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On my bookshelf, sandwiched between old high school yearbooks and college-era journals, is a pleather-lined and laminated menu from a diner 3,085 miles from my apartment.I didn't intend to steal it.On a trip to Boston in 2018, I stuck it in my tote to make room for plates of syrup-saturated French toast and doughnuts coated in cracking glaze.

Walkers at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami.Miami Herald File
If you've searched for a home to buy or rent over the past few years, you may have come across something called a Walk Score, a grade that attempts to quantify the pedestrian friendliness of a neighborhood.So, how walkable is Miami?We'll get to that in a minute.

Though he grew up just a few miles away, Jonah Markowitz, a photographer and documentarian based in Brooklyn, knew little about the neighborhood of Kensington before 2021.That's when he noticed, in New York City data from the year before, that an outsize portion of applications for new business licenses came from the area that included Kensington.

A year ago, the schoolyard at the Add B. Anderson School in West Philadelphia was nothing but bare concrete.Now, it's a revamped green space that serves the whole community.Meredith Rizzo Late morning on a sunny weekday near the end of the school year, a group of kids shot baskets into a shiny orange hoop in the schoolyard at the Add B. Anderson School in West Philadelphia.

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Teenagers filled the sidewalk outside a South Los Angeles party last week when gunfire rang out.After the crowd scattered, friends found a Crenshaw High School basketball player dead - the latest example of violence that is disproportionately killing young Black Angelenos, a Times analysis shows.

It was a cold but sunny day in October 1988, and my friend Barbara knew exactly who was going to be president."My parents are going to vote for Michael Dukakis," she said matter-of-factly as we waited for Mrs. Maglaras, the school secretary, to open the front door of our school to let us in.

Bissap Baobab has been an off-again-on-again stalwart in the Mission, once boasting two storefronts - not bad for the only Senegalese place in the neighborhood.The smaller locale was home to a popular performance space, with live music, dancing and dance lessons, a bar, and a restaurant, that fed and entertained multitudes for many years.

Susan Cervantes has made a new home for two of the 126 ficuses that once lined 24th Street.As of May, two stumps that spent 80 years growing on 24th between Harrison and Alabama streets, trees that saw generations of Mission kids pass under their shade, live permanently as exquisitely tiled seats on the corner of 24th and Harrison streets near Mercy Housing's Casa de la Misión, affordable housing for seniors.

Thursday June 15, 2023
Manny's: June Community Happy Hour with Harvey Milk & Alice B. Toklas Dem Club To continue their Pride month events, Manny's is hosting a Community Happy Hour with the Harvey Milk Democratic Club and Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club!At this Thursday happy hour you can meet new faces in your community.

Welcome to the best way to start your Sunday morning in the Mission, according to literally multiple readers.Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.In this week's seven-question quiz, we are looking back at the news from the past seven days - including new businesses popping up in the neighborhood, a new focus on arresting drug users, and measures to discourage street vendors.

As we've come to know, the fullback (and wingback) position at Juventus has been one that hasn't been addressed all that much over the last handful of years.It's basically been the same group of players, who are now very much on the wrong side of 30 or simply not starter-level players anymore ... or both.

A gull picks up a discarded protective face mask from the shoreline in the marina on August 11, 2020 in Dover, England.Leon Neal/Getty Images How many COVID tests should I keep on hand?Can I toss my masks?Should I still be afraid of long COVID?These are a few of the questions you sent us when we asked what's on your mind in this new stage of the pandemic.

Q: We are waiting for interest rates to go down before we purchase a home.We have a property in mind.However, on last night's news, the report said two more interest rate hikes would occur this year.My parents' longtime neighbors have passed away.Their home was in a trust.The kids I grew up with have inherited the property.

The entrenched polarization of our political landscape, though not unique in history, is nevertheless ominous and unsettling.Everyone seems to have a different read on the causes.Is the biggest problem Christian versus other?Wealth versus poverty?Republican versus Democrat?Pro-abortion rights versus anti-abortion rights?

Volunteers were disappointed by a lackluster city response at a meeting Monday nightto their request to enter temporary city-run shelters starting this week, following months of not being able to get inside the buildings that house nearly 10,000 migrants who have come to Chicago since August.Collaboration efforts between volunteers and city officials came to a head when the city hosted a closed meeting to respond to a letter sent by the Police Station Response Team, a network of volunteers providing support and resources to migrants sleeping on the floors of police stations as they wait for placement in shelters.

At the tender age of 15, Adam Siska and his pop-punk bandmates in The Academy Is were on the cusp of making the big time.The group received an offer from then-independent record label Fueled by Ramen.While a future as rock stars interested the teens, they didn't sign their contract at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

After navigating Chicago Public Schools' selective enrollment process, in which students can apply to schools outside their neighborhoods, Yuridia Alcantar was crushed.It wasn't that her daughter, Jahayra Flores, didn't get into a high-performing high school.The problem for Alcantar as a single parent was getting the eldest of her three kids to Lane Tech College Prep on the North Side every day from the family's East Side home.

