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Kyoto in the Mission at ArtilleryAG
Mission gallery Artillery A.G., at 2751 Mission St., is hosting a presentation by artist Kana Eto on Friday, Jan. 19. Eto is a traditional Japanese artist from Kyoto, Japan. Her atelier, Saishoku No...
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A wind topples a construction fence on 23rd and San Jose
The strong winds toppled the fence at the San Jose and 23rd Street construction site. We got there late, but some onlookers there said the fence landed on top of a few people and others had to help...
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A Mexican grandmother’s dream fulfilled on Valencia Street
The three-month-old shop DCopper, at 1017 Valencia St., has its roots in Santa Clara del Cobre, in Michoacán Mexico. It’s there, said DCopper’s owner, Andrea Vargas, that her grandmother, Felicitas...
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Photos: Whirling, stepping and drumming through Carnaval
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View ArticleNeigborhood Notes: wild humans, new gathering spaces, a fashion exhibit and more
Wild Humans Ivan Lopez, a Mission native and the owner of Artillery AG, at 2751 Misson St., will introduce Wild Humans, the latest in his series of eco-centric art on Saturday at 6 p.m. Lopez is best...
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Fire breaks out at Janet Moyer Landscaping on Valencia
The San Francisco Fire Department responded early this afternoon to a small fire at Janet Moyer Landscaping at 1031 Valencia St. near 21st Street. Billows of smoke greeted firefighters as they opened...
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Snap: Coyote of Bernal Hill
I took this with my iPhone at about 2:30 this afternoon. It looks like a tired Coyote looking for a quiet place to sleep until the sun goes down. Then it’s hunting time. It seemed completely unfazed...
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A tale about Mission mice: First it’s about food, then sex.
An aberration, a shadowy shade shift flashed in the corner of my eye. Struck with speculative terror, I began carefully examining my apartment. Yes, I found the scourge of city living: mice. The pest...
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Photo Essay: Day 2 of the COVID-19 lockdown in the Mission District
If you have photos from your neighborhood that illustrate what it feels/looks like with the shelter in place policy — whether it is the Mission District or elsewhere — send them to...
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Photo essay: Shelter-in-place photos from across the city
Downtown: these three photos were taken downtown on March 10, around noon — well before the shelter-in-place policy went into effect. Already you can see that people were working from home. We will...
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Snap: Sunday Mission sunrise
Snap: Sunday Mission sunrise is from Mission Local, a site that's been all up in the Mission District since 2008 reporting on everything from tacos to tech, crime to culture, murals to MUNI, recording...
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Rental market tightens by 38 percent since early April
In early April, my 80-plus-year-old friend asked me to help rent a vacant three-bedroom apartment in her two-unit building. The building is her longtime home. The previous residents had moved out […]...
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What is going on with Mission rentals?
This chart shows the number of apartments of any configuration that are available in the Mission. I queried Craigslist daily for a year. I recorded the number of apartments listed for rent. I […] What...
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What is going on with Mission rentals, part 2
I posted the question with a chart at the end of March and we received some great answers to a complex question. As you can see from the latest chart […] What is going on with Mission rentals,...
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Getting ready!
Want to contribute snaps? Send horizontal photos to info@missionlocal.com Subject Head: Snaps. Include 1. The photo, 2. A suggested headline. 3. Where it was taken. See all snaps. Getting ready!
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Photos: The parade returns with Carnaval 2022
Check back, as we will be adding more photos. Photos: The parade returns with Carnaval 2022
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A weekend of Carnaval
Want to contribute snaps? Send horizontal photos to info@missionlocal.com Subject Head: Snaps. Include 1. The photo, 2. A suggested headline. 3. Where it was taken. See all snaps. A weekend of Carnaval
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The Mission doves
Finding a place to live in San Francisco is a tall order, and it’s not much easier for our avian neighbors. For the past month, longtime Mission resident George Lipp […] The Mission doves
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When SF tagging threatens the elderly with fines
Mission Local occasionally publishes letters from community members. My friend, who is also a neighbor, was recently greeted by a Notice of Violation of SF Public Works Code, the anti-graffiti […]...
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