Amid rising rates of diabetes in teenagers, youth are leading a new campaign to combat the social and environmental factors that created the epidemic. “This campaign is more about the social determinants of the disease,” said Sarah Fine, project director for the Youth Speaks UCSF Public Health Literacy Project. “We want to change the conversation to what are the social forces exacerbating the epidemic and what can we do to affect change.”
Yearly Archives: 2012
Posted inNews
After 16 months, FCC approves sale of radio station KUSF
By Jon Brooks, KQED News Fix Statement from the University of San Francisco: “The Federal Communications Commission today approved the sale of radio station KUSF to Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN). The sale will be finalized immediately. “A consent decree between the FCC, the University of San Francisco and CPRN allowed the sale to move […]
Posted inClimate Change, Government & Politics
San Francisco activists wary of U.N. climate reunion in Rio
The Bay Area is the unofficial headquarters of the green movement and the progenitor of the United Nations. So locally based environmental groups are particularly annoyed this week that the U.S. government continues to sideline climate change as world leaders prepare to gather in Brazil in late June.
Posted inCity Hall, Homelessness
S.F. to tackle shelter waiting game for disabled and older homeless
UPDATE: Listen to reporter T.J. Johnston’s updated report on this story at KQED news here. The health of homeless people — especially older and disabled ones — is endangered by a time-consuming wait they endure daily when reserving a bed in San Francisco’s public shelter system, advocates and city officials say. As a result of a hearing before a Board of Supervisors panel, the city has begun a series of public meetings with providers, city officials and clients, to seek improvements in shelter access and the health of senior and disabled clients. Homeless policy director Bevan Dufty and others hope to work out a plan this summer and present it to the board.
Posted inHousing
Tenants raising rents on new roommates
Finding a place to live in the Mission can be daunting. Often, dozens of hopeful renters show up at open houses, and Craigslist ads elicit responses from hundreds of people. With demand comes desperation, and in addition to those who offer cooked meals or to slip in an additional $600 to secure a spot, some are willing to pay extra rent to a master tenant for a room — and some are willing to charge it.
Posted inNews
Police department honors officers for valor
CLARIFICATION 6/12/12: This story omitted a fact about the confrontation with suspect Kenneth Harding: He was shot in the incident and was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead two hours later. Police later said Harding shot himself. Police pointed to the bullet they found, which did not match the size of […]
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Public Press on ‘Dan Rather Reports’
In early April, the San Francisco Public Press was featured on “Dan Rather Reports” in a segment titled “Taxing News.” The segment focused on the Public Press and other nonprofit journalism startups’ struggle to gain nonprofit status from the IRS. Though the Public Press currently accepts tax-deductible donations through the San Francisco-based Independent Arts & Media, independent […]
Posted inHomelessness, News, Social Justice
Thousands of tickets handed out to homeless
Ignoring ‘quality of life’ fines can lead to warrants, jail
San Francisco is an expensive place to find an apartment, sure. But it can also be a costly place to live outside. Police served homeless people in the city with almost 40,000 citations over a five-year period, according to records compiled by the city agency that provides homeless services.
Posted inEducation, Social Justice
Against all odds, former foster kid dons graduation cap
The last time Lerone Matthis was released from the Division of Juvenile Justice in April 2008, he feared he had reached bottom. “I was discouraged by the [diminished] prospects for a meaningful future,” Matthis recalled. He didn’t have a place to rest his head, bathe or change his clothes. He wore the same jeans and white shirt “that was dingy around the neck” because it hadn’t been washed for a month. Since he didn’t have a place to store his clothes, he bought socks from a neighborhood liquor store. He relied on relatives and friends for food and shelter. Other times, the former foster youth simply went hungry.
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Behind the Scenes: News Partnerships
The Public Press partners with more than 30 nonprofit news and civic organizations to expand our coverage of community issues. We feature news reporting, edited text from radio programs, graphics and photos from these partners on sfpublicpress.org and in our quarterly ad-free newspaper. We talked about partnerships recently with Lydia Chávez, managing editor at Mission Local, a bilingual nonprofit news […]