When Isabel VelĂĄsquez saw the massive 6-foot-3, 264-pound Brock Lesnarâthe man her son CaĂn was moments from challenging for the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleâshe prayed.
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Board votes down luxury-housing moratorium
[su_slider source=”media: 26737,26739,26740,26741,26742,26743,26744,26745,26746″ limit=”25″ link=”image” target=”blank” width=”700″ height=”460″ speed=”500″] The clock was just 13 minutes shy of midnight on June 2 when the San Francisco Board of Supervisorsâafter listening to nearly nine hours of emotional public testimony from many distressed Mission residentsâvoted down the luxury-housing moratorium proposed by District 9 Supervisor David Campos. The moratorium, […]
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Cruisin’ down Queer Street: A conversation with the creators of ‘The Q-Sides’ photo exhibit
Galeria de la Razaâs latest exhibit, âThe Q Sides,â is a play on the classic imagery of the âEast Side Storyâ music compilations of the 1950s and â60s, which re-imagines the original East Side Story photographs with LGBTQI people.
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Carnaval 2015
San Francisco celebrated its 37th year last Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24. This yearâs theme was âAgua Sagradaâ or Sacred Water, a reference to the importance of conservation during the current drought.
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New Bill will provide much needed oversight of CCSF accreditators
Nearly three years ago, our community rallied together to help save City College of San Francisco (CCSF) after the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) sought to shut it down.
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New mural captures spirit of the Mission
Precita Eyes Muralists Association and Center is paying a special tribute to El Tecolote and some of its most respected volunteers by featuring them on a mural in the heart of the Mission District, on the side of Philz Coffee, at the corner of 24th and Folsom streets.
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Supervisors to vote on housing moratorium
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote June 2 on District 9 Supervisor David Camposâ moratorium on luxury housing in the Mission District.
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SF Sheriffâs wife tells her side in new production
Itâs hard to see how the darkest period in Eliana Lopezâs marriage to San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi could be turned into a comedy, but in her new play, âCual es el EscĂĄndalo?,â Lopez does just that thatâand with great results.
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Campos proposes moratorium on luxury housing in Mission
In the latest effort to curb the rapid displacement and the construction of expensive housing that has plagued the Mission District in recent years, District 9 Supervisor David Campos has proposed a temporary halt on luxury housing development.
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Fighting back against Parkinsonâs
The sound of gloved fists crashing against punching bags echoed through Polk Street Boxing Gym as eager students wrapped their hands in gauze and tape. These individuals werenât readying for an ordinary 90-minute fitness class however, they were preparing to fight back against Parkinsonâs disease.