Meet Jason Feng, perhaps San Francisco’s last newsstand owner
Read Mission Local often?If so, consider supporting us — San Francisco’s premier independent, nonprofit newsroom — during end-of-year fundraising. We’re almost at our $200,000 goal! Regulars expect to find Jason Feng sitting in the green box no bigger than a tool shed, peering out from the middle doorway with a red news rack on one side and a yellow news rack on the other. What they might not know is that Feng oversees possibly the last newsstand in San Francisco.Positioned at the intersection of Columbus Avenue, Stockton and Green streets, Feng sells newspapers seven days a week. His inventory — mostly the San Francisco Chronicle and Sing Tao Daily — reflects the geography. He’s in North Beach but close to ChinatownCustomers, almost exclusively over 60, come and go every few minutes, bringing daily sales to 30 or 40 newspapers, according […]
