In the Dark: Who’s Really to Blame for the Great SF Blackout?‘The fish rots from the head,’ says one expert — and the smell is coming from the governor’s mansion. Jan 16 26January 16, 2026Article at coyotemedia.org
The little-known history of Japanese American incarceration where a Bay Area mall now standsLiving in a horse stall reeking of manure is a lasting, common memory for people who were incarcerated in the Tanforan Assembly Center. Jul 09 25July 09, 2025Article at sfgate.com
'Vital' space for Iranian Americans closes its doors during uncertain timesThe Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at SFSU was described as a niche, inclusive institution like no other. Jun 28 25June 28, 2025Article at sfgate.com
SFUSD’s New Boss Got a 6-Month ‘Honeymoon.’ Now Deep Budget Cuts Are ComingSuperintendent Maria Su has avoided teacher layoffs, slashed central office staff, and promised to ‘make magic happen.’ The real test starts this fall. May 12 25May 12, 2025Article at thefrisc.com
A hiker lay shivering and bleeding on a remote California trail. 6 teenagers helped with the rescueHikers from a summer camp group found an injured man shivering violently with blood... Jun 30 24June 30, 2024Article at sfchronicle.com
Victim comes forward to detail alleged harassment by San Francisco teacherIt was March 2023, and Luis Gante was lying in bed and grappling with a moral dilemma. A shooter had recently walked into an elementary school in Nashville and opened fire, killing three 9-year-old children and three teachers. The news had shaken… Sep 14 23September 14, 2023Article at San Francisco Standard
Is there any salvaging San Francisco's buggy school payroll system?San Francisco's public school staff just started their third school year with a faulty payroll system, and the district is still slogging through a backlog of 3,000 issues. For employees of the San Francisco Unified School District, a… Aug 23 23August 23, 2023Article at San Francisco Standard
Asian Americans have been on both sides of the affirmative action debateIn the 1980s, esteemed Berkeley professor and self-described unrepentant supporter of affirmative action Ling-Chi Wang was on a mission—one that would be cited in a major Supreme Court case ruled on Thursday. Wang spent the latter half of the decade… Jun 29 23June 29, 2023Article at San Francisco Standard
A judge may undo a key immigration program: What can California’s 150K ‘Dreamers’ do next?Until he was 25 years old, Eli Oh made his living by waiting tables off the books—in spite of holding a nursing degree. His family arrived in San Jose from South Korea on tourist visas in 1998 when he was 11 years old, having borrowed money to move… Jun 15 23June 15, 2023Article at San Francisco Standard
Youth violence rocks San Francisco. Where does the city go from here?Barring the occasional fight over all the things teenagers occasionally fight about, one eighth grader at Francisco Middle School wouldn’t say their North Beach campus was filled with tension. But during lunch one day in March, the school went on a… May 08 23May 08, 2023Article at San Francisco Standard
The system failed him’: SF educator battled insurance glitches before dying from cancerIn July, several months into the San Francisco Unified School District’s disastrous payroll switch, one of its longtime paraeducators, Eddy Alarcon, underwent tests to get to the bottom of some recent health issues. That’s when the Mission District… Sep 14 22September 14, 2022Article at San Francisco Standard
Getting harder by the day’: SF school district looks to staff up as droves of teachers departIt took years for Danthu Pham to get her credential, but just months of teaching during the pandemic to quit the profession. In February, just a couple of months after finally getting her teaching credential, the Vietnamese language teacher founder… Jul 18 22July 18, 2022Article at San Francisco Standard
Pride and prejudice: Why Lowell looms large in SF’s school discourseIn the wake of February’s nationally watched school board recall, many have floated theories as to why San Franciscans voted overwhelmingly to oust all three commissioners on the ballot. But many who were on the ground for the contentious election… Mar 04 22March 04, 2022Article at San Francisco Standard
SF art school investigates theater class practice that had students undressing together‘I remember being mortified and humiliated’ Nov 24 21November 24, 2021Article at sfexaminer.com
What’s in a name? Asian American magazine fights to keep its identityAn investor-backed media group laid claim to the moniker of SF’s long-running Hyphen magazine, sparking a conversation about writing over community history Jun 17 21June 17, 2021Article at sfexaminer.com
RIP Mike Rowell, Longtime SF Weekly Music ObsessiveRowell spent more than two decades introducing your weird, favorite bands during a bygone era of local music journalism. He died at age 56. Dec 11 19December 11, 2019Article at SF Weekly
Supervisor Brown Evicted Tenants 25 Years AgoVallie Brown, the District 5 supervisor in the midst of a heated election, has said she knows what it’s like to get evicted. It was often the reason why she and her artist friends hopped from one SoMa warehouse to the other for nearly a decade.… Oct 10 19October 10, 2019Article at SF Weekly
Aardvark’s Neon Sign Seeks New HomeThe night Aardvark Books ended its 40-year run on Church Street, customers could be seen carrying stacks of books from near-empty shelves past farewell signs that hinted at some unfinished business. The loss of a beloved bookstore was one thing, but… Feb 13 19February 13, 2019Article at SF Weekly
You’ll Never Set Foot on These S.F. Islands — and That’s OkayFor 50 years, researchers have lived on the pure, wild reaches of the Farallon Islands roughly 30 miles from San Francisco. Here’s what it’s like to be the only humans Dec 26 18December 26, 2018Article at SF Weekly
Toxic Relationship: The Fraud at Hunters PointNot far from the radioactive soil of Hunters Point, city environmental engineer Amy Brownell sits stoically in a room full of people who want her fired. Someone tells her she should protect herself from criminal prosecution and become a whistleblower… Aug 23 18August 23, 2018Article at SF Weekly
