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Give the gift of membership

It’s a great time of year to invite a friend to join the Public Press family with a gift membership. Basic membership starts at $35 a year and includes free admission to member events, plus home delivery of the next four editions of the newspaper. Plus, if you join, renew, buy a gift membership or make a donation at the $100 level by Dec. 31, we’ll send you a copy of “The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use ’Plain English’ to Rob You Blind” by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, author and Public Press supporter David Cay Johnston.  
 
 
 
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The People Behind the Press: The Analyst

We want you to know what you’re getting for your donation by introducing you to some of the talented freelance writers, editors, photographers and multimedia journalists who make our newspaper possible. Join or renew your membership now to make sure that our journalists can continue to bring you more serious public-interest reporting in 2014. The Analyst: Jeremy Adam Smith
Jeremy Adam Smith conducts his reporting with patience, persistence and an open mind, and uncovers nuanced stories that other journalists overlook. As a freelance reporter for the Public Press, Jeremy crafts stories that explain complex situations and resonate with readers. He is the lead reporter on our upcoming project on education inequality in San Francisco public schools.

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The People Behind the Press: The Skeptic

We’re grateful for support that we’ve received this past year. We want you to know what you’re getting for your donation by introducing you to some of the talented freelance writers, editors, photographers and multimedia journalists who make our newspaper possible. Make a donation today to make sure that our journalists can continue to bring you more serious public-interest reporting in 2014. The Skeptic: Michele Anderson
Michele Anderson brings her dry wit, prodigious vocabulary and keen editorial eye to her work at the San Francisco Public Press. As print edition editor, Michele contributes to the Public Press in ways that extend far beyond her title. With a background in law, journalism and nonprofits, she wears many hats in our growing organization.

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The People Behind the Press: The Public Records Hound

Journalism that changes public policy takes hard work and resources. Your membership in the Public Press helps inform the community about life-and-death issues affecting tens of thousands of San Francisco and Bay Area residents. We’re grateful for support that we’ve received and want to let you know what you’re getting for your donation by introducing you to some of the talented freelance writers, editors, photographers and multimedia journalists who make our newspaper possible. Make a donation today to make sure that our journalists can continue to bring you more serious public-interest reporting in 2014. The Public Records Hound: Noah Arroyo
Around the newsroom, Noah Arroyo is known for his persistence.

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THANK YOU from the San Francisco Public Press

From all of us at the Public Press, thank you for your encouragement and engagement. Every time we hear from one of our readers, it reminds us that our watchdog reporting efforts are appreciated. We are especially grateful for all the financial support we’ve received from you this year. Member contributions are a cornerstone of our funding model and essential to sustaining our newsroom operations. Thank you for supporting in-depth, public-interest journalism in San Francisco.

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Supervisors Seek Cure for Double Parking ‘Epidemic’

By Alexander Mullaney, Mission Local

After waiting 20 minutes on the J streetcar because of a double-parked delivery truck, District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener stepped out to investigate. He found the offending delivery truck driver, four streetcars backed up and another issue to add to his list of needed transportation work. At a hearing on double parking at the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee Monday, Wiener discovered that beyond interfering with transit, double-parked vehicles create dangerous situations for bicyclists and pedestrians, and confirmed his suspicion that enforcement is concentrated in downtown. Nowhere is double parking more common than on Mission Street. In 2012, of the 22,860 double parking citations issued citywide by the Department of Parking and Transportation, approximately 1,500 were given on Mission Street, making it the worst in the city, according to data presented by Municipal Transportation Agency’s Ricardo Olea.

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Veteran Bay Area Journalist Tim Redmond on Today’s Media Landscape

By Ben Trefny, KALW
With so many media options to choose from, some older forms are getting less attention. So how are these changes reshaping what news we read, see, and hear? KALW’s Ben Trefny is exploring this idea with Bay Area media makers. Today, he spoke with Tim Redmond, who recently left the San Francisco Bay Guardian after more than three decades with the paper. “I’ve always believed that democracy can’t exist without reporters,” says Redmond.

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Biohacking Project a Glowing Controversy

By Holly J. McDede, KALW
When we think of garage scientists, eccentric, gray-haired Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future might come to mind. But these days, garages seem a little old-fashioned — especially when you can work in a tricked out DIY Bio Lab. 
DIY, or Do It Yourself, labs are for citizen scientists to collaborate. Rather than for profit, the projects are for learning — things like building robots and printing live cells from 3-D printers. Collective membership dues make the fancy lab equipment affordable. And that’s the goal: make science more accessible, and less intimidating.

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A Love Supreme in San Francisco

By Kristina Loring, KALW
The Church of John Coltrane has always put the man’s music at the center of its services. “I hear John Coltrane say that when you discover the possibilities of music, you want to help humanity and free people from their hang ups and make the world a better place,” says Wanika King-Stephens, the church’s pastor. “And so that’s the kind of intention that he had behind his music.”
Her father, Franzo King founded the church decades ago after he took his wife Marina to see Coltrane play. San Francisco was a hotbed for jazz at the time, filled with smoke-filled clubs and a rotating cast of musical greats. The Kings were at a popular club in North Beach, the Jazz Workshop.

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San Francisco Measures Value of CCSF

By Sara Bloomberg, KQED
With the deadline for City College of San Francisco to lose its accreditation less than 10 months out, city officials are questioning its economic impact on the city. The answer appears to be at least $311 million. At a Budget and Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday, Supervisor Eric Mar called an evaluation he had requested on the college’s economic impact “groundbreaking.” “I think this report is groundbreaking because it quantifies a huge economic impact to the city and county of San Francisco and so many families and people of San Francisco, young and old, that have improved their lives” by taking classes there, Mar said. CCSF is the largest community college in the state, with 80,000 students enrolled in the 2012-2013 academic year.