We still have some spots left for our Rising With the Tides mixer tomorrow night! Enjoy drinks and tasty bites, and a panel discussion about AAPI community reporting featuring Cecilia Lei Kori Suzuki is on Bluesky Kate Selig and Junyao Yang 杨均瑶. FREE RSVP BY TODAY, 8PM PT: eventbrite.com/e/rising-with-…

Had such a great evening with Cecilia Lei and other AAJA San Francisco Bay Area folks! It was so inspiring to read the amazing stories from my peers and I feel so grateful to share this story with everyone

After two wonderful years Berkeley Journalism, can't wait to join Mission Local in September as a CA Local News fellow and start covering stories in the coolest SF neighborhood!!

Workers started working at Milk SF thinking they could finally be in “a safe space” free from harassment and hostility common in the food industry. They were disappointed. Read the story behind the closure of the queer-owned community cafe Mission Local missionlocal.org/2023/11/how-a-…

It was Alberto Vargas Quero's first day on the job at Modern Hair Cuts. He had just achieved the first step in his dream of eventually opening his own barbershop. He hoped to make enough money to buy his mother a house. From Eleni Balakrishnan

Mark Farrell's "small business owner" ballot designation will stand, elections dept. says. His firm "had revenues of less than $2 million for both the last 12 months and CYE [calendar year end] 2023,” he wrote under penalty of perjury. by Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2024/06/farrel…

THIS THURSDAY Get your (free) tickets to our District 1 forum hosted by our very own Junyao Yang 杨均瑶, who has been covering the D1 candidates all year. It's one of the most contested supe elections in the city, you won't want to miss this. 👇👇👇 eventbrite.com/e/mission-loca…

It’s been a tumultuous night, both locally & nationally. While early results are in for San Francisco races, there are likely nearly some 180,000 votes still outstanding that could swing some contests. Still, here is what we know 🧵 missionlocal.org/2024/11/electi…

Another 24K ballots have been counted. Daniel Lurie maintains his lead. Connie Chan and Marjan Philhour are tied in District 1. Bilal Mahmood is ahead in District 5. At least 143K ballots need to be counted. We will continue to update the results: missionlocal.org/2024/11/electi…

Progressive District 1 supervisor Connie Chan is on track to defeat her moderate challenger Marjan Philhour — for the second time. After Monday’s drop, Chan’s up by 1,167 votes, at 51.75%, while Philhour is at 48.25%. via Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2024/11/distri…

Connie Chan has been re-elected to lead District 1, w/a much larger margin than her last victory. What do the district's residents want? Usually, it's local stuff—street changes, a livelier neighborhood. And parking. Always parking. via Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2024/12/distri…

Gerardo de Avila Garcia, 36, was identified as the victim in a Mission gas station shooting on NYE. He worked at Limón and was on his way to see his dad. Coworkers remembered him to be a kind person who “always stands up for somebody.” by Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/01/missio…

Prop. F went into effect this month, but a union charge might void it entirely. Plus, concerns of conflict of interest are swirling regarding the $1.6 million contract awarded to a nonprofit, whose directors sit on the steering committee. by Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/01/prop-f…

Charles Phan, the famed Vietnamese cook who started the Slanted Door in the Mission & transformed Asian cooking, died this week. He was 62. “The Mission — Charles changed it. He was the pioneer of the Mission...Charles opened it up.” via Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/01/charle…

It is the eve of the Lunar New Year, and the city’s westside residents are looking for the best red-and-gold decorations for their house, or doing last-minute grocery shopping for tonight’s feast. Read more about what’s on the table from Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/01/sf-wes…

SF charges $6,000+ to put a bench in the park with a plaque in memory of a loved one. For years, a roller-skating engineer in the Inner Sunset has been making and putting some 210 benches — in the Sunset, and around the city —  for free. by Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/02/public…

Trevor Mead became a lawyer in part to support his newest nighttime hobby: transforming into an LED T-Rex roaming through Dolores Park. At night, "Doloresaurus" descends, an object of fascination for dogs, kids, & all manner of parkgoers. by Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/03/san-fr…

Had fun talking about data reporting in smaller newsrooms at Investigative Reporters & Editors in Minneapolis. At Mission Local, sometimes that means going out and counting planters block by block! ICYMI: bit.ly/small-data-j Thanks Kate Martin Justin Myers and Cody Lillich for a great talk!

In just one week, the Mission co-op Project Artaud, was hit by seemingly the same thief 3 times. He stole a sculpture, paintings and prints from 5 artists. “It’s just odd,” said one artist. “But they knew what they were looking for.” by Junyao Yang 杨均瑶 missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-mis…

With the recall of Joel Engardio, the billionaires' political weapon of choice has fallen out of their grasp and into everyone else's. Buckle up. Latest column from @esksf missionlocal.org/2025/09/joel-e…