A man on Friday stole a Muni bus, assaulted its driver, and took off on a wild ride in which he struck multiple vehicles, according to the San Francisco Police […]

Man carjacks Muni bus, goes on driving rampage

In the early 2000s, Dolores Ruiz and Vanessa Porras were two high-schoolers on the streets of San Francisco.  “Growing up, tagging was a big thing. I was, um, engaging in […]

People We Meet: Dolores Ruiz and Vanessa Porras

Sidewalk sayings (click to see slideshow)

Trying to blend in

When it comes to taking action during a health crisis, the White House can learn a thing or two from the Mission — and so it decided to. 

The White House welcomed Mission community members, docs

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For ninja fashionistas

Happy Thanksgiving folks! Welcome to the last week of November. Two weeks after election night, every vote has now been counted. See the final data and map results and Joe […]

Stuff to do: Thanksgiving lunches, holiday markets and movies

A suspect who allegedly broke the windows of the taqueria El Faro has been booked at San Francisco County Jail for vandalism for the second time, according to police and […]

Police arrest man accused of repeatedly breaking El Faro’s windows

Every so often, San Francisco hands a flawless script to the nation’s right-wing blowhards and fulminating keyboard warriors, pins a “kick me” sign to its posterior and assumes the position. […]

The real lesson of L’affaire John Arntz: Competence doesn’t matter in SF

When Mission Local contacted the longtime owner of Kilowatt on 16th Street about an upcoming change of ownership, he insisted we were wasting our time: “There’s no story here,” Peter […]

Power Exchange: Kilowatt bar to change hands after 28 years

Free as a bird

A policy proposal that is heading for Board of Supervisors’ approval next week would explicitly authorize San Francisco police to kill suspects using robots. The new policy, which defines how […]

Killer robots to be permitted under SFPD draft policy

Two men have been arrested and charged in the May 14 killing of a man near 24th and Balmy streets, officials say.  Sergio Omar Carreño Rojas, 32, was arrested in […]

Two arrested in Balmy Alley SF murder

For months now, the 24th Street BART plaza has had a strong uniformed presence of representatives from the Department of Public Health, Muni, Public Works and the Police Department.  Come […]

Ambassadors are coming to the Mission District plazas

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Two tickets, please

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Green in-vest-ment

Mission Local data maven Will Jarrett and arts writer Andrew Gilbert have each been honored with top prizes by the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter.  Gilbert drew raves […]

Mission Local nets pair of Society of Professional Journalists awards

Elections director John Arntz, who oversees one of the few San Francisco departments that unambiguously accomplishes its core mission, has not been renewed for his post by the city’s Elections […]

Elections director John Arntz’s contract not renewed by Elections Commission

“You can break it down, into powder.” Inmate Baruwk Ross is explaining how the addiction medicine prescribed to incarcerated people in San Francisco county jails is diverted by the facility’s […]

‘Pretty much everybody is high’: Inmates languish in jail as influx looms

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