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Help wanted!

August 14, 2015

With amazing restaurants and an array of shops and boutiques, the Mission has no trouble attracting high-paid tech workers. Finding people who can afford to live here and work in the businesses serving them is, of course, another story. Curious to see just how high the demand is, I spent a week checking job ads on […]

9411oh!

May 7, 2015

Just received an email containing more information about the May 16 and 17 auditions for that TV pilot that will be set in the Mission called ‘94110.’ Here are the roles they are casting for. Which one are you? LEADS A-F Lead A Spazzy, neurotic. Riding a wave of luck and success from five years […]

Elbo Room set to close this fall

April 23, 2015

As much as San Francisco music fans were hoping for an intervention, sadly it looks like the Elbo Room will shut its doors by the beginning of November to make way for a condo project. According to SFGate, which cites a letter on the Mission venue’s Facebook page, the building’s owners decided not renew the club’s […]

Some 24th Street merchants calling for more cops

April 11, 2015

Recent incidents on 24th Street in the Mission have some business owners questioning whether police are doing enough to patrol the busy corridor. On March 29, a group of men allegedly throwing glass bottles and wielding a baseball bat attacked two 24th Street restaurant employees. Just after midnight that same day, several blocks away, police […]

Let me call you streetheart

February 14, 2015

Happy VD to all the streethearts out there.

‘Help you more than I help myself’

February 13, 2015

Quite possibly the saddest note found on Capp Street ever.

Nonprofit’s ouster echoes fight over dot-com boom evictions

February 7, 2015

The circumstances surrounding the displacement of a Mission nonprofit that supports people with cancer are reminiscent of a fight over their building that occurred during the dot-com boom. Círculo de Vida must find a new home by March 31 after its landlord decided not to renew its lease in order to free up more room for mobile […]

Mission native seen in viral video talks gentrification

January 13, 2015

Buzzfeed takes on gentrification in the Mission in a video called, “What It’s Like To Get Kicked Out Of Your Neighborhood.” The video features Kai, one of the guys seen arguing with Dropbox bros in the dispute last year over a Mission soccer field. [H/t Bustle] (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)