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Mission District’s first repair cafe: 59 fixes, 212 pounds kept out of a landfill
The Mission Repair Cafe, a collaborative repair workshop, is the latest addition to San Francisco’s zero-waste movement. Mission District’s first repair cafe: 59 fixes, 212 pounds kept out of a landfill

People we meet: The Presidio bird whisperer
John Murnane rescued an injured great horned owl in 2025. Now an owl keeps turning up in his Inner Richmond backyard. People we meet: The Presidio bird whisperer

Neighbors Come Together at the Fix-It Fair to Give Items New Life
On a Sunday morning last month, a crowd gathered on Irving Street in the Inner Sunset, carrying bags of clothing and dragging lamps, broken chairs, mixers and toasters.

S.F. Film Preserve Delivers a Luminous Vision in Its Inaugural Film Festival
After graduating from art school at the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology in Ireland (now called Atlantic Technological University Galway), Kathy Rose O’Regan wasn’t sure what she would do with her degree in fine art printmaking.

El dragon
At Mission Chinese Food. Photo by Angel Mayorga. El dragon

People We Meet: A Talent for Mischief, S.F. duo’s genre-bending band
Meet A Talent for Mischief, a local band made up of two music lovers. People We Meet: A Talent for Mischief, S.F. duo’s genre-bending band

Museum of Craft and Design honors exhibit that inspired its existence
The Smithsonian’s 1969 “Objects: USA” is the template for a new show pairing contemporary with original makers. Museum of Craft and Design honors exhibit that inspired its existence

(Sub)Urban Alchemy: Safe-streets nonprofit ventures into San Francisco’s Westside
The nonprofit started patrolling a small stretch of the Outer Richmond in mid-August. So far, its ambassadors largely appear to be moving homeless people along. (Sub)Urban Alchemy: Safe-streets nonprofit ventures into San Francisco’s Westside

Surfers Shane Curnyn and Josh Lowe Co-Create Juniper Architecture
Shane Curnyn and Josh Lowe left the East Coast separately, chasing the same vision: a city dense enough to support an architecture practice and an ocean close enough to surf before work. Fifteen years after founding Juniper Architecture, the two principals run their firm in a…

From Coffee to Pizza and Cocktails, DAMNFiNE Pizza ‘Feels like San Francisco’
Along Judah Street in the Outer Sunset, steps away from the ocean, lies an unassuming establishment near the corner of 39th Avenue. This cozy spot has been a fan favorite to locals in the Sunset District since it first opened five years ago.

My Tofu House Closes its Doors After Nearly 25 Years
My Tofu House, the restaurant at 4627 Geary Blvd. between 10th and 11th avenues, closed after nearly 25 years, with its final day of service on Aug. 3. It was the only restaurant in San Francisco that specialized in sundubu-jjigae, a traditional Korean stew made with soft tofu.

Tenderloin Buzz: Small businesses galore!
Coming up in the Tenderloin: two new businesses to visit and weekly neighborhood events. Tenderloin Buzz: Small businesses galore!