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Meet the S.F. school board candidates: Do you support moving forward with area-based school assignments?
56+ min ago (891+ words) Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where candidates for the San Francisco Unified School Board of Education respond to questions each week in 100 words or fewer. Answers will be published every Friday. Mission Local now includes all eight…...
Soccer, Spiderman, and an all-purple get-up: It's back-to-school day in San Francisco
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (1660+ words) Summer is officially over, at least for the over 50,000 public school students in San Francisco. On Monday, students and parents woke up bright and early for the first day back. Kaylee, a 6-year-old at Monroe Elementary School, showed up half…...
Meet the S.F. school board candidates: Did you support the 2022 recall?
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (703+ words) Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, where candidates for the San Francisco Unified School Board of Education respond to questions each week in 100 words or fewer. Answers will be published every Friday. This electoral season, Mission Local made…...
As S.F. schools start, immigrant families lean on patchwork of help beyond the classroom
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (1214+ words) This week San Francisco students are cherishing their last moments of summer break before returning to the classroom on Monday. But immigrant students and families are preoccupied with more than making new friends and meeting new teachers: They are worried…...
People We Meet: Angel Contreras wants to build race cars
1+ week, 1+ day ago (647+ words) Angel Contreras has wanted to design a car for as long as he can remember — not just any car, but one built for racing. For years, he talked himself out of it, he said, worried that it was self-indulgent, disconnected…...
Back to school 2026: Where to find free backpacks, supplies and other resources
1+ week, 2+ day ago (374+ words) Students across San Francisco Unified School District go back to school on Aug. 17. For parents, the end of summer break can spell a new set of logistical challenges. Mission Local put together this guide to help kids and parents ease…...
A $65K job at Anthropic becomes a flashpoint in S.F’s affordability crisis
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (702+ words) Some people assumed — no, were certain — it was a mistake. Anthropic, the AI company currently valued at an estimated $965 billion, had just posted that it was hiring for a baseline salary of $65,000 to $85,000, the lower end being less than sixty…...
Taishanese has been in San Francisco since the 1860s. Now, there's a class for it.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (725+ words) Since the late 1860s, Taishanese (also known as Toisanese or Hoisanwa) has been one of the most common languages spoken in San Francisco. But since then, virtually the only way to learn Taishanese in San Francisco was to be born into…...
The last days of Puddle Jumpers, one of the Mission's rare co-op daycares
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (842+ words) As the Puddle Jumpers Workshop in the Polish Club at Shotwell and 22nd streets prepared to close its doors in June, teacher Michele Menard reached for her puppets. Menard, an artist and trained puppeteer, has used the puppets to help generations…...
People We Meet: Megan Prelinger, SoMa’s archivist of possibility
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (847+ words) One of the newest acquisitions in Megan Prelinger’s library is a prosthetic leg. It dates to World War I, handcrafted of oak and hammered silver. Donated in 2025 by Tina Hittenberger, heir to a prosthetics company her family once operated on…...