Mission offers rich culture, community

Claire Devereux, Features Editor

November 2, 2017

The Mission district is one of the Bay Area’s most thriving neighborhoods, filled with music, murals, food and an abundance of retail opportunities. The Mission stays true to its Hispanic history with a plethora of taquerias lining the district’s blocks. For old-school Mission-style Mexican food, head to award-w...

Mission neighborhood loses authenticity

Julia-Rose Kibben, Managing Editor

January 5, 2017

Adults who frequently confront me with anxiety-inducing questions about college often push me to the edge where I often find myself fighting tears. I have never enjoyed leaving San Francisco for extended periods of time — not even for a month, let alone four years. But as I find myself further into the colleg...

Urbanization overwhelms district

Alyssa Alvarez, Sports Editor

March 15, 2016

The Mission district’s 24th Street, dotted with “For Sale” signs and traced by Google bus routes, is just one street in the area facing gentrification and changes in culture for the heavily Hispanic neighborhood. San Francisco’s tech boom is changing the demographics in the Mission, one of the City...

The Melt offers more than Mom’s grilled cheese

February 7, 2012

Alice Jones Reporter Your mother’s Wonder Bread and Velveeta grilled cheese sandwich will never taste the same once you’ve been to The Melt. The newly-opened, three-store chain limiting its menu to gourmet grilled cheeses and a set list of soups paired in five combinations makes picking what to ...

Graffiti’s popularity grows as art form

October 30, 2009

Isabelle Pinard Reporter Empty metal cans lie on the damp gravel sidewalk with the lingering smell of spray paint in the air, and a trail of large blocked lettering and mural illustrations dance along the sides of grimy buildings. Many areas in San Francisco, like the Mission, are getting makeovers by commi...