Chuey Cazares is part of a large extended Chicano family, living in the tiny hamlet of Alviso. Nestled in between salt ponds, on the southern tip of San Francisco Bay, Alviso is at risk of flooding from both the creeks above and the Bay below. Converting the salt ponds back to their original wetlands could […]
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Garden Grows at Mission District Elementary School
By Erica Hellerstein, Mission Local It’s a noisy Tuesday afternoon on Mission and 16th. Music blares through the crackle of static, tires screech and vendors hawk their wares. But just one block down from the raucous intersection, the soundtrack of Mission life melts away. At the Marshall Elementary School garden, students sift through soil and […]
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New Development Diminishing Mission District Parking
By Talal Ansari, Mission Local Lack of parking is a leading gripe for San Franciscans, who live in a heavily commuted city with more than half as many registered vehicles as residents. The Mission District is no exception, and the opening of such large-capacity venues in the neighborhood as Preservation Hall West and the Alamo […]
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Chinese Americans Flexing Political Muscle, But Fears of China Persist
By Peter Schurmann, New America Media Barack Obama’s victory, the numbers show, is in large measure thanks to the support he received from, among others, Hispanics, blacks and female voters. Less credited, however, are Asian Americans, who voted 72 percent in favor of the president. While their numbers remain small, at just 5.8 percent of […]
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How a Sandy-Type Storm Could Short-Circuit Silicon Valley
By Laird Harrison, KQED News Fix First the good news: The Bay Area has plans in place for a storm as big and bad as Sandy. Now the bad news: Planning is about as far as it goes. We haven’t built new levees or seawalls, moved electrical equipment higher up, or relocated much of anything out […]
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Thank you for making the San Francisco Public Press fall membership drive a big success! Tremendous thanks to all of our new and renewing members for helping us surpass our goal. Your support means so much to us. If you weren’t able to join during the fall drive, it’s not too late: Become a […]
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Hetch Hetchy Measure Questions S.F. Water System
By Heather Mack, Bay Nature On the eve of the 100-year anniversary, the decision to drain Hetch Hetchy Valley to build a reservoir for San Francisco is still actively debated, even as the city’s dependence on the Sierra water has deepened. San Francisco voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to […]
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Ethnic Voters Bolster Democratic Edge in State, Poll Finds
California is reliably “blue” — Barack Obama carried the state by 23 points in the last election — largely because of the rise of ethnic voters, a new survey by the Field Poll found. “This hasn’t always been the case,” said the poll’s director, Mark DiCamillo. Republicans won seven of the nine elections between World War II and 1982, when the state became solidly Democratic in federal elections. “The main reason for it is because of the growth of ethnic population.”
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Portrait Gallery: Faces of San Francisco Affordable Housing
By Catherine Borgeson, KQED News Fix It’s a hard time to find an affordable place in the city. Rents have climbed 10 percent at a time of year when they’re normally going down. Exacerbating the problem, San Francisco lost millions of dollars in low-income housing funding when Gov. Jerry Brown dissolved redevelopment agencies in February. […]
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Meet the Most Committed Candidates You’ve Never Heard of
By Lilah Crews-Pless, KALW News If you’ve got a mailbox, chances are that at this point in the election season, it’s stuffed with campaign literature. You might be so sick of it that you’re considering writing in your own candidate on Election Day. It’s a whimsical way to show dissatisfaction with the candidates who are […]