Mission Local

17 Mar 2025

SF County Jails Overcrowded for First Time in 20 Years

San Francisco’s jails are becoming overcrowded due to Mayor Lurie’s tough-on-crime approach, which is causing health risks and increased recidivism.

Jake Warren 0
12 Feb 2025

Landlord Gets to Build Luxury Housing Where Fire Killed Tenant

Recent changes in state law have made it easier for developers to build market rate towers with nominal affordable housing, as seen in the case of the “all-but-certain” development at 2588 Mission, where the landlord, Hawk Lou, is building a ten story tower with minimal affordable housing.

Stephen Torres - Threadbare-Fact Finder 0
10 Apr 2025

Eat, Game, & Sing in San Francisco This Spring!

It’s Springtime in San Francisco, which means it’s time to put your phone on silent for a while and step out into our fair city to sing, eat, and play with the wonderful people and programming on offer. Whether in the flesh or on a live stream, the journalists and

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08 Oct 2024

Update: SFUSD Releases Names of 13 Schools Set to Potentially Close

San Francisco Unified School District has not yet confirmed whether the list of schools set to close will be released in October, leaving families and staff feeling anxious and uncertain about the future.

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
19 Sep 2024

Is the SF Parent Coalition Malicious or Incompetent?

With a delay in school closure announcements and questions about whether they’re even necessary to begin with, many look to SF Parent Coalition for guidance. But is the organization just another astroturf nonprofit funded by billionaires to ultimately undermine public schools?

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22 Aug 2023

So, Violent Crime Is Up Under Brooke Jenkins…

Imagine you’re a gang member in the most stereotypical sense possible. Like you’re a caricature for Fox News to scare boomers from ever stepping foot outside of the suburbs. You’re sitting in your house. There’s a gun stashed under the bed, a shoebox stuffed with roughly $6,000 in cash and

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
27 Jan 2023

If You’ve Worked in SF, Your Boss Might Owe You Money

Have you worked in San Francisco any time after 2008? If so, you might have an unknown amount of money owed to you and it’ll disappear if you don’t claim it within the next few years. The SF Medical Reimbursement Account (SF MRA) is an account specially containing funds that

Katy Atchison 0
08 Nov 2021

Mission Local Makes ‘SF Corruption Scandal’ Quiz & Interactive Map

It’s important not to get complacent about the corruption, cronyism, lies, and federal crimes perpetrated by our local city government

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17 Jun 2019

Mission Pie is Closing Down

Earlier today Mission Local reported that everyone’s favorite pie shop/community space was closing down. Mission Pie has been at the corner of Mission and 25th St. for the past 12 years. I’m pretty sure I first heard about it on Mission Mission way back when the shop first opened. Back

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0