Facing unprecedented budget cuts in higher education, protests — both planned and impromptu — are lighting up colleges throughout the Bay Area. San Francisco State University and U.C. Berkeley have contributed more than their share of protests. While their methods differ, students at both universities are pushing for better funding. On Thursday, Berkeley students […]
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Embattled union seeks to blunt second year of city cuts
(UPDATE: A reform slate of candidates won victory in the election. For details, see Kevin Stark’s blog). wins the election this weekend at Northern California’s largest public-sector union will inherit a troubled labor local beset by internal conflict and controversial negotiations in San Francisco that cost the union hundreds of jobs this past year.
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Welcome to the neighborhood: Nob Hill (photo essay)
Photographer Ron Font takes a look at the empty storefronts that have sprouted up all along Nob Hill, one of San Francisco’s finest addresses. Font, a resident of Nob Hill, said he has seen a marked increase in vacant spaces in his neighborhood.
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Newspapers are art
For Artopia competitor Phillip Hua, a digital media instructor at the Academy of Art, his piece, “Re: action,” is a mixed-media work using everyday objects such as newspapers (The Wall Street Journal), plastic and aluminum. His creation tells the story of the environment and its relationship to the economy, and how everything is related and degrades over time. The quality of the other finalists’ art “is great here, I do feel a little intimidated but it’s been fun.”
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East Bay children’s theater company makes debut in San Francisco
In its second, and final weekend, the Active Arts children’s theater company is staging its first San Francisco production with “Ramona Quimby” at the Zeum Theater.
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SF Public Press wins local journalism award
SF Public Press has won its first journalism award! Together with McSweeney’s, the Public Press has received an award in the “news media” category in the annual James Madison freedom of information contest from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The award is for the work the two organizations did to […]
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Welcome to the neighborhood: North Beach (photo essay)
North Beach was once an actual beach before landfill covered the northeastern side of San Francisco. Today, this “little Italy” sits adjacent to Fisherman’s Wharf and at times seems about to be swallowed up by Chinatown. Open spaces are at a premium in North Beach, as apartments, cafes and restaurants are stacked on top and around each other. But, if you look closely enough, you’ll see how people find creative ways to relax and use this confined space
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Berkeley Daily Planet to stop printing
Our hearts go out to the Berkeley community upon news that it is losing another newspaper. The Chronicle reported today that the Berkeley Daily Planet will stop printing because of an unbridgeable gap of "hundreds of thousands" of dollars. The owners, Becky and Mike O’Malley, will continue to publish the paper online, they said, and […]
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UC regents Schwarzenegger and Wachter – are they making a profit from university investments?
[photos/video by Monica Jensen, multimedia editor, SF Public Press] This is an update on the progress of the Spot.us-sponsored investigation into possible conflicts of interest among the regents of the University of California. Please consider donating to this crowd-funded reporting project. On January 8, the regents held their bimonthly meeting at the Mission Bay campus in […]
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Welcome to the neighborhood: Sunset and Richmond districts (photo essay)
The Richmond and Sunset districts are the largest neighborhoods in San Francisco. They sit side by side and mirror each other through Golden Gate Park, butting up against the city’s beachfront. Hidden within a vast grid of residential space are areas where one can only trek to or be aware of if driven to. Or if a Muni line transects it.