Liliana Michelena
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Past articles by Liliana:
Mission Latino community mourns Maria Saavedra, its 'Queen of Flowers'
Beloved itinerant Mission florist Maria Saavedra took great care of her clients and neighbors while she was alive. After her death, even those who barely → Read More
Dead raccoon toted into Mission McDonald's becomes viral video
The video of an apparent homeless man hanging out with a dead and bleeding raccoon at his McDonald's table has been making the rounds in social media, and → Read More
SF's Mission stayed local this holiday season and gave retail a push
With a little help of the neighborhood's clientele, Mission District businesses generally cleared their holiday sales goals. Despite a decrease in tourist → Read More
The most-read Mission Local stories of 2018
This year, Mission Local's coverage broadened to cover citywide issues and further inform the hottest conversations in the neighborhood. New managing → Read More
Casa Bonampak to close in January; owner still hopes to sell
Casa Bonampak is shutting down its retail store on Valencia Street by mid-January 2019, after months of unsuccessfully searching for an apt candidate to → Read More
Mission High School Bears advance to football section finals
The Mission High School football team defeated Galileo 27-0 Friday evening to qualify to the San Francisco section championship game. The Bears will take → Read More
Mission Housing breaks ground at 490 South Van Ness affordable housing project
A block party and a ceremonial blessing accompanied the groundbreaking celebration of the future affordable housing building at 490 South Van Ness → Read More
Skaters whiz down Dolores Street
The party was already in full swing at 8:30 p.m. tonight with skaters careening down Dolores Street, some wiping out at 19th, others continuing down the → Read More
The World Cup in the Mission: It’s the Euro Cup now
For the orthodox fanatic, it is refreshing to hear so many English speakers calling our sport “football.” Soccer? Does not compute. Not for the hundreds → Read More
The World Cup in the Mission: Your quarterfinal pregame
Only eight teams remain alive in the World Cup, and half of them will be crying on the field before you’re done with your second beer this Saturday. → Read More
The World Cup from the Mission: save your honking for the next round
At Panchita’s #2, a pupusería on 16th Street, even the cashier was distracted by the nail-biting second half of the Germany v. Sweden World Cup game. He gave me the wrong agua fresca twice; I tipped him for knowing his priorities well. → Read More
Mexico topples reigning champ Germany, and World Cup fans storm the Mission
Mexico’s Sunday opener at the 2018 World Cup could have gone on forever. As the game neared its conclusion, fans within the Mission District’s El Farolito Bar were less nervous than you'd think the occasion merited. Instead, they quivered with every Chicharito-led fast-break. Surfing a wave of confidence (and beers), → Read More
World Cup in the Mission: Mexico 1, Germany 0
Hirving “Chucky” Lozano scored the winning goal for Mexico against the World Champions and kickstarted the party at El Farolito. The celebration soon moved to the streets of the Mission → Read More
Where to watch the World Cup in the Mission (even at 5 a.m.)
It's been gone four years ... did you miss it? The United States sure did. The FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Holy Grail of soccer, kicks off today, Thursday, at 8 a.m. Expect to see a parade of national team jerseys in San Francisco’s Mission District — and, with the U.S. out of the tournament for the first time in → Read More
VIDEO: Re-live Carnaval weekend
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