Fentanyl is killing too many San Franciscans. San Francisco’s homeless policies can actually make things worse.

Aug 12, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Inequality, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

D-Nice’s hands are shaking, so I take the matchbook and light the barbecue for him. The coals...

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Police seize 70 pounds of meth, other drugs, from SF Noe Valley residence

Nov 6, 2017 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

The San Francisco Police Narcotics Unit on Wednesday seized two pounds of heroin, 70 pounds of...

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Police Put Brakes on Party, Arrest One in Gambling Den Raid

Mar 14, 2017 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Police arrested one person and detained two more during a February 22 raid on an illegal gambling...

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SF General Hospital to House New Navigation Center For Mentally Ill, Substance Abusers

Jan 27, 2017 | 24th Street, Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A fifth Navigation Center for the homeless, with a focus on helping those with mental illness and...

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Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users in Shelters Get Health Department Nod

Dec 2, 2016 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, SF Homeless Project, Today's Mission

Traduccion en español aquí. Sites where drug users can safely inject or where alcoholics’...

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How the Mission Fared in the Annual Street Cleanliness Report

Nov 2, 2016 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

The amount of “litter and grime” observed citywide dropped year to year, possibly due...

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Cartooning on Clarion Alley to Prevent Overdoses

Sep 23, 2013 | AP, Art, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission

Entering Clarion Alley off of Valencia Street ensures that you will come face to face with the...

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Elementary School Principal and Mission Resident Arrested on Drug Charges

Sep 24, 2012 | Mobile, Today's Mission

Eric Dean Lewis, principal of Montague Elementary School in Santa Clara, was arrested Friday...

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La Geografía del Dolor

Jun 24, 2011 | SNAPS, Today's Mission, Topics

Poet and activist Javier Sicilia met with illegitimate president Felipe Calderón yesterday. The...

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Drugs, Nickels and 11,000 at 16th Street BART

Feb 23, 2011 | Front Page, Topics, Transportation

Wednesday, Feb. 16, 9:02 a.m. As soon as I come up the escalator at the 16th Street BART plaza,...

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Pot Club Moves Forward

Dec 2, 2010 | Business, Front Page

The grand total of pot clubs in the Mission will go up to six. Maybe.

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Mission Crimes Down, Captain Wants Tasers

Feb 25, 2010 | Covering the Police, Front Page, Mission Station, Trouble

The Captain shares a personal story. En Español

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Away From the Canon, Teen Books Hit Home

Nov 24, 2009 | Education, Front Page

Urban lit draws neighborhood high school students in with harrowing depictions of abuse, drug use and violence they relate to.
En Español

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DNA Profiling: You May Be Next

Oct 22, 2009 | Front Page, Trouble

The ACLU claims California DNA collection law violates civil rights.

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10.21.09

Oct 21, 2009 | Today's Mission

Happy Hump Day.

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Shooting Near Florida and 20th Street

Jun 29, 2009 | Trouble

Neighbors believe Sunday night shooting was drug related. By AMANDA MARTINEZ

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