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On Día de los Muertos the Mission ‘remembers with beauty’

Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. Surrounded by altars, marigolds, and candlelight, Marco Ruiz stood out from the crowd. In lieu of an elaborate memorial, Ruiz simply hugged a large framed photo of his brother Martin, who had died two days after his 19th birthday.Ruiz was stoic, taking in the scene. When asked about his brother, however, he smiled. “He thought he was the best dancer,” Marco grinned. In reality, “he was so bad — but he didn’t care.” After Martin was killed in a car accident years ago, 1,000 people attended the funeral, Marco added. Now, only the oldest kids remember him. On Día de los Muertos on Saturday, the Mission, like the Ruizes, was focused on celebrating the past.  Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? […]

Karl The Fog November 4, 2024

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Election extra! Neighbors for a Better San Francisco gives $89K to No on K

Mission Local is starting an election blog for the week before Nov. 5, updating San Francisco voters on the small twists and turns of the campaign trail in the home stretch before Election Day. Sunday, Nov. 3: Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, big-spending political group, goes all-in against Prop. K — and Matt BoschettoNeighbors for a Better San Francisco, the deep-pocketed political group that has become one of the top-spending outfits in city politics, has given $89,000 to fight Proposition K, the measure to close the Upper Great Highway to cars. The give is the second-biggest campaign donation from Neighbors during this election cycle, after its $950,000 spend on Prop. D, the TogetherSF measure to cap the number of city commissions and expand mayoral power, while restricting police oversight. Like the Prop. D spending being used by mayoral candidate […]

Karl The Fog November 3, 2024

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Meet the first-time campaigners behind Prop. L

閱讀中文版The third door that 16-year-old Rowan Gleser knocked on was abruptly slammed in Gleser’s face. “I can’t believe you rang my doorbell twice on a Sunday afternoon,” the person behind the door said, Glaser recalled. “I’m voting against whatever you’re campaigning for.” It was one of the International High School junior’s first times canvassing, and the cold response was jarring. But, Gleser said, the community of people behind Yes on L, a volunteer-led campaign, buoyed them.  Amid the onslaught of granular election news, it’s easy to forget that many San Franciscans like Gleser have become politically active for the first time. Several of these — including a transplant from Canada, a disability advocate, and a Reno native who has given up their car — have rallied behind Prop. L, which would tax ride-hailing and autonomous vehicle companies to fund Muni. Window signs, literature, […]

Karl The Fog November 3, 2024

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BART police release photo of man accused of stabbing woman on train

A man allegedly stabbed a 54-year-old woman on a BART train this morning as it approached 24th Street Mission station, sending her to the hospital with “serious injuries,” according to a statement from BART officials. BART police released a photo of the man, who they described as a “possible Asian male,” who was about 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds, with a mustache and black braided hair wrapped in a knot on top of his head. He wore a black jacket with an orange liner, a black shirt with a white logo, gray and black cargo pants, and dark colored boots. He carried a black duffel bag. Surveillance camera image of suspect who allegedly stabbed a 54-year-old woman this morning on BART.BART police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect. A San Francisco police source said the incident was being investigated as […]

Karl The Fog November 2, 2024

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Target security guard in downtown S.F. beats man repeatedly with baton

A private security guard working for the Metreon Target store struck a San Francisco man at least 10 times with a baton on Friday evening, after the man punched him in the face for allegedly taking his money. Before the punch and subsequent beating, Shan Bowerman, 56, said the guard forcibly took his cash from his pocket and used a stun gun on him twice.Bowerman said the guard took his money after siding with Bowerman’s girlfriend in a dispute over money: The girlfriend tried to take Bowerman’s cash and said it was hers; Bowerman said the money was his and she was stealing it.Part of the incident was captured on video, on the crowded street corner at Mission and Fourth streets.  Just before 6:30 p.m., Bowerman was following two security guards in International Protective Service, Inc. uniforms from the northwest corner […]

Karl The Fog November 2, 2024

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District 9 analysis: How do the candidates differ?

Leer en español / 閱讀中文版We’re wrapping up our weekly “Meet the Candidates” Q&A with the District 9 candidates, and looking back at all the answers from those running to replace termed out Supervisor Hillary Ronen and how they differ on citywide and local issues. We’ve created a table to illustrate their clearest differences on mayoral picks, March propositions, the Mission street vending ban, encampment sweeps, and more. In answering most of our other weekly questions, the differences were more nuanced. To understand their stances better, we categorized the questions and summarized their answers. Click on each of the topics below to see the main takeaways.  Planters in the districtChandler supports the planters.Two candidates, Bermudez and Brown, oppose the planters.The others sidestepped the question. Hernandez and Fielder said that planters were a band-aid solution to treat the real issue of homelessness.Two, Bermudez and Torres, said the […]

Karl The Fog November 1, 2024

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It’s Halloween in the Mission District

Tagged: community, Cultural Mission, events, Halloween, photography Emmanuel was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended UC Davis where he earned his Bachelors of Arts in Communication and Sociology with a minor in Professional Writing. He quickly pursued his masters and recently graduated from Columbia Journalism School. He enjoys exploring and spending time with friends on his free time. More by Emmanuel Fonseca Source: missionlocal.org

Karl The Fog November 1, 2024

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Meet the school board candidates: What makes you stand out?

Welcome back to the “Meet the Candidates” series for the school board, where we ask each candidate one question every two weeks. They must answer the question in 100 words or fewer. We will link to longer answers.Eleven candidates are vying for four seats on the city’s seven-person school board. The election will take place on Nov. 5. Non-citizen parents of children living in the city are permitted to vote in school board elections, and can find information on doing so here.We’ve been following the school board candidates since summer, asking their opinions on the rescheduled antisemitism workshops, the now-scrapped school closure plan and balancing the budget. Amid a crowded slate, the candidates have sometimes presented very similar answers. So this week, we asked the candidates: What makes you stand out, and why should people vote for you?Candidates cited occupational […]

Karl The Fog October 31, 2024

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S.F. police union head flips off activist in heated exchange

After an activist approached Mayor London Breed on the street Wednesday, asking her to comment on a San Francisco woman who was slammed against the wall by police officers after jaywalking in July, the head of the city’s police union flipped off the activist with two middle fingers. Lt. Tracy McCray, the head of the San Francisco Police Officers Association and a longtime ally of Breed, was walking alongside the mayor on Taraval Street Wednesday when Adroa Anderson, aka DoggTown Dro on social media, approached Breed.In a video, Anderson begins asking Breed about Christiana Porter, the Black 34-year-old mother of five who was walking on Geary Boulevard on July 29 when police approached her and slammed her against a wall. Porter suffered a separated shoulder and a concussion.About two minutes after he first approaches Breed, who ignores him and eventually drives […]

Karl The Fog October 31, 2024

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My cat explains ranked-choice voting

The election is less than one week away — but what’s sooner than that? Halloween. And what’s sooner than that? My cat’s birthday. Her name is Sally Carrera and we got her a month ago during a Halloween sale at the shelter. Yes, she was a discount cat. And yes, the shelter named her after the Porsche from the animated movie Cars. In honor of this very special day, I made everyone I know help me pick the best photo of Sally through ranked-choice voting.  There were five photos to choose from, and endorsements were made. Mission Local’s donor engagement lead Vicky Anibarro ran attack ads on our office Slack against the photo of Sally reading Proust. Editor Lydia Chavez said she would vote for the photo of postpartum Sally because she “supports women.” Then ballots were filled out. Everyone could rank as […]

Karl The Fog October 30, 2024

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