With a year left before the 2022 California Gubernatorial Election, we talk to local activist Jackie Fielder about what Governor Newsom needs to do to earn our trust, and also chat about other candidates that Fielder’s Daybreak PAC are focused on.
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Mission mural pays homage to Santana familyâs musical legacy
As Michelle Santana stood at the base of the sprawling mural at 24th and Osage streets, the one commemorating her iconic musical and Mission-rooted family, the memories of her late father, Jorge Santana, came flooding back. âWe did everything together,â reminisced Michelle, standing in the very same neighborhood that raised not only her father Jorge, […]
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Photo Essay: DĂa de muertos en la MisiĂłn
Following a day of bad weather in San Francisco on Monday, Bay Area residents celebrate Dia de los Muertos along 24th St in San Franciscoâs Mission District, on Nov. 2, 2021.
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Destapas brings Spanish simplicity to the Mission
When I stepped into Destapas, I was met not by flashy posters of bulls and dancers in red skirts, but by a pop art cityscape sprawled across the wall. Instead of flamenco music, low-fi beats played as servers polished glasses behind the bar. The modern space, adorned with trailing plants and orange pottery and flooded […]
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Photo Essay: Mission History Matters
24th Street filled with live music, theater and dancing on Oct. 23 for AcciĂłn Latinaâs first in-person Paseo ArtĂstico since the onset of COVID-19. The event, themed âHistory Matters in the Mission,â celebrated the accomplishments of Mission legends who gave a voice and identity to the neighborhood through their art, activism and community organizing. Theater […]
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Our Cultura Podcast: Juan Pablo Gutierrez
In this episode, we are joined by LGBTQ artist, activist, and the director of El Colectivo Del Rescate Cultural, Juan Pablo Gutierrez . We discuss how the DĂa De Los Muertos ritual procession came to be, the impact and influence that the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s had on the ritual procession, and honoring nuestros […]
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Mexicoâs Canelo Alvarez looks to continue quest for boxing glory
On Nov. 6, the entire world of boxing will stop to witness history in the making as Saul âCaneloâ Alvarez will try to achieve what no other prizefighter of Mexican descent has ever achieved before, to become an undisputed champion. Alvarez, 31, who is considered boxingâs pound-for-pound king and who holds the WBC, WBA, WBO […]
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David Camposâ experience, ideological conviction make him the best candidate for District 17 seat
Of the myriad of factors that make up the San Francisco voting bloc, right wing is low on the list. The City skews Democrat, and often progressive Democrat at that. More than 55 percent of the Cityâs nearly 800,000 voters registered as Democrats, according to state data. As San Francisco has grown, that plurality has […]
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Latina Latino Latinx News: Why Education Should Be Affordable
City College of San Francisco student, Diamund, joins us to chat about the obstacles college students currently are living with, as well as the  struggle professors are a part of as they try to keep their jobs.
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The march for reproductive justice
Thousands of people nationwide marched for womenâs rights and reproductive justice in response to Texasâ legislative attack on abortion. In San Francisco thousands of Northern Californians marched from City Hall down Market Street to The Embarcadero chanting âour body our choiceâ in solidarity with women in Texas, Oct. 2, 2021. Photo: Benjamin Fanjoy