Before Armando Ramirez became the co-owner of Off Top, a hat store that opened in April at 2359 Mission Street, in the El Capitan building, he earned a six-figure salary as a mortgage lender in Sacramento, he said. For two years he was working six days a week, and he had his own apartment, but the job left him unhappy....
Pre-Game: Dolores Park In Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga writes, “at any moment, even in a highly developed civilization, the play-‘instinct’ may reassert itself in full force, drowning the individual and the mass in the intoxication of an immense game.” Dubs\Cavs 3.0 Game Four. The final game of an epic sweep! How much more IMMENSE does it get? This morning, still...
Pre-Game: Pork Store (Restroom) The usual inspired graffiti: “I hate techies.” “I ate techies.” And then this: “Hipster Techie Go Home.” It’s crossed out with what might be lipstick and underneath is written “Shut up dipshit Poser fake local from Cleveland.” Mmm. I grew up in Cleveland. Let the games begin. First Quarter: Pork Store Kind of quiet here at...
Marco, 34, was wearing a Golden State Warriors sweatshirt on Tuesday as he waited to use the ATM at Wells Fargo. For the past four years, he’s been a fan of the team. “They’re the team for my city, of course I support them,” he said. Tonight, he’s going to watch their game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at a sports...
Basketballs in the air, the buzz, the blue, the yellow, the parties. You want to jump into the NBA hoopla, so you need to know something. On the other hand, you don’t care to know too much. For you, and for more serious fans fed up with the local MSM cheerleaders, Mission Local provides the authentic Dubs\Cavs 3.0 Guide for...
The Mission High School boys basketball team made history on Friday night becoming the first San Francisco public school to win a state title. The 82-75 overtime win in Sacramento against Villa Park High School made the Mission High School Bears the statewide Division 3 champions. “Oh my god,” said spectator Kathryn Gordon, whose son is a former team...
Mission High School basketball players are hoping to make history for their team. After beating the first-ranked, private-school opponent St. Ignatius High School on Monday, the team is headed to Fairfield on Saturday aiming to beat third-ranked Vanden High School in the last regional competition. If they do so, they’ll be headed to the statewide championships, where they’ve never been...
For two guys playing tennis at Dolores Park yesterday, it was just a Sunday night in the park. But then tennis superstar Serena Williams showed up, TMZ reports. Williams decided to ask if she could join their match “just to see their reaction.” “Oh my goodness! Is this for real?” one of the players asks in the video recorded, apparently, by Williams’ fiance...
Mission High School football head coach Greg Hill was looking toward the American flag when, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of his varsity football team. The players had dropped to one knee as the announcer at Redwood High School’s stadium directed the crowd to stand and face the flag as the national anthem sounded....
Attention soccer fans! If you’re excited about the Copa America centennial, local business owner and master empanada maker Paula Tejeda is throwing a carrete chileno, or Chilean party, Sunday at 5 p.m. at Slate Bar on 16th Street to celebrate it. Tejeda has produced both a brand-new empanada (featuring merkén, a kind of chili) and an event featuring Chile’s DJ Julicio, who has...
At lunchtime on a Thursday, two shirtless men emerged amid thumping music from a warehouse in the Mission District, panting profusely – their bodies glistening with sweat from an Olympic-style workout. One of the men, Dylan Enright, walked halfway down the block to take a breather, then returned with an invigorated smile. “Why do I do CrossFit? Because I’ve never had a better...
Public Health Alert! An explosion of Warrior Fever is expected around 8:30 p.m.. Experts say the outbreak may not occur until Wednesday night. Warrior Fever, a mysterious new virus , has been sweeping the Bay Area for weeks. Large sections of the East Bay have been infected. You’ve seen the gear on the streets, and recent reports from the Homestead,...
Seasoned athletes on customized racing bikes hurtled along Treat street Friday night right alongside first-time riders for the first local fixed-gear criterium race through city streets. The Mission Crit (short for “criterium”), a 40-minute, multi-lap sprint open to anyone with fixed-gear bicycle and a few dollars for a registration fee, is only the second race of its kind in San Francisco....
Right outside the Easter(n) Border of the Mission, Bring Your Own Big Wheel yesterday took possession of the curviest street in SF (take that, Lombard Street), at Vermont & 20th st. Has been as usual a lot of fun, people and frozen wind.
Remember Mission Street after the Giants won the World Series in 2010? How about 2012? giantsmission from Alejandro Bryan Rosas on Vimeo. And, after the 2014 Pennant Win. IMG 8166 from Mission Local on Vimeo. Well, this anonymous six-year-old is pleading you not to destroy the neighborhood, okay? Okay. DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT OUR MISSION GUIDE
