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public-safety

Crash Sends SUV Into Jolene's, Leaving Mission Queer Bar With $10,000 Repair Bill

A two-car collision at 16th and Harrison streets on Monday morning drove an SUV backwards through the front gates of the seven-year-old bar, injuring the driver and forcing the owner to launch a fundraiser.

A two-car crash shortly before 8 a.m. on October 13 sent an SUV hurtling backwards into the entry gates and front door of Jolene's, the queer bar at the corner of 16th and Harrison streets in the Mission District. A pickup truck and an SUV collided at the four-way intersection; the SUV's airbags deployed on impact and the vehicle came to rest embedded in the bar's front entryway, according to Mission Local and SFist. The female driver of the SUV was taken away by ambulance on a stretcher.

arts

Who Gets the Mission's $743,000? Arts Commission Opens Bidding After MCCLA Closure

Nine months after the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts shut its doors, the city says it will begin accepting applications for the funds it held for the nearly 50-year-old institution — while the center itself hunts for a new temporary home.

The city of San Francisco is sitting on $743,000 in arts and cultural programming funds intended for the Mission District, and it will soon open that money to competitive bids. Denise Pate, director of community investment at the San Francisco Arts Commission, told Mission residents at a community meeting on October 14 that applications will be accepted later this year, following the abrupt closure of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) in January.

housing

A Parking Lot Between 16th and 17th Will Become 152 Apartments — One of the First Mission Towers to Break Ground in Years

Developers DM Development and Ascentris have secured a $61.7 million construction loan and plan to break ground in November on a nine-story building at 321 Florida Street, only the second market-rate apartment project of its size to start in San Francisco since 2023.

A half-acre surface parking lot on Florida Street between 16th and 17th streets in the Mission District is set to become a nine-story, 152-unit apartment building, with groundbreaking scheduled for November 2026. Developer DM Development and Denver-based investment firm Ascentris announced the closing of the property in September, backed by a $61.7 million construction loan from PNC Bank — the two companies' first joint venture together.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 17

Film Screening: 'Prodigal Daughter' with Director Q&A — Bernal Heights Library

📍 Bernal Heights Branch Library, 500 Cortland Avenue · 2:00 PM · Verify · Bernal Connect / Bernal Heights Library

Sunday, October 18

Mission Bernal Neighborhood Cleanup

📍 Meet at Stemful, 30 29th Street · 9:00 AM · Verify · Bernal Connect

Saturday, October 24

Alemany Farm 21st Annual Harvest Festival

📍 Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd · 11:00 AM · Verify · Alemany Farm

Saturday, October 24

Lit Crawl SF 2026 — Litquake's Free Literary Pub Crawl Through the Mission

📍 Mission District — multiple venues along Mission, Valencia, and 24th streets · 5:00 PM · Verify · Litquake / Lit Crawl SF

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