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Tattoo Shop Mixes Styles to Survive
By MOCH N. KURNIAWAN Alberto Salazar on duty. (M.N.K.) A superhero tattoo sketch merging a masked Mexican wrestler head with American eagle wings hangs at the Mission’s Tribus Vivas Dermafilia. It’s...
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Pet Adoptions Up at SPCA, But Fail to Impress Critics
By MOCH N. KURNIAWAN Two kitties (top left corner) live in a luxurious room in the SPCA while awaiting adoption. (M.N.K) While the recession has been bad for pet owners—creating an abundance of...
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American Kyana and Mexican husband Wilson Posada build family and business together. By MOCH N. KURNIAWAN
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Pricey Mission Housing Market Ducks Foreclosure Crisis
By MOCH N. KURNIAWAN By Armand Emamdjomeh The wave of home foreclosures barreling across California appears to have bypassed San Francisco’s Mission District. Only one area home is currently listed as...
View ArticleShoppers Ready to Pay Sales Tax Hike
By MOCH N. KURNIAWAN Shoppers in the Mission District said Wednesday they were willing to tolerate the one-percent state sales tax hike that took effect today because they understand the state’s budget...
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An 18-Year-Old Resident of Bernal Dwellings Said She Expected a New Carpet;...
(correction appended) An 18-year-old who lives with her mother in Bernal Dwellings public housing said Wednesday that she was raped Tuesday afternoon by a man who arrived to install carpet in the...
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SLIDESHOW Food Donations Arrive at Bernal Dwellings
The economy slides and life for the the Mission District's poor becomes more difficult.
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Mama Gi Says Gun Wasn’t Hers, But Settles Eviction
(CORRECTION APPENDED) The life of 60-year-old grandmother Laura Gi turned into a nightmare last June when the father of two of her grandchildren Adrian Landers unexpectedly visited her apartment at...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW Bryant Street Weathers Monday’s Scorcher
Summer in the city–Monday on Bryant Street. By MOCH N. KURNIAWAN
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Bernal Dwellings Residents, Volunteers Want Mission Neighborhood Centers to Stay
It remains uncertain whether Mission Neighborhood Centers will continue to operate in Bernal Dwellings public housing due to city budget cuts. But residents and volunteers said they need the office in...
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Erie’s Survived 1929, Faces 2009
By MOCH. N. KURNIAWAN Few businesses in the Mission go as far back as 1926, but Erie Auto-Truck Erie Auto-Truck Repair Repair, named for the street where it first resided, does. “Erie might be one of...
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