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There's no silver lining to the devastation that Venezuela's authoritarian government has inflicted on the South American nation over the past two decades, but the impact of the economic implosion is reverberating on the New York jazz scene.In the coming days and weeks, three of Venezuela's most promising young musicians are bringing their music to the Bay Area, starting June 15-18 at the Tenderloin nightspot Black Cat with the Gabriel Chakarji Quartet featuring Venezuelan vocalist Nathasha Bravo.

After three years shuttered, its historic marquee losing letters and its facade covered in graffiti, Bruno's nightclub on Mission Street plans to reopen in the next couple of months.Major renovations are taking place inside the venue, but its owner does not have a specific opening date yet."Bruno's is sort of a landmark and a real anchor tenant for the Mission," said George Karas, the club's owner, adding that permit delays mean the exact date is uncertain but that he would "love to have it reopened" soon.

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In the seconds after a car cruised by a Friday night party in front of Mission Skateboards and sprayed the scene with a round of gunfire, the community kicked in.Some of the uninjured ripped off their shirts to make tourniquets for the injured, others held and comforted the wounded as they waited for paramedics to arrive.

A BART janitor was "cut on his left shoulder" by "a member of a group causing a disturbance" on Friday night at the 24th Street Station, according to a BART spokesperson.Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.

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Between 10-20 shots were fired at Precita Park just after 7:30 p.m. when a car pulled up to the perimeter of the park and someone began shooting from within, targeting a man standing on a corner, who shot back, according to witnesses."A couple people shot at each other," said Aman, a neighbor on Precita Avenue who heard "really loud shouts" and then went to his window and saw shots coming from a car on the corner of Precita and Alabama Street.

One patient remains in critical condition following the mass shooting that took place in the Mission Friday night, according to San Francisco General Hospital.Nine people were struck by gunfire while attending an outdoor party on 24th Street.Five of the nine have been discharged from the hospital completely, and three others are in "fair condition," according to the hospital.

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En una rueda de prensa celebrada a las 9 de la mañana en Civic Center Plaza, la Oficina del Sheriff de San Francisco anunció el despliegue de 130 agentes para detener a personas que consuman drogas en público.Las detenciones por consumo de drogas en público comenzarán este mes y se concentrarán en Tenderloin, Civic Center y partes de SOMA.

San Francisco police have reportedly identified a potential suspect in the mass shooting that took place in the Mission Friday night: Javier Campos, who police said has ties to the Sureño gang, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.Evan Sernoffsky, director of communications for the San Francisco Police Department, said he could not confirm whether the police have identified a suspect.

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From the ashes of a 2016 fire, an affordable housing development may rise.This week the Bernal Heights Housing Corps.purchased the property at 3300 Mission St. near 29th Street, the former site of the 3300 Club and a single-room occupancy hotel called the Graywood.A five-alarm blaze in 2016 ravaged the building and five others, displacing 58 tenants, many of whom were formerly homeless.

Although the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to put a halt to applications for new cannabis retail permits, no one at Thursday evening's community meeting opposed the opening of a new dispensary at 724 Valencia St between 18th and 19th Streets.If approved by the Planning Commission, Powerzzzup will welcome its customers this year, becoming the second cannabis dispensary on Valencia Street.

Mission Local has learned that Kate Sofis, who officially stepped down as San Francisco's head of San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development this week, has already found a new roost: Her former colleagues at OEWD were today informed by the mayor's office at an all-hands meeting that Sofis has been appointed the managing director of the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center, the complex that houses the San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, and San Francisco Ballet.

Last night, the fraught situation at Parcel 36 escalated into a physical altercation between Mission Greenway member Elizabeth Creely and Monkeybrains co-founder Rudy Rucker.After an hours-long argument between a group of guerilla gardeners and the owners of a nearby warehouse, who have competing visions for the hotly contested former rail spur, Creely took out her phone to record Rucker.

Carlo Watson, 57, has been charged with murder, carjacking, and a litany of other crimes after crashing an allegedly stolen city truck into four people at 16th and Potrero yesterday morning, killing one.The victim who was fatally struck has not yet been identified, but police said he was a 58-year-old man.

The "before" and "after" photos showed a clear picture: Without enforcement, the mold, leaks, and broken doorbells at 2334 Mission St. would have persisted.But the programs responsible for intervening between tenants and management, the Code Enforcement Outreach Program and SRO Collaborative, could be completely eliminated if the mayor's proposed budget is finalized.

Documentary Film Festival
The 22nd annual documentary film festival kicked off on Thursday and goes until Sunday, June 11 online and in person at the Roxie Theater.Films from local artists include Sweetheart Deal, the story of four sex workers seeking to escape the throes of addiction with the help of a roadside healer in an RV, and Tony & Denise, a memoir and experimental documentary-memoir telling the story of transgender pioneer Denise D'Anne, who lived in the Mission until her death.

On a narrow strip of Treat Street off 17th stands an unassuming, gray warehouse with a hand-painted sign reading "Pat Clabernathy's Indoor Donkey Farm and Retirement Home for Children."Inside, on any given day this summer, around 75 kids are screaming with laughter."We're making weirdos by the dozen," said a smiling Brian Gorman, co-founder of Rock Band Land, a year-round arts camp for youth aged "4 to death," as he puts it.

After a 5-2 vote on Wednesday evening, the San Francisco Police Commission will take the creation of a new social media policy out of the police department's hands - sending a firm message about who sets policy for the SFPD.As part of the resolution it passed on Wednesday, the commission also ordered Police Chief Bill Scott to rescind two "bureau orders" issued in recent months by the SFPD.

Sixteen months after an alleged arson closed down the Middle Eastern eatery Yasmin, its owners finally reopened this week - the result of a legal fight with both Yasmin's landlord and its insurance company, according to the restaurant's owner."They made me open.I wasn't ready to open," said Eiad Eltawil, Yasmin's owner for the past three years.

