After a longtime Mission resident and her family were denied service at a local restaurant, the community has demanded an investigation at the city level.

“We did not want to think that we were turned away because we are all Latino but there was no reason why we were turned away,” Sandra Cuadra wrote in an email, in an effort to mobilize the community feeling that she and her family had become victims of discrimination.

“Martin” (whose real name has been omitted) peers in at the United States through gridiron mesh as a Methodist pastor, Catholic priests and advocates of immigration reform raise their hands to the U.S./Mexico border fence in prayer. It’s Easter Sunday and he is waiting for a miracle; he went to Mexico for his father’s funeral and can’t get back.

Tucked away in the Palace of Fine Arts since its opening in 1969, the Exploratorium moved to a new waterfront location on Piers 15 and 17 at the Embarcadero on April 17.

Rachel Laguardia said that the children of the Mission District shouldn’t have to grieve the death of a 19-year-old youth, who could have very well been their neighbor. This young man was named Jacob Valdiviezo.

At Folsom and 19th streets, an exciting project is in the works behind the wrought-iron window bars of the Salvadoran eatery previously known as Rosy’s Restaurant. A worker-owned collective with dreams too big to fit on a menu has formed, and the opening of the Maya Luna restaurant is its testament.