Right now it is 65°, heading to another sweltering high of 84° – the forecast for the next ten days is here. Today’s block: Harrison to Alabama, 19th to 20th. These photos were taken yesterday. Went out expecting a dull morning. But this day? This is one of the reasons I still love it here, despite the expense, noise, and...
Right now it is 60° headed to a high of 68° – the forecast for the next ten days is here. Today’s block: 26th to Cesar Chavez between Shotwell and Folsom Streets. With the light good early on, so much the better to sign on and document your block. Don’t wait! Let us know what day and block you would like at...
It’s 65° and headed to 68°. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s block is Guerrero – 28th St – Dolores – Duncan. Rather overcast early this morning at 7:30am but it wasn’t cold. I started my walk on busy Guerrero St. Many cars think that Guerrero and Dolores are freeways. Everyone is in a hurry. I took lots of door, floral...
It is 52˚ and expected to rise to only 59˚. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s block: 14th to 15th Streets between Folsom and Shotwell, the FoodsCo block. As I got off my bike I briefly lamented not taking the next block over, from 14th to 13th, because it is a cornucopia of wall art. But as it turns...
It is 53˚ and expected to rise to 66˚. Details for the next ten days are here. It’s May and that means morning fog, even in the Mission. No breeze, though, so the temperature was just right for a morning stroll around a short block almost at the tip of the southern Mission triangle – 30th Street to Kingston, San Jose to Mission...
It is 56˚ and expected to rise to 76˚. Details for the next ten days are here. These photos were taken earlier this week. Today’s block: 17th to 18th Streets, Mission to Capp, with occasional looks inside the stores that line these streets. With the light good early on, so much the better to sign on to document your block. Don’t wait! Let us know what...
It’s 10:55 but these photos were taken earlier. It’s now 52˚ and expected to rise to only 65˚. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s block: 16th to Camp, Guerrero to Albion. Our block includes the most important intersection in the history of San Francisco, Albion and Camp, the birthplace of the city in which we live. On June 29,...
It is 10:30 a.m. but these photos were taken at earlier. It is now 49˚ and expected to rise to a 67˚. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s block: Folsom to Treat, 16th to 17th Streets With the light good early on, so much the better to sign on to document your block. Don’t wait! Let us know what day and...
It is 10:15 a.m. but these photos were taken at 7 a.m. It is now 55˚ and expected to rise to a cooler 64˚. Details for the next ten days are here. Today’s block: 22nd to 23rd streets, Quane Alley to Dolores. Many drivers were driving way too fast on Dolores St. Even a bicyclist rode on the sidewalk. Only one dog walker this...
It is 10:00 a.m. but these photos were taken earlier this morning. It is now 54˚ and expected to rise to 67˚. Details for the next ten days here. Today’s Block: 22nd St to 23rd St, Valencia St to San Jose Ave. “Are you here yet? Where are you?” my girlfriend would ask. “I’m circling the block! I’ll be there...
Lynn E. Hazen is a San Francisco native and children’s book author living in the Mission. She also earned an M.A. in Education from San Francisco State University and owns and directs The Preschool. Her books include: The Amazing Trail of Seymour Snail, chronicling the journey of an artistically inclined snail as he tries to work in the field he loves the most; Mermaid Mary...
After 40 years of indirect partnership with Head Start, which provides daycare and nutrition services for children of underprivileged families, the Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc. (MNC) announced Wednesday that it is now a direct grantee of the federal program and will expand its Head Start program to children under four-years-old. As of 2010, MNC operated 10 Head Start centers throughout the city,...
"All of these years," he says, "my question has been - 'How can a place be an arts center and still exist, without becoming an arts organization?'" En Español
On a brisk, cold night in the Mission, a group of neighborhood residents gather to discuss whether or not it is appropriate to drink water out of the toilet tank. En Español
