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Mission Local

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Independent, nonprofit news for San Francisco. Send tips and story ideas to [email protected]

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Joined October 2008

Mission Local
@MLNow
Apr 13, 2023
This was first reported by Mission Local, but goes uncredited here. We are a small, non-profit newsroom, and we work hard to break news. This is bad form.
The New York Times
@nytimes
Apr 13, 2023
Breaking News: The police arrested a tech consultant in connection with the fatal stabbing of the Cash App creator Bob Lee in San Francisco earlier this month. nyti.ms/3o6fTtv
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Mission Local
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Apr 13, 2023
BREAKING: Mission Local has learned that San Francisco police this morning traveled to Emeryville to make an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech exec Bob Lee. The alleged killer also works in tech and purportedly knew Lee. From @EskSF missionlocal.org/2023/04/bob-le…
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Apr 13, 2023
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Thank you @nytimes for the credit!
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Mission Local
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Jun 10, 2025
NOW Hundreds of people are rallying at 24th & Mission in San Francisco, protesting the ICE raids in LA & arrests taking place across the country. Marches have started down Mission Street.
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Mission Local
@MLNow
Jul 9, 2023
UPDATE: 113 total arrests for Dolores hill bomb; 81 were under 18. Witnesses said adults were largely teenagers. SFPD says arrests followed "lacerations" to officer's face & vandalism. Parents waited hours for kids; last child was released at 4:15 am.
SFPD shuts down Dolores Park hill bomb, arresting dozens of teenagers
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Mission Local
@MLNow
Dec 24, 2022
Breaking: A federal judge has sided with the unhoused people and activists suing San Francisco, and issued a partial injunction against the sweeping of homeless people off the streets. More: missionlocal.org/2022/12/homele…
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Mission Local
@MLNow
Jun 9, 2025
RIGHT NOW SFPD arrived in force at the anti-ICE protest in San Francisco. Several hundred protesters have now been in a standoff w/dozens of police for 40 min. SFPD just declared unlawful assembly, but hard for crowd to hear.
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Mission Local
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Nov 22, 2022
A draft policy set to be voted on next week would cement SFPD's authority to use robots for lethal force. “This is not normal,” said civil rights attorney Tifanei Moyer. “No legal professional or ordinary resident should carry on as if it is normal.”
SFPD authorized to kill suspects using robots in draft policy
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Mission Local
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Mar 12, 2025
WATCH: SFPD's Mobile Command Unit No. 2 drove onto the 16th and Mission BART plaza this afternoon, as officers in the rain moved people away to make room for the bus-sized vehicle. It will stay at the BART plaza 24/7, the Mission captain said, as a deterrent.
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Mission Local
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May 2, 2024
A Black queer man's hanging death from a tree in a San Francisco park has been preliminarily ruled to be a suicide.
Black, queer man found dead in Bernal in apparent suicide
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Mission Local
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Aug 19, 2023
BREAKING: This evening, the California Department of Motor Vehicles requested that Cruise immediately halve its fleet of driverless cars in the city, while it investigates ‘concerning incidents.’ Cruise has agreed to comply with the request.
missionlocal.org
DMV cuts Cruise driverless fleet in half, citing ‘concerning incidents’
The California DMV requested that Cruise cut in half its fleet of driverless cars in San Francisco, following “concerning incidents.”
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Mission Local
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May 21, 2024
BREAKING: On Tuesday, a fire gutted the Alamo Square home of Terry Williams, the Black dog walker who had earlier received racist & threatening packages featuring a doll w/a noose. The fire left Williams' elderly parents displaced. via @miss_elenius
Fire torches home of Black dog walker targeted by racist threats
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Mission Local
@MLNow
Jul 12, 2023
At least 45 employees have left the District Attorney's Office since Brooke Jenkins took the helm a year ago. They pointed to a culture of fear, politically driven office decisions, and regressive policies as reasons why they left. via @miss_elenius missionlocal.org/2023/07/dozens…
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Mission Local
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Sep 29, 2023
JUST IN: Elon Musk, replying to a Mission Local tweet, has called for the jailing of Supervisor Dean Preston. It's Musk's latest move against Preston, the lone socialist on the Board, & comes after a $100K pledge to a campaign against him. via @jrivanob
Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor Dean Preston
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