City to Flooded Residents: We Can’t Fix Floods

Oct 30, 2015 | Featured, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Despite its best efforts, the city will not be able to offer residents and businesses that suffer...

In Salvage Mission, We Return To Scene of Fire

Mar 25, 2015 | Front Page, Mission Fire, Mobile, Photography, Today's Mission

It’s been two months since the fire at Mission and 22nd streets destroyed the large...

Be Willing to Take Even Shorter Showers

Jul 29, 2014 | Mobile, Today's Mission

Good news: San Francisco is doing a pretty good job saving water. Bad news: we could be doing even...

Folsom Flood Could Trigger Lawsuit

May 18, 2012 | Business, Front Page, Government & Non Profits, Housing, Mobile

Charging multiple years of negligence and broken promises, a group of businesses in the northeast...

Mission Sewer Bike Tour

Oct 5, 2010 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Transportation, Video

16th Street and Harrison: ground zero. En Español

Biking the Mission’s Waterways

May 27, 2010 | Clinic, Front Page, Local History, Mobile, Topics

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“You’ve got to understand, these creeks smelled bad,” says Carlsson. “Wetlands don’t smell great even when they’re healthy, but so much sewage ran into them that by the time they were covered, pretty much every creek in San Francisco was nicknamed ‘shit creek'” En Español