[su_slider source=”media: 29682,29683,29684,29685,29686,29687,29688,29689″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] District 9 Supervisor David Campos declared a state of emergency on homelessness at a press conference on March 8 in front of the Mission Districtâs Navigation Center, located at 1950 Mission St., between 15tth and 16th streets. Urging that more needs to be done about […]
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Now more than ever, we should demand justice for all women
Indigenous environmental activist Berta CĂĄceres knew she would not live to see old age. Her country with its vast natural resourcesâplundered by agribusiness, mining companies, and timber companiesâwould retaliate. The Honduran corporate oligarchy, propped up by the United States government, which facilitated a coup in 2009, made sure of it. It didnât stop her from […]
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Mailing it in: Mission native connects troops with their families
Alessia Sophia Ruiz is two weeks old, but her fatherâwho is stationed halfway across the world delivering mailâhas yet to hold her. âAs we get closer to that date, it seems like time is going slower,â said United States Army Specialist George Ruiz, from Kabul, Afghanistan, where photos of his wife and kids hang by […]
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Indigenous environmental activist slain in Honduras
Environmental activist Berta CĂĄceres of the indigenous Lenca nation, was assassinated in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras March 3, 2016 by armed gunman. CĂĄceres, who was one of six 2015 recipients of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, worked tirelessly to defend her peopleâs ancestral homeland against the powerful multi-national logging and mining industries. In […]
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Amilcar anniversary sees demonstration but no closure
[su_slider source=”media: 29613,29614,29615,29616,29617,29618,29619,29620,29621,29622,29623,29624,29625″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] On the one-year anniversary of Amilcar Perez-Lopezâs death, dozens gathered to remember the 20-year-old Guatemalan immigrant at the precise location where he was fatally shot six times by two San Francisco police officers. Amid the imminent rain and approaching darkness, mourners stood on Folsom Street, […]
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New production brings Mission history to life through music
Prior to the existence of the vibrant mural decorating St. Peterâs Church at the corner of 24th and Florida streets, young Latinos and African-Americans of the 1960s had filled the churchâs parking lot with lively energy as they sang and danced doo-wop late into the night. The Mission Districtâs history is steeped in music, as […]
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Bay Area musicians represent Nicaragua at Grammys
This year two Bay Area musicians were among the few Latinos nominated for Grammy awards, and both of them trace their roots back to Nicaragua. Mario Alberto Silva, 37, and Camilo Landau, 34, both originally from the Mission District, say they felt a strong Nicaraguense presence at the 58th Annual Grammys on Feb. 15, despite […]
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Unmasking San Francisco’s Klansman
[su_slider source=”media: 29549,29550,29551,29552,29553,29554,29555,29556,29557,29558,29559,29560,29561″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] Charles Edward Donnerâthe San Francisco Klansman accused of stabbing three people in Anaheim during a highly publicized melee that broke out on Feb. 27âlooked normal when he briefly exited his home, directly across from the iconic Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina, to move […]
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Nieto trial set to get underway
On a quiet Friday afternoon almost two years ago, Alex Nieto climbed to the top of Bernal Hill in San Francisco to eat a burrito before heading to work, but he ended up being shot and killed by San Francisco police. The details of what went down that March night in 2014 differ depending on […]
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Emotionally charged town hall kicks off SFPD federal review
[su_slider source=”media: 29541,29542,29543″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] Approximately 200 people gathered at Thurgood Marshall High School on Wednesday night Feb. 24 to air their grievances toward the SFPD at the first of several town hall meetings, which are part of the formal review currently being conducted by the U.S. Department of Justiceâs […]