Juan Carlos Lara
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People We Meet: Herlinda Huerta
Although his shift at the San Francisco Marin Food Bank started at 1 p.m., Herlinda Huerta was ready and waiting at the 16th and Mission streets BART → Read More
Latino Task Force holds job fair as economy reopens
The Latino Task Force hosted a job fair within their resource hub at 701 Alabama St. Friday, drawing hundreds of applicants. For months, Ruth → Read More
Developments in Development: A camera program controversy
The Castro Upper Market Community Benefit District, a collective of residents and business owners, held a meeting Tuesday night to gather input on a → Read More
People We Meet: Joey Ngo
Joey Ngo, co-owner of Arena SF, a nightclub on Mission Street, is elated to see his venue finally filling up again. For the club owner whose → Read More
People We Meet: Javier León
In Spanish, al carajo is a multi-use expletive for a plethora of occasions, from telling somebody to go away “vete al carajo,” to expressing disbelief → Read More
Neighborhood Notes: New local art and a fundraiser for new local artists
New Mural A new Clarion Alley mural titled “The world is on fire,” will be unveiled on Sunday, April 25. Extinction Rebellion San Francisco Bay Area, a → Read More
Driver collides with South Van Ness parklet, hitting two people
On Monday afternoon, a southbound driver on South Van Ness Avenue collided with a parklet on the corner of 24th Avenue, according to a San Francisco → Read More
People We Meet: Max Johnson
Max Johnson, a Mission resident for nearly two decades, said the stretch of Bartlett Street between 21st and 22nd streets gets some of the best sunlight → Read More
People We Meet: Ramiro Gutierrez Ortiz
Ramiro Gutierrez Ortiz is one of the many paleteros – ice cream sellers – in the Mission District, but few have probably been doing it as long - 12 → Read More
People We Meet: Derek Stavenger
When Derek Stavenger took a middle school woodworking course, he fell in love with the craft. Now, roughly 50 years later Stavenger still enjoys spending → Read More
New restaurant LUNA to replace Luna Park
Six years after Luna Park at 694 Valencia St. closed, the location is being revived as LUNA by the owners of Wayfare Tavern on Sacramento Street. “We → Read More
A year later: Mission Local returns to the residents we spoke with in the first days of the pandemic
During the first week of March 2020, few residents or even government officials knew much about the deadly virus rolling through the city — nothing except → Read More
Reliving a year's worth of pandemic headlines
Over the next couple of weeks, Mission Local will return to earlier stories to follow up on what happened to people and places that we reported on during → Read More
Duality in abstract art
For artist Britt Henze, who goes by the name Lady Henze professionally, her work is a reflection of her own duality, particularly as it relates to her → Read More
Revolution Cafe has closed
Revolution Cafe, on the corner of 22nd and Barlett streets and long a well-known and popular venue for live music, has closed after 15 years of → Read More
Neighborhood Notes: local crowdfunding efforts and a spring gala
Community Music Center’s Virtual Spring Gala The Community Music Center is hosting a virtual spring gala on March 20 to raise funds for its tuition → Read More
Man shot at 19th and Capp
A 26-year-old man was shot in a drive-by near the intersection of Capp and 19th streets Sunday night, according to police. “At this time we do not → Read More
People We Meet: Eusebio Rafaela
Every week, Eusebio Rafaela spends a few hours of his days off standing on a corner in the Mission passing out business cards. The cards, containing → Read More
Neighborhood Notes: Happy Lunar New Year!
Today officially marks the first day of the year of the ox. While the New Year is typically marked by the grand Chinese Lunar New Year Parade, the → Read More
People We Meet: Felix Shrayber
Every day, Felix Shrayber goes to his business on 21st and Capp streets, Payless Optical, and sits behind the counter waiting for customers looking to buy → Read More