SF News Three Men Kidnap Woman Waiting For Bus Near Gap HQ [Updated] Ugh. On Saturday, a woman was reportedly kidnapped by a group of unknown men while waiting for a bus at Folsom and Spear. After being driven to a second location, she was fortunate
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Tamale Lady Getting Her Own Brick-And-Mortar [Update] A staple in the Mission long before "yay, the Mission" turned into "oy, the Mission," the Tamale Lady will, at last, get her very own brick-and-mortar business. Lauren Smiley of Mission Local has
SF News SFPD Seeking Masked Men Who Pulled Off Midday Shooting In The Mission Yesterday afternoon around 2:15 p.m. near the corner of 26th and Folsom Streets in the Mission, two masked suspects shot a 19-year-old victim in broad daylight. The victim was taken to
SF News Panic: Chain Stores Threaten Valencia Street's Preciousness Yet Again Over in the city's elite Mission District, rue de la Valencia might play host to a couple of chain stores. (Heh.) According to Mission Local, two retailers hawking widely-available goods might worm their
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: We're Not Sure What's Going On Here But It Sure Looks Worrisome Photo by Troy Holden.
SF News 'This Is A City For The Right Kind Of People,' Screams (FAKE) Google Employee To Protester [Update] In a video taken at Monday morning's Google bus protest in the Mission District, SF Bay Guardian reporter Joe Fitz Rodriguez captured a heated exchange* between an alleged Google employee and a protester.
SF News Anti-Eviction Protesters Block Google Bus In The Mission [Update] The revolution has begun, comrades. Over in the city's tony Mission District at 24th and Valencia, a group of protesters braved the chill to block a Google Bus from moving its merry band
SF News UC Berkeley J-School And Genentech Partner For Something Totally Ethical No problem here, folks. Just Mission Local (a popular neighborhood blog run by the UC system's graduate school of journalism at UC Berkeley) and Genentech getting cozy to bedazzle private buses. Why? Because
SF News Bro Wanted For Assault Caught On Security Camera (Sort Of) Oh, Valencia Street. The fine folks over at Mission Mission have word (and imagery!) on an alleged assault that happened on Friday Wednesday night. A Valencia Street resident was reportedly attacked inside his
SF News Woman Sliced In The Neck While Looking For The Bus Stop A 55-year-old woman was slashed in the throat near the intersection of 19th and Valencia streets on Saturday evening after she asked a man on the street where she could find the nearest
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Andalu To Become Dumpling Spot 'Chino' Noted Mission eatery Andalu will close out a 12-year run on the corner of 16th and Guerrero at the end of the year, Inside Scoop reports. Taking its place will be a new
Arts & Entertainment Try Not To Ruin Day Of The Dead This Year For the benefit of locals in the Mission who don't base their personalities on mustache wax, craft beer, and the chronic infantilization of an entire class and gender of people, we implore new
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Maverick Fire Displaces 8 Residents The fire that started at Maverick last week ended up displacing eight adult residents from the above units. It also caused heaps of damage to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
SF News 10-Story Condo Building Proposed For 16th Street BART Plaza Development The gritty BART plaza on the northeast corner of 16th and Mission could one day become a 10-story, mixed-used development with 351 condos and 32,000 square feet of ground floor retail space.
Arts & Entertainment 'Feel The Energy That Is All Around': S.F. As Muse In The '90s (By Margaret Seelie) Riding the 49 down Mission Street, I realized that the cityscape was very similar to what the Mission School artists saw twenty years ago. The Energy That Is All Around
SF News Driver Kills Pedestrian At Potrero And 16th Sad news. Over at 16th and Potrero near the Safeway shopping plaza, a man was struck and killed by a car Saturday night. "The pedestrian, 62-year-old Han Cheng Li, was hit by a
SF News [Updated] Slumber Party In Dolores Park Monday Night! (Psst, It's Actually A Protest.) Wash your Smurfs sleeping bag and brush up on your "light as a feather, stiff as a board" skills, folks. On Monday night, a slumber party will happen in Dolores Park. OK, it's
SF News Morning Fire Damages Maverick In The Mission Friday morning in the Mission, a fire ignited at Maverick located at 3316 17th Street. The blaze, which caused severe damage, sparked in an oven inside the restaurant, according to reports. "It started
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Halloweating: Mystery Night Dinner At Maverick [Updated] UPDATE: A fire occurred at the residential building where Maverick is located. Both the restaurant and residents were affected by the blaze. We'll update as soon as we know more. Here's an excellent
SF News 22-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed At 16th And Mission A 22-year-old San Francisco man died after being shot Sunday morning at 16th and Mission. "Police responded to a report of a shooting near 16th and Mission streets about 2:20 a.m.
SF News New San Francisco Residents Love This Town Where People Steal Cars And Children Just a day after an unidentified woman stole their car with two kids in the backseat, a new San Francisco couple is truly ecstatic about their decision to move here. McKay and Stephanie
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Restaurant Causes Mini-Uproar Over Beer Garden, Bocce Court The owners of Rustic, a new pizza spot on 24th Street, were a little quick to publicize the fact that they wanted to open an outdoor area in back with a bocce court
SF News Man Shot, Killed In The Mission This city's most problematic neighborhood played host to a fatal shooting Monday morning. Near the intersection of 21st and Bartlett, a man was shot and killed at around 4:30 a.m. "When
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Restaurants And Creativity Explored Team Up For Cookbook For your Friday reassurance that yes, there is goodness and humanity in this world, we bring you a look at the new Arts & Eats cookbook, which releases today as a collaboration between