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“His means of ascent was to foment anger among the city’s angriest. But now they’re angry at him.” Joe Eskenazi on the karmically exquisite recall campaign against Joel Engardio, who rose to power as a champion of recall elections. missionlocal.org/2025/07/joel-e…

“They will be angry. And we know what voters now do — are now enabled to do and perhaps even expected to do — when they’re angry. This has been normalized. — You’ve seen this movie: All the smarties in “Jurassic Park” were eaten by their own dinosaurs” Joe Eskenazi Mission Local

Irate SF drivers 🤝 Vampire Weekend Helping to recall Joel Engardio (via Joe Eskenazi missionlocal.org/2025/07/joel-e…)

The Engardio recall is a shot across the bow of every San Francisco elected official By @esksf missionlocal.org/2025/07/joel-e…

Engardio recall is a shot across the bow of every San Francisco elected official missionlocal.org/2025/07/joel-e… via Mission Local Joe Eskenazi

Very proud of my colleagues, who created this statistical and storytelling tour de force missionlocal.org/2025/07/ice-da…

Hey! We're one of the top 25 most-read nonprofit news sites *nationally.* That's right! Alongside heavy-hitting folks like ProPublica, Mother Jones, & The Intercept. We're very proud of this, and thanks to all of you for reading us. niemanlab.org/2025/07/nonpro…

Frankie Solinsky Duryea spoke to several people who were deported, including Edin Reyes, a father of two who was deported to Guatemala just four days following his arrest. See the stats — and more stories — in our piece below: missionlocal.org/2025/07/ice-da…

San Francisco sheriff Paul Miyamoto's choice for the next governor of California is a Trump-supporting MAGA Republican: missionlocal.org/2025/07/chad-b… From Eleni Balakrishnan and Joe Eskenazi

fantastic reporting and data viz from Kelly Waldron and Frankie Solinsky Duryea here

S.F. cult favorite chain Philz Coffee is on the verge of closing a deal to sell to a private equity firm for $145 million. But the deal cancels all stocks, leaving employees empty-handed. missionlocal.org/2025/07/philz-…

After 29 years, Miguel Lopez was deported to a Mexico he no longer recognized. From Annika Hom in Mexico City missionlocal.org/2025/08/miguel…

Today, El Farolito shoots for back-to-back national titles. Head Coach Santiago López says this will be their toughest test yet. Catch the Burrito Boys in action—admission is free. missionlocal.org/2025/08/el-far…

Tickets for Dead & Co. in Golden Gate Park cost more than $100. But Jerry Day at McLaren Park's Jerry Garcia amphitheater was free. Naturally, the city is cutting off funding. missionlocal.org/2025/08/jerry-…

"There isn't a good reason to do this. There isn't even a bad reason to do this." San Francisco sheriff's endorsement of MAGA Trumper for governor makes no damn sense at all. Latest column from @esksf missionlocal.org/2025/08/chad-b…

“What’s baffling is that a San Francisco elected official would publicly promote a politician whose views are antithetical to those of a vast majority of his constituents — and, more to the point, antithetical to his own stated positions.” Joe Eskenazi Mission Local

"Bianco can now sanewash himself by claiming — accurately — that even the sheriff of the dirty hippies and liberal fruitcakes in San Francisco is backing him. But what does Miyamoto get out of this? Nothing. Less than nothing." By Joe Eskenazi missionlocal.org/2025/08/chad-b…

ICYMI "There isn't a good reason to do this. There isn't even a bad reason to do this." missionlocal.org/2025/08/chad-b… From @esksf