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Mission vibe – street art tableau

With the Chinese New Year of the Tiger just four days away, we’ve rounded up some activities to get in the festive mood. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger in […]

Neighborhood Notes: Year of the Tiger, Drive My Car and more

With omicron apparently in decline, R Number models show the San Francisco R Number close to or below 1. Hospitalizations, average infection numbers and positivity rates are coming down. Slowly.

Covid-19 Tracker: The incredible shrinking R Number

What are the biggest challenges to developing much-needed housing and making it accessible to those who need it? What ideas would you implement as an assembly member to overcome these […]

Five questions for Assembly Candidates, Question 3: housing

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Not a big fan

At the corner of 18th and Dolores streets, two young men directed a young woman to probe the inside of her nostrils with a long swab. It’s a familiar drill; […]

City releases covid test collection guidance as pop-up sites abound

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Oops, the proofreader was on vacation

Charles Phan who turned his Valencia Street Slanted Door into a must-stop destination in the 1990s and later moved it downtown, will return as early as next week to 18th […]

Charles Phan of Slanted Door fame returns to the Mission with sandwiches

I have such conflicted feelings about Manny’s. Can we talk? Manny’s, at the corner of 16th and Valencia, is not just a good corporate citizen but probably one of the […]

Distillations: Sorry, Manny’s — it’s not you, it’s me

An aftertaste of garlic sauce stayed with me on the way home. Not an oily or greasy residue, but something more subtle, more spiritually satisfying. Overall, a memorable encounter with a pile of delightful garlic noodles left me favorably impressed.

NoodleMania goes to Spice Jar

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Lulu masked

Mayor London Breed says she has doubled down to improve conditions in the Tenderloin, but the city continues to withhold some $3 million allocated in 2021 to implement a new team of workers to respond to homelessness.

Mayor aims at Tenderloin but withholds funds for homeless response team 

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Out of order

The impressive dip in numbers last week seems to be taking a breather. Infection numbers and positivity rates have stalled their downward slide, but hospitalilzations have stalled their upward climb. Most R Number models show transmission rates trending downwards and some show remarkable lows.

Covid-19 Tracker: Another plateau?

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Only thee p’s?

Angelina’s friend was getting a group together to go dancing over in Oakland at Sweet’s Ballroom. Spring, 1953.  Her friend’s brother, Jose, home on leave from the army, was visiting […]

Married for decades, Mission residents Angelina and Jose share their secrets

"It all happened inside," said an employee at the neighboring Stop & Shop Market.

40-year-old man dies in bar fight at Club 26 Mix

Following its fifth meeting this month, the Department of Building Inspection’s oversight commission on Jan. 21 selected the next department head. The announcement of just who that person is will […]

The logical flaw at the heart of the City Attorney’s vindication of DBI director

Since taking office in July 2018, “unacceptable” is a word that Mayor London Breed has often used to describe the situation in the Tenderloin. Her much-covered December 2021 pledge to […]

Mayor Breed’s prior Tenderloin police blitzes promised lots, delivered little

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