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Mission Local

Meet the District 11 candidates: What are the top issues in the Excelsior?

Welcome back to the “Meet the Candidates” series for District 11, where we ask each candidate to answer one question every week leading up to the election. They must answer [...] Meet the District 11 candidates: What are the top issues in the Excelsior?

18 minutes ago

Mission Local

Meet the District 11 candidates: What are the top issues in the Excelsior?

Mission Local

Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

Candidates who spoke directly to the workshops by-and-large support them. Some emphasize the need for workshops to include diverse viewpoints. Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

23 hours ago

Mission Local

Meet the Candidates: School board candidates on rescheduled antisemitism trainings

Mission Local

District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances in debate

In a Mission Local forum Wednesday night, it was clear San Francisco’s politics has shifted since the heyday of Black Lives Matter, even in one of the city’s most progressive [...] District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances in debate

23 hours ago

Mission Local

District 9 candidates walk back some past progressive stances in debate

Mission Local

District 3 candidates weigh in on school closures

閱讀中文版 Between February and the November election, Mission Local is asking each District 3 candidate one question per week, and candidates will get 100 words to respond. We will compile [...] District 3 candidates weigh in on school closures

1 day ago

Mission Local

District 3 candidates weigh in on school closures

Mission Local

District 7 candidates: How will you support seniors?

Welcome to “Meet the Candidates,” where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead-up to the November election. In District 7 — which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and [...] District 7 candidates: How will you support seniors?

2 days ago

Mission Local

District 7 candidates: How will you support seniors?

Mission Local

Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding and oversight in contentious District 5 debate

Bilal Mahmood, an entrepreneur and District 5 supervisor candidate, repeatedly picked fights with incumbent Dean Preston. Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding and oversight in contentious District 5 debate

1 day ago

Preston, Mahmood joust over SFPD funding and oversight in contentious District 5 debate

Mission Local

Cat on a mission

5 hours ago

Mission Local

SFPD arrest mugging suspects trying to hide in Mission jewelry store

San Francisco police officers detained two men and three teenagers on Tuesday around 5 p.m. for allegedly assaulting and attempting to rob a pedestrian near Angie’s Jewelry Store at 2386 [...] SFPD arrest mugging suspects trying to hide in Mission jewelry store

2 days ago

SFPD arrest mugging suspects trying to hide in Mission jewelry store

Mission Local

Bop Spotter: Box installed high on Mission street pole, secretly recording songs

It’s said that the walls have ears. Now, so does a pole in the Mission. Last Saturday, Riley Walz installed a box with a “crappy Android phone” and a microphone [...] Bop Spotter: Box installed high on Mission street pole, secretly recording songs

2 days ago

Bop Spotter: Box installed high on Mission street pole, secretly recording songs

SFiST

SFPD on the Defensive, Releases Bodycam Video of Controversially Physical Hot Dog Vendor Arrest

An early September arrest of a hot dog cart vendor at the Embarcadero is still in the news because of the very rough physical tactics used, but the SFPD just released body cam video they claim shows the woman assaulted a city employee, and coerced a little girl to cry.

21 hours ago

SFPD on the Defensive, Releases Bodycam Video of Controversially Physical Hot Dog Vendor Arrest

SFiST

Those ‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers Are Now Coming to Shotwell Street

After street bollards and barriers chased the sex work scene off of Capp Street, but merely moved that activity over to Shotwell Street, the SFMTA has voted to bring the barriers to Shotwell Street too.

22 hours ago

Those ‘Anti-Sex Work’ Barriers Are Now Coming to Shotwell Street

SFiST

Fell Street DMV Site to Become 372 Affordable Housing Units

The 1960-built Department of Motor Vehicles office and its parking lot at the tip of the Panhandle in San Francisco will be redeveloped as affordable housing, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.

23 hours ago

Fell Street DMV Site to Become 372 Affordable Housing Units

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: That Union Square Jollibee in the Former Payless Is Supposedly Opening This Year

SF temperatures baked in the mid-90s for the second day in a row; an SF firefighter will not get jail time for attacking another firefighter with a wrench; and that Jollibee in the former Payless ShoeSource is vowing to open by year’s end.

16 hours ago

Day Around the Bay: That Union Square Jollibee in the Former Payless Is Supposedly Opening This Year

SFiST

Day Around the Bay: Mark Farrell Failed to Disclose $675K Loan In Election Filing

SF mayoral candidate Mark Farrell failed to disclose a large loan for the purchase of his home four years ago; the eventual developer of the Coliseum site says it is not behind on any payments to Oakland; and a Bank of America outage that freaked out customers is being resolved.

1 day ago

Day Around the Bay: Mark Farrell Failed to Disclose $675K Loan In Election Filing