Painted entirely in gold, the Golden Fire Hydrant in San Francisco stands on the corner of 20th/Church Street – and is frequently overlooked despite being anything but inconspicuous: Mission Dolores ...

I grew up in the Mission District of San Francisco, a blue-collar working-class district named after the first Catholic church established in 1776 called Mission Dolores (Mission of Sorrows). The ...

After all, its namesake is the city’s oldest building, Mission Dolores. This is the place that introduced the burrito to the wider world, so be sure to check out Latinx-owned businesses like La ...

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From the start, Mission Santa Clara was meant to serve as the sister mission to Mission Dolores in San Francisco. Spanish Viceroy Bucareli’s grand design intended Mission Dolores (and its Presidio) to ...

The counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara in California in addition to King County, Washington, and the cities of ...

On the western edge of The Mission, this 16-acre park is billed as one of the city’s most popular – because of its views of the San Francisco skyline and beyond, as well its ample green space.