person in a colorful rooster costume crosses the street at a crosswalk as a red car and a motorcyclist pass by.

SFPD ‘chicken’ crosswalk sting broke right-wing trolls’ brains

The accepted truth that San Francisco is suffering through a worsening crime wave has permeated the bloodstream of the body politic like microplastics.

Interior of a fabric outlet store with numerous rolls of fabric on display. A colorful fabric arrangement and a "Welcome" banner hang above. Clothing and signage are visible on the walls.

Fabric Outlet to close in November after nearly 30 years

“Every year you’re looking at numbers and thinking, ‘Okay, maybe this is the point it’s going to escalate up.’ And it really hasn’t,” Cooney said. 

Election 2024

A man in a suit and a woman in a red blouse sit at a table with microphones and bottled water in front of them. The woman is speaking into a microphone.

See how they run: Breed, Lurie trade barbs in Latino-focused Mission mayoral forum

“…I keep hearing a lot of ‘What we’ve done’ from the candidates who are up here today. We ain’t doing nothing. Many of these people who they’re referring to are people who work with me and with my office,” Breed said.

An illustration of all of the candidates running for the District 9 supervisor seat in this 2024 election.

Meet the District 9 candidates: Do you agree the Biking and Rolling plan is not a priority in the Mission?

Biking in the Mission – and planning to do it.

London Breed and Dolores Huerta

See how they run: Dolores Huerta endorses Mayor London Breed

“I’m honored to have Dolores standing by me in my re-election,” Breed said in her statement.

A group of five people standing in front of a marquee sign that reads "GRAY AREA" followed by event details, with a building in the background.

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Lesser-known S.F. mayoral candidates take the stage

“Hola, buenos días, soy de Los Ángeles, pero no hablo español,” he said — I’m from Los Angeles, but I don’t speak Spanish. “I studied it in high school but don’t really remember much.”

SNAP

A weathered, sculpted face resembling Donald Trump is attached to a rough wooden surface near a partially visible yellow and white sign.

Nailed in SF

By Aife Murray
A series of house numbers counting from 1 to 10

House call

By Robert Weiner

Events

Manny’s: Letter Writing for Kamala Harris

Gray Area: Cybernetic Countercultures Intensive

The Chapel: Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party by Manny’s

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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 and an 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.