Trees on Valencia Street slated to be axed — is it tech buses’ fault, or their own?

Posted by Julian Mark | Jul 23, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Just as quickly as the city posted notifications that a trio of ficus trees at the bus stop on...

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Wash Quarters laundromat will close after a $7,000 rent hike

Posted by Julian Mark | Jun 19, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Patrons of the Wash Quarters Laundromat, which has operated on Valencia Street for decades, will...

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Photos: Only a week ago we were celebrating Cinco de Mayo

Posted by Laura Fraenza | May 12, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography, Today's Mission

The Cinco de Mayo celebration took place last Saturday on Valencia between 21st and 24th streets....

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New idea in SF? Manny’s, a bar for civic engagement at 16th and Valencia

Posted by Julian Mark | May 11, 2018 | Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Manny Yekutiel has done a lot of politics in his 28 years. He’s raised funds for the American...

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After two years, Boogaloos reopens on Wednesday

Posted by Julian Mark | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

At 8 a.m. Wednesday, after more than two years of dormancy, one of the Mission’s favorite brunch...

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Neighborhood Notes: Valencia Street dryer fire, Mission Crit, and Equipto’s Timeless Cypher

Posted by Julian Mark | Apr 13, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Dryer Fire on Valencia St. A one-alarm fire caused by a couple of dryers at a laundromat near 19th...

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Permanent lemonade stand coming to Valencia St.

Posted by Julian Mark | Apr 11, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Young entrepreneurs, beware: by June, Valencia Street will be getting a permanent lemonade stand...

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Sixty minutes in a sensory-deprivation tank on SF’s Valencia Street

Posted by Julian Mark | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

When Reboot first popped up on Valencia Street a couple months ago, I was a bit skeptical: Its...

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SF salad chain moving into La Rondalla space on Valencia

Posted by Julian Mark | Mar 27, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Topics

Mixt Greens, a salad chain with eight other locations in San Francisco — and two in Los...

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Lyft moving pickups off parts of Valencia Street

Posted by Michael Toren | Mar 23, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Update (12:10 p.m.): Lyft confirmed Friday morning that the geofenced area does indeed span more...

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One-alarm fire on Valencia Street contained

Posted by Julian Mark | Mar 19, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

A one-alarm fire broke out at on Valencia Street between 17th and 18th streets around 4:40 p.m....

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Calls to boycott Phoenix Pub after owner fires seven female employees

Posted by Julian Mark | Mar 14, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Signs have gone up in the Mission urging patrons to boycott the Phoenix Irish Pub on Valencia...

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A Mexican grandmother’s dream fulfilled on Valencia Street

Posted by George Lipp | Feb 19, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Today's Mission, Valencia Street

The three-month-old shop DCopper,  at 1017 Valencia St.,  has its roots in Santa Clara del Cobre,...

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Man attacks self-driving car in SF Mission

Posted by Julian Mark | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

A man threw his body onto a self-driving car — a GM Cruise AV — causing a car vs....

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SF businesses continue to weigh their involvement with Four Barrel

Posted by JoeBill Muñoz | Jan 11, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble, Valencia Street

Last Thursday, Grand Coffee owner Nabeel Silmi purchased an order of 60 pounds of roasted coffee...

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Four Barrel sexual harassment allegations spook some customers and employees

Posted by Charlotte Silver | Jan 6, 2018 | Business, Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

On Friday afternoon a pall had been cast over Four Barrel Coffee, where employees and customers...

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