Joe Rivano Barros

2 weeks ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

Mission Local won a dozen awards at this year’s California Journalism Awards ceremony on Saturday night, including two first-place wins for in-depth reporting and informational graphics stemming from last year’s election coverage. We practically swept the informational graphics category thanks to our outstanding team of data reporters, winning first-, third-, and fourth-place prizes.

3 weeks ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

Mayor Daniel Lurie on Tuesday issued an executive order to boost the flagging ranks of police officers and sheriff’s deputies in San Francisco, pointing to “historically low staffing levels that fall far short of the city’s operational needs.” The order also calls for an evaluation of the San Francisco Police Department’s heavy use of overtime, which was recently lambasted by even pro-police city supervisors in hearings where SFPD asked for — and received — $61 million in additional overtime...

4 weeks ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

The San Francisco Police Department on Thursday said officers arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing a 19-year-old in a Mission District home last Friday. The suspect, 21-year-old Trayvon Williams, was arrested in Novato on Wednesday by officers from the SFPD, the Novato police department, and the Marin County SWAT team, according to the SFPD. He was taken into custody and booked into San Francisco jail on May 7 at 11:44 p.m., according to jail records.

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros

Mission Local has been given a finalist nod in 10 categories at the California Journalism Awards — the contest honoring the best in reporting across the state. We’re finalists in the following categories: community-focused reporting, enterprise news, homelessness reporting, best illustration (thanks to our very talented cartoonist, Neil Ballard), in-depth reporting, informational graphic, local election coverage, profile, public service, and writing.

1 month ago | missionlocal.org | Joe Rivano Barros |Kelly Waldron

When Supervisor Jackie Fielder and Assistant Chief David Lazar sparred at a San Francisco city hearing this week, two questions arose: Is it good for public safety that the city’s police officers can go work private security after work, and are those officers spread out equitably across San Francisco’s neighborhoods? Lazar said yes, full stop. The program “is a big win for the community, the public, the city, and for the department,” he said.