Talk about your family background. What do you consider yourself ethnically, and how has that shaped you politically? Respuestas en español aquí. Hillary Ronen, Chief of Staff to Supervisor David Campos My great grandparents on both sides of my family escaped Russia after suffering persecution for being Jewish. My mom’s grandparents immigrated to the United […]
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Grand Opening for MEDA’s El Mercado
The new small-business incubator program by the Mission Economic Development Agency celebrates its grand opening today! En Español
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Covid Tracker: 27,878 cases, 241 deaths
Cases are surging again, though hosipitalizations, the positivity rate and the R number have calmed down at least for a day.
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Staff favorites for 2020
Mission Local’s staff picks their favorite stories of the year.
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Covid Tracker: 19,863 cases, 173 deaths
Will a quarantine of travellers tamp down the disease? As cases and hospitalizations continue to grow, we hope so.
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Covid Tracker: 16,208 cases, 162 deaths
Average daily case numbers and the rate of weekly change in Covid positive patients declined somewhat but it’s too soon to tell whether this is a trend.
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Covid Tracker: 14,251 cases, 156 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily Covid-19 data dump. Amidst all the bad Covid news, the UCSF Grand Rounds yesterday offered a generous ray of optimism. No, The Vaccine didn’t come this morning, but soon. In response to the local surge, UCSF in alliance with Unidos en Salud will provide free testing […]
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Covid Tracker: 12,753 cases, 151 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily Covid-19 data dump. DPH contact tracing leaders published a research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday, providing much more data on the program than we have seen to date. Annika reviews the letter and looks at some of the data. UCSF […]
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Covid Tracker: 12,032 cases, 140 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily Covid-19 data dump. Those who were around during the HIV/AIDs crisis in the City may feel like it’s “deja vu all over again” watching the Department of Public Health engage in its old tactics of evasion, obfuscation, contradiction while shining on those most in need. And […]
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Covid Tracker: 11,533 cases, 114 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily Covid-19 data dump. In the wake of Dark Ages Donald’s viral adventure, UCSF docs held a special Grand Rounds. They theorized on when he got infected and explained the meds he’s taking but made little of his cavalier attitude. Publically minimizing the virus all but assures […]