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Friday A 52-year-old man was kicked in the head and robbed Friday morning on South Van Ness Avenue near 23rd Street. The man was walking on South Van Ness at about 7:09 a.m. when two suspects sneaked up on him from behind and...
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Five men await trial. Five men are missing. And — word is — a new group of I.D. sellers has moved in.
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Stories of violence averted are not often told in the news. Did collaboration between police and the neighborhood do just that?
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“At the rate this violence is going, by summertime we’re going to be out of funds.”
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Three shootings, one stabbing, one fight – all seemingly gang-related. “What the hell is going on here?” one reader writes.
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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.
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Four questions about poetry and resistance.
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Homeless men, bus rides, and public urinations – that’s a day in the Mission for cops. En Español
Read MoreAnother view of growing up on Shotwell Street.
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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 MoreA 19-year-old Mission resident finds an escape from gang life through aerosol art.
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Bernal Dwellings celebrates its second annual Toy Drive, rap included. En Español
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Urban lit draws neighborhood high school students in with harrowing depictions of abuse, drug use and violence they relate to.
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If you are one of the 700,000 that ride Muni daily than this is for you: Today, mayoral candidate...
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The victim was stabbed after exiting a Muni bus. “Without a lot of work, people don’t have much to do,” said one rider.
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Comunidad San Dimas works to keep incarcerated Mission youth from returning to gang life.
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