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@missionlocal.org“'Shhhhh,' [Joan Baez] said, and pulled me into a changing cubicle. 'We’ll hide here, and I’ll grab you John Lennon’s shirt for a keepsake.'
And damn if she didn’t snag it from his dressing cubicle. I had it for years."
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@missionlocal.orgBy focusing on the liminal, Iturbide invites us into a privileged interior space, whether Frida Kahlo’s bathroom or the contours of her — and our — own imagination.
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@missionlocal.orgSan Francisco has given businesses $5.3 million in grants to fill vacant storefronts since 2023. Most early recipients remain open.
@missionlocal.orgFollowing the sexual assault allegations against Manny Yekutiel, gay men in San Francisco say consent is not different to them. But some act like it is. We spoke to gay men across the city and they said it’s time the community has an open conversation about consent.
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@missionlocal.orgAfter 6 years and $37 million, historic Mission Branch Library to reopen.
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@missionlocal.orgThere’s a lot of back-and-forth about reserves in the San Francisco Unified School District.
Mission Local asked candidates for school board how SFUSD should use its reserves. Here's how they answered:
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@missionlocal.orgAs their camps trade attacks ahead of the election, we asked congressional candidates Scott Wiener and Connie Chan which criticism they consider unfair.
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@missionlocal.orgSan Francisco's Democratic Party is axles up in a ditch.
We asked every local politician and every member of the county's Dem Party if Chair Nancy Tung should step down.
Here's what they said.
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@missionlocal.orgEvery week, Mission Local asks the District 6 supervisorial candidates a question and publishes their answers.
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@missionlocal.orgThe SFPD is promising to improve its process for investigating sex crimes.
The department's clearance rate for rape cases is 14 percent, half the national average.
See what changes they're pledging here:
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