The Mission Cultural Center Celebrates San Francisco Lowrider Council’s 40th Anniversary
Mission Cultural Center hosts lowriding show and exhibit.
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Mission District Mural Celebrates Santana Family
The sudden loss of musician Jorge Santana hits hard amongst a group working to paint a mural honoring Jorge and his famous family.
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Benjamin Bac Sierra on the Reality of Fiction
Benjamin Bac Sierra gives insight into the people, ideas, and experiences behind his book Pura Neta and how the work of fiction is in some ways more honest than reality. He speaks about his relationship with the characters and how they mirror him in some aspects, and what really inspires him to write.
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The Mission–In The Midst Of The COVID-19 Pandemic
Businesses in The Mission struggle to stay afloat, for the benefit of their employees and their community, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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El Tecolote Celebrates 50 Years of Community and Strength in Neighborhood Journalism
El Tecolote, the Mission District’s community newspaper, celebrates 50 years in neighborhood journalism. Juan Gonzales, Journalism department chair and founder of El Tecolote, describes his experience from the beginning.
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Chants for housing rights drummed through Mission District
More than 100 protesters marched from BART’s 24th St. Mission Station to the intersection of 22nd and Mission Street, demonstrating their aversion to controversial San Francisco propositions that would remove homeless encampments and increase rent across the city.
Read MoreStudents showcase art exhibition
By Elisabetta Silvestro The Guardsman The latest exhibition put up entirely by City College photography students is more than
Read MoreMystique, experimentation at dance festival
By Peter Hernandez and Sara Bloomberg The Guardsman Spaghetti-flinging girls in pretty white dresses, tabletop Serbian dances, and dancers pausing
Read MoreWorkers’ rights take center stage
More than 2,000 people marched from 24th and Mission street to Civic Center Plaza to push for migrant workers’ rights on May Day, known internationally as a day for workers’ rights.
Read MoreHood life: A trip from gang-stricken streets to college classrooms
Criminal activity associated with gangs can be measured with some accuracy through expert analysis, but the impact gang culture has on day-to-day life in a community isn’t always so cut and dry.
Read More200 Year Old Mission Dolores Mural Recreated
Mission District, San Francisco, April 14, 2011 – A 200 year old mural discovered hidden behind a wall in Mission
Read MoreInstructor immortalized at Mission district middle school
City College Journalism Department Chair Juan Gonzales is depicted in a mural on the exterior wall of Horace Mann Middle School. Gonzales can be found second from the left, top row. The yet-to-be completed mural, done in partnership with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, honors community heroes.
Read MoreIssue One: New Additions
Things change quickly in San Francisco – design and legislature change, leading us in bold new directions. Neighborhoods adjust to
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