The Mission News

From local blogger anadromy , who most recently delivered a similarly posi rant about why you shouldn't necessarily hate on tech bros , some thoughts on the transit situation here in Frisco: People in San Francisco don't agree on much, but just about everybody likes to hate on MUNI.

Last night around 6:30pm, I got multiple emails within the space of 5 minutes from neighbors upset that our official review of the new skatepark encouraged skaters to hop the fence at 7am, 2 hours before the skatepark opens.

Two men were shot and killed Tuesday on the same block of Sixth and Mission street in San Francisco.

San Francisco's appetite for underground dinners seems to be insatiable. Five-year-old Lazy Bear has become one of Yelp's highest-rated restaurants and is preparing to open a permanent restaurant in the Mission .

I need to develop a system whereby if anyone in Northern California is even thinking of establishing a jazz venue, that information is immediately transmitted to me via some form of ESP or Vulcan mind meld or something.

The Friends of the Urban Forest, a non-profit dedicated to helping San Franciscans care for sidewalk vegetation, is planting trees in the Mission to give residents a chance for subsidized foliage outside their building: species that are most suitable for the conditions at each planting site, and the property owner makes the final selection.

I love the ever-growing diversity of the San Francisco dining scene and a glimmer of that diversity will be on display on Sunday, when seven hand-selected chefs who have restaurants new to the Top 100 will cook a multi-course dinner at The Cavalier - one of the brightest new restaurant openings in 2013.

A man was wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in San Francisco's South of Market, not too far from where President Barack Obama is staying during his visit to the Bay Area.

Sex and the City: LIVE! is back with two brand new episodes. The show plays a limited engagement for 3 weekends only, July 24 - Aug. 10, 2014 - Thurs., Fri., Sat.

Next Saturday, Dolores Park will get a big, messy game of Twister involving paint, water balloons and a group of folks looking to check something whimsical off their bucket list.

It sounds absurd, and Urban Green eventually announced it would not evict Mary Phillips .

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Jeffrey Bugai , 35, was arrested July 10. Police said he dressed as an officer to convince immigrants with limited English-speaking abilities to go to his home.

NBC Bay Area reported on how two major parking apps - ParkModo and Sweetch - have adapted to the city's rules and regulations.

Around last call on Saturday morning, 28-year-old Benjamin Martinez was shot multiple times near the corner of 16th and Valencia Streets.

San Francisco police responded to a shooting Saturday at 1:30 a.m. in the Mission near 16th and Valencia Street.

After staging a play about justice this Saturday , Brava Theater will host a discussion about the fatal shooting of Alejandro Nieto by San Francisco police officers.

Last year, the San Francisco Brewers Guild put together a fun event at the Old Mint with Flipside and the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society called Hops & History , in which I was the moderator of a panel discussion about opening and running a brewery in the city of San Francisco, and also helped with a breweriana display of brewery ... (more)

Of course the city that recently ranked #1 on Rent.com's list of best cities for singles has a live dating game show.

Immerse yourself in a celebration of Mexican culture and ideas. A three-day festival known as Mex-I-Am Live it to Believe It is taking place at the end of this month at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.