Could this S.F. garbage truck driver be named the nation’s best?
Not too long after sunrise on a recent Tuesday morning near Dolores Park, Jamal Lavallier finished his last…
S.F. bus driver has ferried Joe Montana, Lars Ulrich, and Da Mayor
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Falafel maven Billy Alabsi may be S.F.’s most interesting man
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They clean up trash and look for people in trouble
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How Daniel Meléndez found community at a Mission bookstore
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MarÃa Alicia Catalán, a poet who’s lived in the Mission 55 years
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People We Meet: Yury Loves Liya
How deeply did Yury Budylova fall for Liya Klets, an 18-year-old Siberian beauty? When she travelled to his…
S.F. musician takes on SFMTA with a dress made of parking tickets
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The florists of the Ocean Beach bathroom
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People We Meet: An artist transforms S.F.’s trash into art
Overview: A former park ranger turned Mission-dwelling artist takes a note from the birds, and learns how to…
Desmond Cannady, the Tenderloin’s street barber
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The Bullet LaVolta band member is now a vinyl expert
Record store owner Chris Guttmacher grew up on music, but not the kind that predominates in his colorful…