The New Fillmore, the neighborhood newspaper covering the intersection of the Fillmore, Japantown and Pacific Heights since 1986, published its December issue last week.  

Hoodline readers should check it out for a great mix of local news and history. Here's a quick look at the top stories:

Back Home For The Holidays interviews Jim Scott, the 93-year-old author of a new book, The Al Tarik, which details his experience losing his apartment in a fire and struggling to make ends meet in a local residential hotel. This year, he successfully battled his landlord to return, and was able to continue his two-decade tradition of a Thanksgiving self-portrait—from his home.

Uncle Nick Takes Charge At Dino’s checks in with a successful national restaurateur who's living in the city and helping out the family business.

It All Started With A Tomato Sandwich is a first-person account from Joanne Weir, author of Kitchen Gypsy, about coming of age as a chef during the formative years of the local, organic food movement.

Grand In A Very Victorian Way tells the history of the landmarked Payne Mansion at 1409 Sutter St.

And finally, Sundance Sells Kabuki Cinemas brings a local angle to the recent acquisition of the movie house chain by Carmike Cinemas.

While the paper is fully available online for free (PDF), you can also get it in print if you live in its distribution area, or pay a small fee for a mail-order copy.