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FROM THE EDITOR · WHAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING
The 6 a.m. tai chi circle by Lake Merritt Twelve regulars meet at the southwest corner of the lake at six in the morning. The Mission's Last Mariachi Tailor Don Ramiro has been hand-stitching trajes for 41 years. The Oakland Roller-Skating Pastor Sermons at 11. The 96-Year-Old Skateboarder of Pacifica He doesn't push hard. The Hayward Driveway Skate Park Twenty years ago they paved over their lawn. The Sunset surf school for kids who can't swim Lulu Garcia teaches kids from inland neighborhoods to swim and surf. The Outer Richmond Russian bakery passing the recipe to its third owner Cinderella Bakery has been on Balboa Street since 1953. The Tenderloin barbershop that became a youth program Big Mike's Cuts opened on Eddy Street in 2008. All 57 issues →
THE ARCHIVE
57 issues · Next saturday: june 06, 2026
The last Korean tofu house on Geary Street
The 6 a.m. tai chi circle by Lake Merritt
The Mission's Last Mariachi Tailor
The Oakland Roller-Skating Pastor
The 96-Year-Old Skateboarder of Pacifica
The Hayward Driveway Skate Park
The Sunset surf school for kids who can't swim
The Outer Richmond Russian bakery passing the recipe to its third owner
The Tenderloin barbershop that became a youth program
The Daly City pho shop run by a 19-year-old after her father died