El Tecolote 30 Junio – 13 Julio
Sunday night cruising
San Francisco’s Mission district brings back the vibrant lowrider culture of the ’60s and ’70s.
Charter school move-in continues amid concerns
Despite objections, local high school officials move forward with plans to occupy Horace Mann campus
San Joaquin Valley residents express their concern over drinking water contamination
East Orosi is one of hundreds of communities in California that must deal with the added burden of tap water that is both expensive and unsafe.
Mission fundraises for a local farmers market
All revenues from the block party on 22nd and Bartlett streets held Saturday June 19 were geared towards the start up costs of the Mission Community Market, a farmers market expected to launch Thursday, July 15th.
Renovated Mission Clubhouse returns to Alabama Street
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco celebrated the grand reopening of its renovated Mission Clubhouse on June 14.
Mexican-American author Brando Skyhorse unveils new novel
On Friday, June 18th, Mexican-American author Brando Skyhorse dropped by San Francisco’s Books Inc. on Van Ness Street to promote his first novel “The Madonnas of Echo Park”—a sweeping story about the lives of the people in the quickly gentrifying neighborhood in Los Angeles—similar to the Mission—from which the title gets its name. Skyhorse, in […]
T-Mobile towers stir health concerns
Residents of the Mission’s Lower 24th Street area voiced their concern last Tuesday evening regarding T-Mobile’s plan to install cell phone antennas near their homes at a community meeting hosted by the mobile carrier. T-Mobile held the community outreach meeting to get feedback from neighbors at the Mission Cultural Center as a part of the […]
PelĂcula argentina “El niño pez”
El niño pez (LucĂa Puenzo, Argentina, 2009) Viernes, 25 de junio, 9:30 PM Roxie Theater (calle 16 y Valencia) SF International LGBT Festival Lala, una adolescente que vive en el barrio más exclusivo de Buenos Aires, está enamorada de la Guayi, la criada paraguaya que trabaja en su casa. Sueñan con irse a vivir juntas […]
Horace Mann parents to voice opposition to charter school move-in
Parents and teachers from Horace Mann Academic Middle School will be taking the mic this evening at the last board meeting for the San Francisco Unified School District this year. Last week they learned that the student population of the school on 23rd and Bartlett streets would increase by about 200 students. But the increase […]

