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See how they run: Mayor Breed visits SF Women’s Political Committee, tracing her roots
Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: London Breed. Read earlier dispatches here. Mayor London Breed arrived just in time. Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was already there, in the audience...
SF Police Commission adjusts to new, Proposition E-mandated limits
Tensions bubbled under the surface on Wednesday night as the San Francisco Police Commission began conforming to new rules approved by voters under Proposition E, Mayor London Breed’s ballot measure, passed in March, that will loosen certain requirements for the police department and override some of the commission’s powers.
SFPD calls Dolores Park hill bomb operation a ‘huge success’
Police Chief Bill Scott called the deployment of 60 officers on Saturday to prevent the annual Dolores Park hill bomb a “huge success.”. No matter that skaters simply flipped their boards, rode through the park and then sped down Church Street, a block over, for more than two hours.
One killed in Mission Street shooting that caused four-car crash
One person was killed and at least two were injured in a shootout on Mission Street near 16th Street, according to Police Chief Bill Scott, who discussed the incident during a Police Commission meeting on Wednesday evening. The multi-gun shootout occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday, July 9, Scott said,...
District 3 candidates: Loosen retail restrictions in District 3?
Between February and the November election, Mission Local is asking each District 3 candidate one question per week, and candidates will get 100 words to respond. We will compile all responses to the 40-odd questions on a “Meet the Candidates” page, so that voters can get a full picture of their stances.
Suspect arrested in kidnapping case that sent police to Liberty Street
A 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped by a man from Powell Street Station and then pulled into a vehicle at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night was found by police Wednesday morning, according to a press release from BART. Police arrested kidnapping suspect Jamall Blue, 37, at 3 a.m. Wednesday morning...
BART Police question residents on Liberty Street about possible kidnapping early Wednesday morning
Residents of Liberty Street woke up at 7 a.m. Wednesday to find five or six BART police cars on their street and BART police officers outside their doors, ready to intercept residents as they headed to work. The police told residents on the block between Valencia and Gurerro that they...
Meet the Candidates: San Francisco’s school board race
In our “Meet the Candidates” series, we are asking every school board hopeful in the November 2024 election one question every two weeks. Candidates are asked to answer questions on policy, ideology and more in 100 words or less. Answers are being published individually biweekly, but we are...
School board candidates name their number one issue
Eleven candidates are vying for four seats on the city’s seven-person school board, which governs the San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) policies, budget, personnel and more. (We are not including Wendy Ha Chau, who stated her intent to withdraw from this race at the District 3 supervisor debate.)
Valencia bike lane debacle becomes obstacle to new SF biking network
A new San Francisco biking network proposal encountered fierce opposition Monday night at a community open house in North Beach, with many fearing it could become the next Valencia Street. “Again, no decisions have been made,” presenter Christine Osorio, the Municipal Transportation Agency’s project manager of the Biking and Rolling...
Latino leader steps aside after allegations of sexual misconduct
Kevin Ortiz, the co-president of the Latinx Democratic Club, has taken a leave of absence from his position following a San Francisco Chronicle report published Friday that detailed allegations of sexual assault in 2021. The club, saying it was “extremely concerned” about the allegations, also announced in a press release...
An artisanal market once thrived at the 24th St. plaza. What changed?
For 12 years, a weekly market of vendors flourished at the 24th Street BART plaza. No one complained about the plaza being overrun, and no one set up makeshift vending sites selling unpermitted goods. Today, that marketplace, which ran from 2008 to 2020, has proven impossible to replicate. By 2021,...
See how they run: Mayor Breed defends public safety record during law-and-order debate
Mission Local is publishing a daily campaign dispatch for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: London Breed. Read earlier dispatches here. In the final stretch of Monday night’s Stop Crime SF mayoral debate, co-moderator Frank Noto read an...
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Dozens to meet up on Saturday to participate in Tenderloin cleanup
Dozens of volunteers will roll up their sleeves on Saturday morning and head to the Tenderloin to help pick up trash, paint over graffiti and power wash the neighborhood’s streets. The quarterly Tenderloin Community Clean Up is expecting to bring out about 100 volunteers who will meet up at...
15-month-old toddler who fell from Mission window has died, fundraiser says
The 15-month-old toddler who fell from a Mission window on Wednesday afternoon died shortly thereafter, according to a GoFundMe account setup to support the family. Paramedics arrived at the scene at 2315 Mission St. and found Ulises Gonzalez Rodriguez in his mother’s arms suffering from injuries “consistent with a fall,” said Capt. Justin Schorr, a spokesperson with the San Francisco Fire Department.
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