3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (630+ words) The Frisc, a nonprofit San Francisco news site with a focus on civic news and a particular bent towards housing, will shutter after nearly 10 years. “In the best of times,” its editor-in-chief and co-founder Alex Lash wrote on Wednesday, “nonprofit…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1044+ words) Your humble narrator recently spoke to a San Francisco building inspector. It’s 2026, and, every day, he gives the contractors he’s dropping in on the same greeting a San Francisco building inspector could have delivered in 1926: “Permit, plans and job card,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (751+ words) Supporters of Sunset Dunes park who are running a campaign to defeat Proposition G, the November measure that would reopen the Great Highway to cars, have raised seven times as much as their opponents, according to campaigns finance filings. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (707+ words) But if it wasn’t for the efforts of a group of neighbors, the pavilion might have remained closed for another decade or more. Still, said Cohen, the former park management company, Parklab Open Space Management contracted by the city, treated…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (455+ words) Six years after shuttering in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, Bruno’s, the onetime Italian restaurant and labor hangout turned nightclub, will open next week. Bruno’s will have a soft opening on Sep. 12, with DJ REZA and DJ…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1176+ words) San Francisco city officials admit there is no quick fix to what has become an intractable problem of illegal drug use and street fencing at the Mission District’s BART plazas. But, they said this week, the city is doubling down…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1477+ words) In July, San Francisco passed legislation aiming to promote drug-free supportive housing and allow for evicting residents solely for drug-use — which wouldn’t be permitted under present state rules. But on Aug. 28, state legislators unanimously approved a new bill — also regarding…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (450+ words) Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where the congressional candidates respond to a question in 100 words or less. Answers will be published every Monday. CA-11, the congressional district that Connie Chan and Scott Wiener are running to represent,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1243+ words) Brad Chapin alleges that aspirational District 8 supervisor Manny Yekutiel sexually assaulted him six years ago. Yekutiel denies this. Mission Local did not publish articles about Chapin’s claim against Yekutiel, which would be our procedure with most any single-sourced claim against…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (434+ words) Nico Pryor Alcantar was born and raised in San Francisco, but lives in New York now — he’s executive chef of Superiority Burger, a buzzy vegetarian diner that often appears on “Best Of” lists. This weekend, a few days before his…...