Pride is among the most gratifying of feelings, as when oneâs hand is raised in the air, while being crowned champion in front of millions of people. Oscar De La Hoyaâthe renowned Mexican-American boxer-turned-businessman from East Los Angelesâhas had a few of those moments throughout his career. From his amateur career as a boxer, where […]
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Lowriders support strikers, occupy Mission Police Station
The thundering grumble of lowriders ignited the street corridors of Valencia Street on May 1, as a procession of the restored marvels came to rest in front of the Mission Police Station in a show of support for the ongoing hunger strike. Benjamin Bac Sierra, a City College of San Francisco English teacher and active […]
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How a witness to fatal SFPD shooting of Amilcar Perez-Lopez came forward
[su_heading size=”30″ align=”left”]Eyewitness refutes SFPD explanation of Amilcar shooting[/su_heading] Editorâs Note: This report was produced in collaboration with KQED. [su_slider source=”media: 30125,30129,30127,30128,30130,30132,30126,30131″ 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] In the 14 months since two plainclothes police officers shot and killed a 20-year-old Guatemalan immigrant carpenter […]
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Trump visit to Bay Area meets with fierce resistance
[su_slider source=”media: 30108,30109,30110,30111,30112,30113,30114,30115,30116,30117,30118,30119″ 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] Hundreds of demonstrators assembled around the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, CA on the afternoon of Friday, April 29, as the Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump spoke at the California GOP Convention. Protesters linked arms on one […]
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Starving for change: ‘Frisco 5’ hunger striking police brutality
[su_slider source=”media: 30094,30093,30092,30091,30090,30089,30088,30087,30086,30085,30084,30083,30082,30081,30080,30079,30078,30077,30076,30075,30074,30073,30072,30071,30070,30069,30068,30067,30066,30065,30064,30063,30062,30061,30060,30059″ 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] The five activists on hunger strikeâwho have become known as the âFrisco 5ââare responding to what they believe to be systemic injustices present in the SFPD, and are demanding the firing of Police Chief Greg Suhr […]
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News Briefs: April 21-May 4
[su_label type=”info”]National[/su_label] Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama immigration reform The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments on April 18 over whether Obamaâs 2014 executive order expanding DACA and DAPA is unconstitutional. The presidentâs executive order was put on hold almost immediately after it was issued, when 26 states filed an injunction arguing that […]
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Death on Shotwell street
[su_heading size=”30″ align=”left”]Latest fatal shooting by SFPD challenged by eyewitnesses[/su_heading] [su_slider source=”media: 30026,30027,30028,30029,30030,30036,30037,30031,30032,30033,30034,30035″ limit=”30″ 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] Conflicting accounts of what led to police killing Luis Demetrio Gongora Patâthe 45-year-old Mexican homeless man who was shot six times by Sgt. Nate Steger and […]
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Residents of dismantled homeless encampment remember friend killed by SFPD
[su_slider source=”media: 30017,30018″ limit=”30″ 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 morning of April 7, screams could be heard emanating from the homeless tent encampment, which lined the sidewalks of Shotwell Street between 18th and 19th streets. Residents had just witnessed one of their most […]
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Is San Francisco still concerned with the less fortunate?
[su_label type=”info”]Staff Editorial [/su_label] Update: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the Mayorâs Office of Economic Development commissioned a survey regarding San Francisco nonprofits who are concerned about âlong-term financial sustainability.â The survey was commissioned by the Mayor’s office of housing and community development. This version has been corrected. San Francisco is […]
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Sign of the Times? Another beloved legacy business in jeopardy
In 1971, the first owners of Modern Times Bookstore were in the midst of finishing the shopâs opening sign at its original location at the corner of 17th and Sanchez streets, when a local resident casually passed by. âI thought San Francisco would be a great place to come and be a lesbian,â said Ruth […]