LVIV, Ukraine Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine, the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new concern: the potential for outbreaks from waterborne disease.On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnipro River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water.

The Justice Department accused the Minneapolis police on Friday of discriminating against Black and Native American people, using deadly force illegally and trampling the First Amendment rights of protesters and journalists damning claims that grew out of a multiyear investigation and may lead to a court-enforced overhaul of the police force.

MABELLEarts, a community organization in Etobicoke, broke ground on Saturday for their park transformation project a vision that has been in the making for more than 14 years.Executive director Leah Houston said the groundbreaking signals the start of an "incredible park transformation" at MABELLEpark a vibrant art park and "beating heart" of the community.

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Bath Beach Park just got a major makeover, as the Park Department joined southern Brooklyn community leaders to unveil a $5.4 million remodeling of the playground.The project boasts upgrades to old materials and brand new amenities, including a new children's play area, fitness equipment and spray showers.

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As they workshop their proposal to open a new casino in Coney Island, Thor Equities, the team of developers behind the bid, have announced they believe the new gaming facility would bring roughly 4,000 union jobs to the neighborhood.

Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams As thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into the Big Apple each week, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced his administration is opening two new so-called Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs) spread across three college dormitories on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

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A group of Coney Islanders looking to aid the neighborhood's business community got a big boost, as the city's Department of Small Business Services awarded a grant to their efforts to form a Business Improvement District (BID).

After 11 years in the Uptown Oakland neighborhood, chef Kyle Itani will close his celebrated restaurant Hopscotch after Thursday, June 22.Itani calls the closure bittersweet, given that Hopscotch is his first restaurant - later followed by Itani Ramen and Yonsei Handrolls - but there are silver linings.

The Justice Department accused the Minneapolis Police Department of rampant discrimination, unlawful conduct and systemic mismanagement in a scathing 89-page report released on Friday.The federal investigation, launched in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer, found that the systemic problems in M.P.D. made what happened to George Floyd possible.

San Francisco has been an outlier among American cities in its inability to rebound from pandemic lockdowns.Nearly a third of offices downtown are vacant, the highest share of any major city in the country.Stores are closing every week as employees, especially in the technology sector, continue to work from home.

Father's Day is this weekend.Still don't have any plans?No worries: We've rounded up some last-minute ideas for the holiday.Take your dad for the ultimate waterfront Father's Day dining experience - Enjoy the $30 special offering a hand-rolled cigar paired with a refreshing glass of whiskey.Separately, try Bayshore Club's special menu for Father's Day, featuring Baked Oysters with shallots, garlic, bacon butter and pecorino-romano for $28, Daddy's Tomahawk for $180 with 36oz fire-roasted tomahawk, truffle paste, seasonal veggies and chimi, and drunken banana upside down cake for $16.

Miami favorite chef and restaurateur Eileen Andrade has officially debuted her revamped and reimagined Amelia's 1931, marking the restaurant's three-year-long transformation from a small Cuban diner into a larger, more sophisticated restaurant with a new menu and design.The revamp began when Andrade took over the adjacent space to Amelia's 1931 once occupied by a dry cleaner.

Flown out of Palmdale International Airport lately?Or maybe you found it more convenient to book a flight out of DeMille Field?In your dreams - and in our past.In the handful of years between the end of World War I and the 1929 stock market crash, Los Angeles became, lickety-split, the aviation capital of the nation.

Picture this: it's a brisk autumn day in 2023; the leaves on Boston Common are a riot of blazing reds and vibrant oranges.Just a short stroll away, your very own piece of this historic city awaits.We aren't just talking about any old place - we're talking about lavish condos that will make your heart skip a beat.

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Imagine strolling through lush, meticulously maintained gardens as you head back to your luxurious townhouse, condo or apartment after an invigorating day at work.

While photographing the street art in the 13th arrondissement last week (CLICK HERE to read if you missed it) I discovered two pocket parks during my walk.Square Gustave Mesureur is named after Gustave Mesureur (1847-1925), who started out as a designer and later became a politician, holding various, government positions in Paris.

Since 2009 the Galerie Itinerrance has collaborated with the hotel de ville/city hall of the 13 th arrondissement to display the work of international and French street artists on the sides and fronts buildings in the neighborhood, much like an open-air museum.I had a rare afternoon off from touring at the end of May, and I decided to check out the art in the 13 th arrondissement, taking the metro to the Place de Italie stop.

When you go to your friend's house, do you steal shot glasses?How about wall art or an expensive bottle of booze?Hopefully not, but for whatever reason, people feel comfortable taking these sorts of items from D.C. dives to high-end restaurants.The seemingly benign (and frequently alcohol-induced) practice can be pretty serious to many restaurants in the long run - setting them back tens of thousands of dollars or more.

We were driving home from Sedona, Arizona, to Los Angeles.There were blue skies and snow-capped red mountains; I'd like to think we were listening to Willie Nelson, but it was probably Haim.We stopped in Quartzite, Arizona, (population: 2,358) at a roadside antiques store that was more of a tent than a building, where we bought a very affordable and cumbersome glass punch bowl with a dozen tiny glass cups and a heavy glass ladle.

