After the Raid
Five men await trial. Five men are missing. And — word is — a new group of I.D. sellers has moved in.
Read MoreApr 6, 2011 | Front Page, Today's Mission, Trouble
Five men await trial. Five men are missing. And — word is — a new group of I.D. sellers has moved in.
Read MoreApr 5, 2011 | Front Page, Trouble
Stories of violence averted are not often told in the news. Did collaboration between police and the neighborhood do just that?
Read MoreMar 5, 2011 | 24th Street, Front Page, Mission Street, Trouble
“At the rate this violence is going, by summertime we’re going to be out of funds.”
Read MoreNov 24, 2010 | Front Page, Trouble
Three shootings, one stabbing, one fight – all seemingly gang-related. “What the hell is going on here?” one reader writes.
Read MoreOct 8, 2010 | Front Page, Topics
One thing you learn here fast. You can’t sit too long in a bar without a guy buying you a drink. You have to be ready to interact.
Read MoreApr 28, 2010 | Art, Front Page
Four questions about poetry and resistance.
Read MoreFeb 19, 2010 | Front Page, Trouble
Homeless men, bus rides, and public urinations – that’s a day in the Mission for cops. En Español
Read MoreJan 4, 2010 | Front Page, Trouble
Another view of growing up on Shotwell Street.
Read MoreDec 25, 2009 | Front Page, Trouble
Frank Peña was murdered in September due to Norteño-on-Norteño gang violence, police say. But the story of his life—and death—shows how difficult escaping one’s past can be.
Read MoreDec 12, 2009 | Art, Front Page
A 19-year-old Mission resident finds an escape from gang life through aerosol art.
Read MoreDec 3, 2009 | Front Page, Government & Non Profits
Bernal Dwellings celebrates its second annual Toy Drive, rap included. En Español
Read MoreNov 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
Nov 23, 2009 | Today's Mission
If you are one of the 700,000 that ride Muni daily than this is for you: Today, mayoral candidate...
Read MoreNov 16, 2009 | Front Page, Trouble
The victim was stabbed after exiting a Muni bus. “Without a lot of work, people don’t have much to do,” said one rider.
Read MoreNov 10, 2009 | Front Page
Comunidad San Dimas works to keep incarcerated Mission youth from returning to gang life.
Read MoreNov 5, 2009 | Front Page, Trouble
Tough questions about crime seek results.
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