To enlarge photo, click image [su_slider source=”media: 25463,25465,25466,25467,25469,25470,25471,25473,25474,25475,25476,25478,25479,25481,25482,25483,25486,25485″ link=”image” width=”700″ height=”460″ speed=”500″] [su_box title=”Adios Alfonso: Legend of the Mission” box_color=”#131212″]On Sunday, Feb. 8, about 150 people gathered at Cafe La Boheme to say goodbye to Alfonso Texidor, poet, activist and Mission legend. After a performance by Aztec dancers and a three-hour poetry reading, the crowd […]
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Displaced families, businesses regroup in fireās wake
Milagro Rodriguez celebrated her birthday Feb. 5 the best she could from the confines of the emergency shelter at the Salvation Armyās Mission Corps Community Centerābarely two blocks from the building she called home just eight days prior.
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New developments in CCSF accreditation case
By Elisabetta Silvestro Though City College of San Francisco scored dubious victories last month in the battle over its accreditation, those victories have left many questions unanswered and its own future uncertain. Judge Curtis Karnow issued a tentative ruling on Jan. 16, in which he stated that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges […]
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Mexican Museum names new president and CEO
If Cayetana S. Gomezās colorful scarf doesnāt give away her love for arts and culture, then her new job definitely does.
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Argentina: Prosecutorās suspicious death opens old wounds
Argentine federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead of a gunshot wound at his at his Buenos Aires apartment Jan. 18, just hours before he was due in court to present to congress his evidence of a government conspiracy. A Bersa Thunder 22 handgun lay next to him.
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For Mission flower ladies, business is blooming
Photos and Story by Edgar Pacheco Three times each week, Marisol Ortega rises at 4:30 a.m., ready to work while most of San Francisco still lies asleep. From her home, she makes the two-hour morning drive to Watsonville and Salinas, all in the effort to retrieve the flowers that support her family. Scattered throughout the […]
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Martin Luther King Day
[su_slider source=”media: 25391,25392,25393″ width=”700″ height=”460″ title=”no” speed=”500″] Photos and Story by Mayra Lopez Nearly 1,000 marchers filled Oaklandās International Boulevard on Jan. 19, honoring civil rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King. The demonstrators began marching from the Fruitvale BART station plaza at around 12:30 p.m., and concluded near the Oakland Coliseum at around 4 p.m. […]
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āLa Lucha Sigueā for the missing 43
[su_slider source=”media: 25382,25383,25384,25385,25386,25387,25388″ width=”700″ height=”460″ title=”no” speed=”500″] Photos and Story by Angelica Ekeke āLa Lucha Sigue!ā was the rallying cry of more than 30 students and participants on Friday Jan. 30 at a march held on the steps of UC Berkeleyās historical Sproul Plaza. The march, āBerkeley con Ayotzinapa,ā was organized by two Mexican American […]
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Keep community college accessible for all
GUEST OPINION By Emily Wilson On the first day of the spring semester at City College of San Francisco (CCSF)āthe nationās largest community collegeāsome of the schoolās neediest students were told they donāt count. On Jan. 12, teachers gathered at the Civic Center campus, which sits in the shadow of City Hall. But rather than […]
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Saint or Sinner? Serraās canonization sparks controversy
By Elisabetta Silvestro Pope Francis announced on Jan. 15 plans to canonize Junipero Serra during a scheduled trip to the United States in September. The decision to honor the 18th Century friarāwho founded Californiaās first missionsācame as blasphemous news to the Native American community. Even though it had been discussed since 1988 when then-Pope John […]