[su_slider source=”media: 30698,30699,30700″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] On the corner of Lyon and Page Street in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district sits the Huckleberry House, an oasis for runaway and homeless youth. The baby blue and brick chimney Victorian-style home is open 24 hours […]
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Helen Chavez dies at 88
Helen Chavez, the wife of Cesar Chavez, was surrounded by family at San Joaquin Community Hospital when she died from natural causes on June 6. She was 88. Known as humble and quiet in public, Mrs. Chavez’s fierce determination was vital in helping her husband recruit thousands to build the United Farm Workers of America […]
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What the Mainstream Media Got Wrong About San Jose’s Anti-Trump Rally
Originally published by Silicon Valley De-Bug on June 6, and condensed here for space. On Thursday, June 2, the anti-Trump rally staged in San José made national headlines, most of them were for one-dimensional stories about Trump supporters being victimized by violent protesters. Several protesters who actually attended the rally found themselves all over the […]
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Q&A: AmericArte collective bridges cultures and continents
[su_slider source=”media: 30592,30593,30595,30594″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] This summer the Juan R. Fuentes gallery will debut its fifth exhibition by a group of five artists who’ve come together under the name and the theme, “AmericArte.” Contributing artists Camille Mai, Alejandro Meza, Victoria Montero, […]
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Flamenco master embraced by adopted culture
[su_label type=”info”]Column: Community in Focus[/su_label] [su_slider source=”media: 30573,30574,30575,30576,30577,30578,30579,30580,30581,30582,30583,30584,30585,30586,30587,30588″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] We learn at a young age how to identify with our culture. If we “look” a certain way, then it can be simple, but for some of us, it’s anything but […]
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CA leads way in solar tech but communities of color left behind
Written for the green energy fellowship for New America Media, sponsored by PG&E California is the leader of solar technology and one of the wealthiest states, yet its poorer communities in large part don’t have access to this expanding technology. The Mission District, recognized for its Latino community, has for some time been battling the […]
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Con Orlando
[su_slider source=”media: 30539,30538,30540,30541,30542,30543,30544,30545,30546,30547,30548,30549,30550,30551,30552,30553,30554,30555,30556,30557,30558,30559,30560,30561,30562,30563,30564,30565,30566″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] Less than 24 hours after 49 people were killed and 53 more were injured at a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida (the largest ever mass shooting carried out by a civilian in the United States) more […]
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Bernie Sanders on a mission, in the Mission
[su_slider source=”media: 30528,30527,30526,30525,30524,30523,30522,30521,30520,30519,30518,30517,30516,30515,30514,30513,30512,30511,30510,30509,30508″ limit=”40″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_slider source=”media: 29856,29857″ limit=”30″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ autoplay=”0″ speed=”500″][su_menu][/su_slider] On Monday June 6—the last day before the California Primary—Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally in San Francisco’s Mission District, opting for one final push ahead of the June 7 election. Sanders greeted about […]
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In San Francisco, art is everywhere
[su_label type=”info”]COLUMN: DEVIL’S ADVOCATE[/su_label] Every time I leave the San Francisco Bay Area, besides missing my family and others close to me, what I miss most of all is the spectacular multicultural diversity of this place, especially its arts scene. Between May 19 and 21, I was lucky enough to be able to witness and […]
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Latina SF State graduates honored for academic achievement
Two Latina San Francisco State University students received special recognition at the university’s May 27 commencement ceremony, which celebrated the graduation of more than 8,000 students at AT&T Park. Representing the College of Science and Engineering, graduate student Claudia Corona and undergraduate student Adriana Garcia were chosen to wear academic hoods to symbolize their high […]