February 26, 2015 Web Editor

Future remains uncertain for small businesses after fire
February 26, 2015 Web Editor

Demonstrators express outrage at Latino slain by police in Washington
February 12, 2015 Web Editor

Displaced families, businesses regroup in fire’s wake
February 10, 2015 Web Editor

For Mission flower ladies, business is blooming
January 30, 2015 Web Editor

Saint or Sinner? Serra’s canonization sparks controversy
January 29, 2015 Web Editor

Window Pains: community’s anger over mural cut out misguided
January 21, 2015 Web Editor

Alfonso Texidor: From Puerto Rican activist to Mission District icon
January 15, 2015 Web Editor

Thousands of undocumented immigrants apply for new driver’s...
January 15, 2015 Web Editor

A former Teco editor remembers Alfonso Texidor
January 12, 2015 Web Editor

Rivera and Rockefeller wings to be included in the new Mexican Museum

Future remains uncertain for small businesses after fire
Demonstrators express outrage at Latino slain by police in Washington
Displaced families, businesses regroup in fire’s wake
For Mission flower ladies, business is blooming
Saint or Sinner? Serra’s canonization sparks controversy
Window Pains: community’s anger over mural cut out misguided
Alfonso Texidor: From Puerto Rican activist to Mission District icon
Thousands of undocumented immigrants apply for new driver’s...
A former Teco editor remembers Alfonso Texidor
Rivera and Rockefeller wings to be included in the new Mexican Museum

News What's Going On?

Mission District-based nonprofit cancer support and resource center Circulo de Vida and tech startup DoubleDutch reached an agreement on Feb. 26 that allowed the nonprofit to avoid eviction from the building at 2601 Mission Street. The news was announced at a press conference, where (from left) cancer survivor and Circulo client Guadalupe Dumas, DoubleDucth CEO Lawrence Coburn, Circulo’s Executive Director Carmen Ortiz, and District 9 Supervisor David Campos, all spoke. Photo Elisabetta Silvestro

Cancer nonprofit saved from eviction

February 26, 2015 0

By Elisabetta Silvestro The nonprofit cancer support and resource center Circulo de Vida—which had been at risk of being evicted from its current location in the Mission District to make way for an...

Community members participate in Circulo de Vida’s annual fundraiser walk, “Caminemos por la Vida” at Golden Gate Park. Photo via Facebook

Evicted cancer support center could be allowed to stay

February 26, 2015 0

Update: At a Feb. 26 press conference announced that Ciculo de Vida will be able to remain at its 2601 Mission Street location By Elisabetta Silvestro Carmen Ortiz had no idea she would be next. Even...

Arts & Culture A Look at the Community

Lisa-Kaindé Diáz y Naomi Diáz, las hermanas Ibeyi.
Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz, the Ibeyi sisters. Via Facebook

Album Review: Cuban sisters’ debut mixes past and present, points...

February 26, 2015 0

By Atticus Morris Ibeyi—pronounced ee-bey-ee—is a Yoruban, Nigerian word that translates roughly to the concept of “sacred divinity of twins.” It is also the name that Lisa-Kaindé Diáz and...

Cayetana S. Gómez es la nueva presidenta y directora ejecutiva de El Museo Mexicano en San Francisco. Cayetana S. Gomez is the new president and CEO of The Mexican Museum in San Francisco. Photo Alice Titus

Mexican Museum names new president and CEO

February 11, 2015 0

If Cayetana S. Gomez’s colorful scarf doesn’t give away her love for arts and culture, then her new job definitely does.

Commentary

District 9 Supervisor David Campos goes off on fellow Supervisor Scott Wiener in front of a capacity crowd of 300 people, who packed the Mission Dolores Academy Auditorium on Feb. 24 to listen to the “A Changing Mission” panel discussion, hosted by the San Francisco Chronicle. Photo Dhoryan Rizo

Open letter: A call for affordable housing

February 26, 2015 0

To Mayor Ed Lee, Board of Supervisors, Planning Commissioners, and Planning Director John Rahim:

Sports

Bay Area native boxes her way to heavyweight title

November 13, 2014

By Alexis Terrazas It was rowdy, cramped and unkempt inside the Longshoreman’s Hall; the boozed-up crowd made sure of that. But above the drunken clamor, one piercing voice managed to top all of...