Charlotte Silver
Mission Local
Oakland, CA, United States
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Neighborhood Notes: Communal kitchens, block parties, and meaningful art
Co-working kitchens catch on in the Mission Two new co-working kitchens are about to open in the Mission. BiteUnite, which hails from Hong Kong, will soon → Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance wows SF’s Mission. Her speech not so much.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s appearance wows SF’s Mission. Her speech not so much. Not even five minutes into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s sold-out appearance → Read More
A Mission school prepares to host its homeless students in an on-campus shelter
People arrived at the Buena Vista Horace Mann School gym on 23rd Street recognizing old neighbors and meeting new ones on Monday night. They warmly → Read More
Listen Local: breaking down a dismemberment murder
Lisa Gonzales was arrested on June 2 for murdering and dismembering her roommate, 61-year-old Margret Mamer. In this Listen Local episode, we speak with → Read More
Tony Machado, one of SF Mission's first muralists, dies at 63
Anthony “Tony” Machado, the artist who helped create some of the Mission’s most defining murals, passed away in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 7, at the home of his daughter and grandchildren. He was 63. → Read More
Bartending is like acting
Danny Garland started serving beer and wine before he could buy it. He was just 18 years old in Los Angeles. Thirty-two years later, he still loves bartending. “If I was still, at this age, worried about how much money I was making behind the bar, I wouldn’t be behind the bar. It’s not a solid job.” “It’s kinda like → Read More
Trans March in SF's Mission: "It's like a reunion"
Today's Trans today might be the biggest one since it started in 2006. But that's little surprise: People we spoke to said that it grows each year, and each year there are more young people joining. Thousands are expected to come this year. "Each year it gets bigger, and it's filled with trans people — not → Read More
One killed and one gravely wounded in SF Mission shooting
One man was killed and another suffered a life-threatening wound at around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning in a shooting at the 2700 block of Harrison Street, near 24th Street. → Read More
Not guilty plea entered in SF dismemberment murder case
“Obviously these allegations of dismemberment color this and make it sound terrible,” defense attorney says. Lisa Gonzales, the woman accused of killing her 61-year-old roommate before dismembering her body, pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Thursday morning. Her public defender Alex Lilien told the court that he → Read More
Gang injunctions grilled by Board of Supervisors panel
There are 53 people remaining on San Francisco’s four gang injunctions — down from 139 since the City Attorney began reviewing the program this year in response to mounting pressure. But, in an appearance yesterday before skeptical members of a Board of Supervisors committee, Deputy City Attorney Yvonne Mere firmly → Read More
The dollar store becomes too pricey of a cultural asset to keep
Mary Feeley, who lives at an SRO downtown, walked into the Dollar Store at 17th and Mission with a stack of Street Sheets tucked under her arm and waved hello to the store’s owner, Arman Muhammad. She had come for some soap, but when she found out the store will likely be replaced with an apartment complex her smile → Read More
Suspect in dismemberment murder makes first court appearance
The woman charged with the murder and dismemberment of her former roommate made her first — albeit brief — appearance in court Friday morning. Dressed in an an orange jumpsuit, Lisa Gonzales’ hands remained handcuffed behind her while she stood with her back to a room of reporters who had been ordered not to take her → Read More
Listen Local: Everything you need to know about the SF election
On Thursday, Mission Local's Charlotte Silver sat down with our editor Joe Eskenazi to discuss Tuesday's election. We still don't know who San Francisco's next mayor will be — but there's a lot we do know. We talked about what kind of power the mayor wields, why it looks like the biggest spenders failed in this → Read More
Grisly dismemberment homicide jolts 14th Street neighbors
It’s a busy street, and one once plagued by gangs and criminal activity. Residents of the 200 block of 14th Street are used to much of the worst of city life. But they’re not used to this. One resident, who did not want to have his name disclosed, said he hadn’t expected a murder to occur right next to his home. → Read More
Ongoing coverage of the June 5 mayoral election (check back often)
FIRST POSTED 5:13 P.M. SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES In, perhaps, the perfect analogy for San Francisco in 2018, voters residing in the heart of the Mission can cast their ballots at Laundré, the sparsely decorated, upscale cafe and laundromat. Tattooed baristas whip up $2.70 cups of coffee and $15 vegan rice bowls a few → Read More
Shadowy PAC’s political ads infuriate tenants’ rights groups, may violate law
In the final days before Tuesday’s election, a new independent expenditure committee has formed to disseminate broadsides against Mark Leno and Jane Kim’s bids to be elected mayor of San Francisco. These ads are circulating around the four corners of the Internet despite two notable problems: They’re not accurate → Read More
Neighborhood notes: Salad grows on Valencia, Pablo Sandoval and a memorial for Rene Yañez
Mixt salads arrive in SF The people who arrived at Mixt’s grand opening on Friday afternoon knew what they were doing. The SF salad chain already offers its boutique DIY salad bar and a menu of seasonally designed salads at eight other locations in the city– in addition to two trucks that serve pre-ordered salads. → Read More
Getting serious about dogs at SF Dolores Park
Stern warnings were handed out at the Dolores Park community meeting Wednesday night: fun can quickly turn to danger; the frollicking chase can become the hunt. Sitting in chairs upholstered with burnt-orange fabric, in a room the color of split-pea soup, about a dozen dog owners listened to a panel of experts talk → Read More
Protesters say no to "techsploitation," block buses with scooters
We will be updating throughout the day. Jump to the new material below. Protesting what they called the “techsploitation” of the city’s public space, about 50 protesters descended on a eight large white commuter buses Thursday morning, blocking their departure to Mountain View. The protest was organized by housing → Read More
SF Real estate powers pounce on Measure C
One assumes that the city’s real estate powers – Blackstone, Shorenstein and roughly 50 others – hate all measures to hike taxes on commercial real estate. After all, their No on Props C and D PAC--innocuously named the Committee for an Affordable SF– has over $1 million to stop either measure from succeeding. But → Read More