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Lydia Chávez

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  • Founder and Executive Editor, Mission Local
  • Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
San Francisco
As seen in: Mission Local, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, SFGate, Flipboard, EIN News, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Center for Health Journalism, Our Community Now, El Tecolote, Hecho En California
Executive Editor of Mission Local. Wanted this to be all about art and then the pandemic arrived.
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Ousted San Francisco school principal reams district at graduation ceremony

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By Maura Corkery, Lydia Chávez 
| Mission Local
Vidrale Franklin, the former longtime principal of Dr. Charles R. Drew College Preparatory Academy, used last Monday’s graduation ceremony at the Bayview elementary school to openly challenge the school district for forcing her to resign after a lengthy investigation into how she managed school funds. “The world needs to know how you don’t value us, how you under-resource us,” she said in reference to the district. “And then when we start to do well. How you shut us down. Yeah.
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What’s on now at San Francisco museums, June 2026

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By Lydia Chávez 
| Mission Local
“The Prince of Homburg: A Solo Exhibition by P. Staff” at Yerba Buena will close June 24. “People Make This Place: SFAI Stories” through July 5 at SFMOMA. “Treasures of the Pharaohs ” on Aug. 1 at the de Young Museum “Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective” on Sept 25 at the Asian Art Museum Ashley Voss updates a local gallery guide weekly. Check out the guide’s Instagram account and website. The Arts Commission meets online and in person on the first Monday of each month, which means today, June 1 at 2 p.m..
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She put a box of trinkets by her stoop. The Castro fell in love.

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By JL Odom , Lydia Chávez 
| Mission Local
On a gray San Francisco afternoon, a burst of color on Sanchez Street cuts through the gloom: spinning pinwheels, bubbles filling the air and a small metal box filled with trinkets meant to brighten someone’s day. Known as the Castro Trinket Trade, the curbside setup near 16th Street has become a neighborhood attraction. “It’s very fun and very community-building and community-oriented.
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