Election 2012: Mission Voters Historically Lean Left
The Mission is a liberal-leaning district in a liberal-leaning city in a liberal-leaning state. So it came as no surprise when an overwhelming majority of Mission voters — nearly 90 percent — voted in...
View ArticleSanchez Elementary’s New Library Opens
San Francisco Schools Superintendent Richard Carranza gestured toward the rows of brand-new books at Sanchez Elementary School’s new library and said, “This is where you come to dream and be lost.” The...
View ArticleMirkarimi Retained After Heated Hearing
In a marathon meeting, a majority of seven supervisors voted to oust suspended Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, falling short of the nine votes required to remove him from San Francisco’s top elected law...
View ArticleConversation With Campos
Editor’s note: This column is one of a weekly series of conversations with District 9 Supervisor David Campos addressing issues and events in the Mission. If you have questions for Campos, send an...
View ArticleConversation With Campos
Editor’s note: This column is one of a series of weekly conversations with District 9 Supervisor David Campos addressing issues and events in the Mission. If you have questions for Campos, send an...
View ArticleDozier Found Guilty of 24th Street Sexual Assaults
The jury in the trial of former school food service worker Frederick Dozier Jr., 32, pronounced him guilty today of 25 counts related to the sexual assault of three women along the 24th Street corridor...
View ArticleGhastly ‘Surgeries’ Detailed in Preliminary Guzmangarza Hearing
The preliminary hearing for Carlos Guzmangarza, accused of impersonating a physician’s assistant to perform cosmetic procedures on women whom he allegedly defrauded of thousands of dollars, continued...
View ArticlePollo Campero Opens First San Francisco Branch
Dozens of people milled around the entrance to Pollo Campero Monday morning, some wondering whether it would finally open and others trying to figure out which line was for dine-in customers and which...
View ArticleMayor Unveils Pact to Save St. Luke’s Hospital
After many months of strained conversations between California Pacific Medical Center, city officials and neighborhood interest groups, Mayor Ed Lee announced that the parties have reached agreement on...
View ArticleRising Rents Push One Chain to Downsize
The rising retail rents of the Mission can make even a multi billion dollar international chain store balk. Citing a hike in their rent, the large T-Mobile store at the corner of 20th and Mission is...
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