Gun-toting suspect hid rifle in a guitar case, police in Northern California say
A man in Northern California is drawing comparisons to actor Antonio Banderas’ character “El Mariachi” by online commentators…
From Palestine to Mexico: Traces of Home makes its Roxie debut
After nine years in the making and thousands of miles traveled across the globe, Traces of Home, Colette…
Why can’t the city use empty rooms at 16th Street to house people?
In the housing eco-system around 16th and Mission Streets, single room occupancy hotels show both the promise of…
Q&A with Roxie Theater’s programming director, Isabel Fondevila.
Isabel Fondevila is the Roxie Theater’s programming director. A native of the Basque country in northern Spain, she’s…
Make-Out Room owner says he’s leaving the biz with his liver intact
A pair of Mission District institutions, The Make Out Room at 3225 22nd St. and the Latin American…
Pedestrian struck and killed near 16th and Mission on Monday
Four pedestrians were hit by a car near 16th and Mission streets early Monday morning. One later died…
S.F. to lay off 14 ‘community ambassadors,’ four in the Mission
For the last four years, Lidia Sandoval has escorted local senior citizens to appointments and escorted kids to…
He’s learned to make money improving S.F.’s poorest housing
In the world of affordable housing, the single-room-occupancy hotels near the 16th and Mission intersection, nearly all privately…
Mayor Lurie moves S.F. street-outreach teams to health department
San Francisco’s numerous street-outreach teams, which administer to homeless people and drug users in troubled neighborhoods like the…
15-hour Sacramento connector closure begins Friday for Fix-50 project
A key connector in Sacramento will close starting Friday night for 15 hours as part of ongoing construction…
Pop-ups join forces and murals coming to Wiese St.
Two local pop-ups join forces to open their first brick and mortar. Fat Cat, a wine club pop-up…
Mission Buzz: Los Coyotes rides again
Eight years after its initial closure, Cholo Soy, a Peruvian restaurant specializing in Northern Peruvian cuisine, is back…