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Lawyers for the former Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly, who has been accused in federal court of bank fraud, filed a motion on Monday to nix evidence claiming Kelly consorted with prostitutes on a municipal trip to China.Kelly's attorneys also sought to exclude evidence regarding municipal China trips because they would "necessitate a distracting mini-trial related to Ed Lee."
Including this evidence, Kelly's lawyers argued, would induce a diversion into the alleged activities of the deceased former mayor and other city officials who were among "nearly a dozen people" to travel alongside Kelly to China in 2004.

The city has erected new fences with police insignia around the Mission District McDonald's late last week, in an apparent effort to push street vendors and unhoused residents out of the area altogether.In recent months, unlicensed vendors have proliferated at the 24th and Mission BART plazas and spilled over onto nearby blocks.

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"Muni te ama"
En los años 70, el director general de Muni, Curtis Green, tuvo la idea de repartir pins con el logotipo " Muni te ama ".Los años 70 en San Francisco fueron una época frenética, y es difícil comprender lo que sentía la gente si no estabas allí.

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Seis centros preescolares de San Francisco tienen grifos de agua que han superado el nivel de plomo aceptable para la ciudad, según los correos electrónicos enviados por el distrito escolar a los profesores y al personal.Según Laura Dudnick, portavoz del Distrito Escolar Unificado de San Francisco, estos centros se encuentran en las escuelas primarias E.R. Taylor, en Portola; Bryant, en Mission; George Washington Carver, en Bayview; Bret Harte, en Sunnydale; Grattan, cerca de Parnassus; y Rooftop, cerca de Twin Peaks.

¿Tiene derecho a Internet subvencionado?Un programa municipal lanzado en mayo permite a más de 124.000 hogares de San Francisco disfrutar de servicios de Internet gratuitos o de bajo coste subvencionados por el gobierno federal.Sin embargo, sólo el 26% de los hogares que reúnen los requisitos están aprovechando las ventajas.

Bueno, eso fue rápido
Apenas unos días después de que se retiraran las barreras de concreto de la calle Capp y se dejaran a su suerte las nuevas postes de metal, algunas de ellas ya han sufrido daños y han sido derribadas.Los postes de hierro amarillo colapsables a lo largo de Capp Street, desde la calle 18 a la 22, fueron instalados para limitar el tráfico de coches en el informal barrio rojo de la Misión.

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Por sorpresa, Nima Momeni, el hombre acusado de matar al fundador de Cash App, Bob Lee, y su abogada, Paula Canny, han separado.Momeni ha decidido contratar en su lugar a un abogado de Florida con orígenes persas.La abogada original inició la separación
El martes por la mañana, Canny anunció una moción para retirarse como abogada de Momeni.

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Welcome back to everyone's favorite seven-question-Mission-based-weekly news quiz.Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.How well do you remember what happened over the past week?We are looking back at union action from fellow reporters, new businesses opening up, and the tragic and alarming rise in overdose deaths in the city.

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El abogado de derechos civiles John Burris ha presentado una demanda civil en la que pide "no menos" de 25 millones de dólares por daños y perjuicios en nombre de los padres de Banko Brown, al que un guarda de seguridad de Walgreens tiroteó y mató el mes pasado.

Perhaps you don't visit the California Department of Public Health's website listing resources for " People who Use Drugs."
It advises everyone, wisely, not to do drugs alone.But, if you must, it suggests you dial a 1-800 number - one for English-speakers and one for Spanish - and stay on the line with an operator.

The most popular items at Latin Jewelers are probably the earpieces."We sell a lot of earrings," said Irene Peña, daughter of the shop's owner on Mission Street."You know - our culture."Babies often have their ears pierced right out of the hospital, she said, a cultural mainstay throughout Latin America.

Más de 70 personas acudieron esta mañana a la Tercera Iglesia Bautista para presentar sus respetos a Banko Brown, un transexual negro que murió el mes pasado por los disparos de un guarda de seguridad de Walgreens, en un incidente que ha sacudido San Francisco con protestas y luchas políticas internas.

Sábado
Carnaval de San Francisco
Hora: sábado y domingo
Lugar: entre las calles 16 y 24 por el barrio
Ya está aquí el Carnaval anual de San Francisco para celebrar el colorido Distrito de la Misión.Consulte el programa completo de música, comida, actuaciones y frenética celebración en el fin de semana festivo justo antes del Memorial Day.

Surveillance camera footage released today of last week's deadly police shooting in Glen Park showed Sergio Milton Barrios, 40, apparently dancing in the breezeway of his building near the gun he discarded earlier in the three-hour standoff.When he reaches for his gun, four officers fire various weapons at him.

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Across the city, vandals keep scratching off the meter numbers that drivers use in mobile apps to pay for parking.Nobody knows exactly who or why, but two things are certain: The phenomena creates headaches for motorists and parking enforcement officers alike, and it's costing the city untold amounts of money.

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New boba drinks are now available at an old destination: Steep Creamery and Tea recently opened its doors at 19th and Valencia streets, the exact spot where long lines would form for the now-shuttered Boba Guys.Steep Creamery and Tea is, seemingly, a different kind of shop: A local boba store owned by non-profit Juma Ventures, which largely hires teenagers and other youth who have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity, who have been involved in the foster care system or who have a juvenile or criminal justice history.

Tras un llamamiento unánime de la Junta de Supervisores y una carta del abogado de derechos civiles John Burris, el Fiscal General Rob Bonta aceptó hoy revisar las evidencias del asesinato de Banko Brown, un presunto ladrón desarmado que fue matado a tiros por el guarda de seguridad de Walgreens Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony el 27 de abril.