Although sheâs been in training since the day she was born, Mytia Zavala thought sheâd have more time before she stepped into her dadâs shoes. But that all changed when her father, Michael Smith, founder of the American Indian Film Institute (AIFI) passed into the spirit realm suddenly in February of 2018. Through AIFI, Smith championed Native voices in […]
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El Ulular Podcast
George Eduardo Barahona and Marisol Cabrera, students in Professor Jon Funabiki’s Journalism 575 Community Media class at San Francisco State University, present El Ulular, a weekly podcast that covers important news and events here in the Bay Area.
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What is next for La Victoria? Longtime Mission bakery forced out after 67 years
[su_carousel source=”media: 39099,39100,39101,39102,39103,39104,39105,39106,39107,39108,39109,39110,39111,39112,39113,39114,39115,39116,39117,39118,39119,39120,39121,39122,39123,39124,39125,39126,39127,39128,39129,39130,39131,39132,39133,39134,39135,39136,39137,39138,39139,39140″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] The walls are bare and brown boxes cover the tables that were once filled with people. The front window is covered with a bright neon-yellow sign, it says, âTo all of our clients and friends, we inform that the day has come for us to leave.â […]
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Valencia Street institution Casa Bonampak up for sale
[su_carousel source=”media: 39062,39063,39064,39065,39067,39068,39069,39070,39071,39072,39073,39074,39075,39076″ limit=”65″ link=”lightbox” width=”800″ height=”540″ responsive=”no” items=”1″] Piñatas and papel picado hang from the ceiling, clothing and jewelry adorn the walls next to card stock paper flowers, and Trump piñatas sit in the windows on display for those passing by. This is the scene at Casa Bonampak, the Mexican craft store located at […]
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SF State Latino Studies class breaks down local and state propositions for us
In this time of political upheaval it may be hard for California voters to focus on the details of the state wide and local propositions on the ballot. Yet in the upcoming Nov. 6 midterm elections, voters will be asked to decide on propositions that will determine how we handle pressing problems ranging from water […]
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Prop C will ensure that rich help foot the burden of homelessness in SF
We can all agree that homelessness is a serious problem in San Francisco, one that has stubbornly remained fast even as our famously liberal city has become one of the wealthiest places on earth. Our mayors and our supervisors, like broken records, promise again and again to address the issue, but rarely, if ever, is […]
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Dear children, beware! Racism ahead!
[su_label type=”info”]The Devil’s Advocate[/su_label] I remember lying in bed as a nine-year-old child, wide-awake and thinking: âWhere will I live when I grow up? Who is going to be my partner?â Since I was five years of age, I have been an avid reader and the world of my imagination had broadened enough to transport […]
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Prop 10 will give local governments weapon to fight gentrification
A statewide coalition of tenant and housing advocates gathered more than 595,000 signatures to put Proposition 10 on this Novemberâs ballot. Prop 10 would allow local governments to give rent control protections to more Californians and help relieve our affordability crisis. Big real estate is investing tens of millions of dollars to defeat Prop 10 […]
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Voters can decide if Womanâs Building will win large national grant
The sprawling, intricate and powerful âMaestraPeaceâ mural that covers two sides of the historic Womenâs Building in the Mission District is immediately striking. Created in 1984 by seven muralistas, itâs numerous shades of blue produce a calming and settling reaction at first glance, while a closer inspection reveals detailed depictions of the community support and […]
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Virginia Ramos, the Mission’s iconic Tamale Lady, dies at 65
Virginia Ramos, the Mission Districtâs âTamale Ladyââknown for passing out words of wisdom and homemade tamales to local bar crawlersâhas died at the age of 65. The San Francisco Medical Examiner confirmed Ramos died on Sept. 27 after decades of wheeling her cooler full of tamales around bars in the Mission District for hungry bar […]