The Mission News

Members of The PGK Dance Project perform Peter G. Kalivas' "Stay" at the 2012 Dance on the Edge event at the Mission Federal ArtWalk in Little Italy.

Some of this is "newer" restaurant news for the Santa Cruz area, and some older, but I thought it was all worth sharing! The highly anticipated restaurant Assembly opened March 11 on Pacific Ave. -- read my article about Executive Chef Carlo Espinas moving here from San Francisco.

A company has launched a service in San Francisco to deliver medicine and other drug store items via airborne drone .

We were taking that wonderful stroll down Mission Street, filled with ramen. Temperature was perfect.

During a protest against the forced eviction of Jesus Sanchez on Friday Mar. 14, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.

A postcard image of the Thomas Winery from decades ago. Tiburcio Tapia, an early entrepreneur, planted vineyards in the first half of the 1800s in what is now Rancho Cucamonga .

Muni has many buses and other vehicles around the city - such as these on Fillmore Street - but the agency wants to get some of them moving faster and smarter.

It's an ordinary morning at the 24th Street BART Plaza, except that three highly trained male dancers are circumnavigating, in graceful effortless unison, the perimeter of the plaza.

Complaining about inequality isn't just the purview of the Obama administration.

You don't have to be Irish to enjoy a few drinks this weekend, but whether you're a teetotaler or a total tramp, keep it down if someone's singing or speaking; not that some performers don't like a rowdy crowd, and plenty of wild times are available.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced March 11 that the Notice to Proceed has been issued for the purchase of 60 new electric trolley buses from New Flyer Industries, following approval from the San Francisco Board of... ) announced March 11 that the Notice to Proceed has been issued for the purchase of 60 new electric trolley ... (more)

The man charged with assault on a San Francisco police officer shot in the Mission District made his first appearance Wednesday in Superior Court.

This is what happened the last time Eastside Bagels had a pop-up at Dear Mom. The last time Eastside Bagels did a "pop-up" at Dear Mom in the Mission, selling day-old Russ & Daughters bagels brought in from New York City, people waited for two hours in the rain, and many went home without bagels.

Local Cellar is the latest business to open in a several-block radius from the ownership duo of Yaron Milgrom and Jake Des Voignes, who also own restaurants Local Mission Eatery and Local's Corner as well as Local Mission Market.

It was a long night for San Francisco firefighters who remained at the scene early Wednesday and continued to pour water on the firein Mission Bay that destroyed a large under-construction apartment building Tuesday evening.

At today's Board of Supervisors meeting, Sup. David Campos is introducing legislation to encourage large-scale developers to protect the housing rights of the LGBT community.

Betty Yee, who has developed a reputation as an honest and effective numbers-cruncher at the state tax board, delivered a stinging rebuke of her party Sunday, saying that California Democrats have become disconnected from their core values.

Artists' Television Access. Seventh Annual Druid Underground Film Festival: Don your cloaked hood - but fly your freak flag high - for this night of quirky, crazy, or just plain head-shakingly WTF short films.

Ike Shehadeh of Ike's Place is about as big a local food success story as the Bay Area's got: only a decade ago, he was broke and homeless , but these days, he commands an empire of sandwich shops in Northern California, has appeared on numerous TV shows, and has now found a lovely bride to share it all with.

San Francisco is changing so much that New York Magazine suspects that the city may now be New York.