Other indexes also show rates trading on the sidelines.The 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans was 6.97% at Mortgage News Daily on Thursday morning, down one basis point from the previous day.HousingWire's Mortgage Rates Center showed Optimal Blue's 30-year fixed rate for conventional loans at 6.71% on Wednesday, compared to 6.70% the previous day.

The vendor market at 14th and Irving streets is a well known centerpiece of the Columbia Heights neighborhood.Sellers arrive early and leave late, setting up shop near the Columbia Heights Metro stop.These vendors sell a slew of miscellaneous items: homemade trinkets like keychains and jewelry, second-hand books, clothes, perfume, and $7 packs of AA batteries.

Some years ago, a psychiatrist named Wendy Dean read an article about a physician who died by suicide.Such deaths were distressingly common, she discovered.The suicide rate among doctors appeared to be even higher than the rate among active military members, a notion that startled Dean, who was then working as an administrator at a U.S. Army medical research center in Maryland.

Netanyahu's government reportedly informed the U.S. of plans to build thousands of new Jewish-only settler homes.Member of the Knesset and leader of the far right Zionut Datit (Jewish Zionism) party, Bezalel Smotrich, visits the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah of the Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem on May 10, 2021, in Israel.Laurent Van Der Stockt / Getty Images Human rights defenders on Monday blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right apartheid government after it reportedly informed the Biden administration of plans to build thousands of new Jewish-only settler homes in the illegally occupied West Bank of Palestine.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission has sided with Hancock Street residents over the design for a new infill development, saying it needs refinement to fit in on a block that boasts some of Bed Stuy's most striking historic houses.Architect Ana Maria Torres of AT Architects and preservation consultant Jacqueline Peu-Duvallon at a meeting Tuesday presented the plans for the new development to go up at 162 Hancock Street between Nostrand and Marcy avenues in the Bedford Historic District.

For more than a century, Staubitz Market has been a neighborhood staple in Cobble Hill, peddling premium steaks to its Court Street neighbors and earning a loyal following along the way.For more than half that time, it's been butcher John McFadden, and more recently his son John McFadden Jr., standing behind the carving block and porcelain cooler, keeping the family business running and improving the local knowledge of meat marbleization.

Boston-area product Bruce Brown of Wakefield has no interest in a return home to play for the Boston Celtics this offseason, or a departure to play anywhere else but in the Mile High City, during free agency after being a part of the 2023 NBA Championship Denver Nuggets and closing out the Miami Heat in five games on June 12.

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The massive Borden Dairy plant redevelopment moved one step closer to approval on Thursday, when City Council passed a rezoning associated with the project on second reading.The project would bring 1,400 residential units, a 220-room hotel, 411,500 square feet of offices, 66,000 square feet of restaurant space and 40,000 square feet of retail to the 21-acre site at 71 Strandtman Cove.

Realtor.comNot related to a testy media tycoon?Don't have the stomach to be a bitcoin billionaire?No one in your family has royal blood?Not to worry!You don't have to be a millionaire to live well in one of these five mansions we've found for under $1 million.Seriously, these places are so posh, they could tempt a prince to move to America.

Matthew Stockman / Stacy Revere / Getty Images / Realtor.comThis season marks the seventh time the Miami Heat have won the NBA's Eastern Conference.Familiar faces in the NBA Playoffs, the Heat are led by superstar Jimmy Butler, who has taken his game to new heights and brought the team along with him.

A tailor shot in the head.A baker killed by a bullet in the chest.A geography student planning to continue his studies in Canada felled by a deadly bullet in the back.The West African nation of Senegal is reeling after clashes between the police and supporters of a leading opposition figure early this month left at least 16 people dead.

There's a line out the door as early as 9 a.m.some mornings at South La Brea Avenue's Met Her at a Bar.On the other side of the crosswalk, locals sip craft cocktails and twirl handmade noodles at Met Him at a Bar.Just next door, there's traditional Thai street food at Her Thai.In just six years, Vinny and Mindy Kinne, co-owners of all three restaurants, have quietly taken over a whole corner of South La Brea Avenue and 8th Street in Mid-City, all while catering to their most loyal fanbase, their neighbors.

I hate the ice cream truck.As a parent in a family of four, it's one of the things I know for sure in my life.You'd think the ice cream truck is an innocent feature of summer, but you'd be wrong.It's pure evil and the embodiment of everything wrong with the culture of summer.When the ice cream truck approaches, my kids hear it before I do.

The view from the Jerome C. Daniel Overlook on Mulholland Drive.Willem Verbeeck for NPR To live and die in LA is to have driven and parked in this city.Most Angelenos have probably had their fair share of morning coffees, meaningful conversations, and midnight kisses in their cars, giving rise to a whole new definition of "parking."

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Justin Lee lives in Koreatown.There's a good chance that one day someone walking around his neighborhood will be wearing a Justin Lee baseball jersey.That's how good Lee might become.As a senior at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High, the right-handed Lee went 9-1 with a 1.24 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 67 2/3 innings.