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On the latest episode of The Chomp, San Francisco State University graduate and former softball first baseman Shaunessy Cardwell discusses her journey from San Diego to the Bay, women’s sports and her aspirations.
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After moving to the U.S. from Afghanistan, I found myself lost in the American individualism culture. I later realized that I am not the only one who thinks that individualism has made us more isolated and that there is a bigger picture in this culture being pushed on Americans.
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Medi-Cal updated its laws to restrict undocumented people from enrolling and receiving full coverage benefits. Clinics in the Bay Area are beginning to feel the impacts.
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San Francisco is home to a large Cantonese-speaking population, with over 75% of Chinese speakers in the San Francisco Unified School district using Cantonese at home. There’s demand but no supply, with the Cantonese learning pipeline being cut off after K-8 despite a need for translated public services.
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In the early morning, Kristin Benson, a 40-year-old mother of four, woke up from her sleep in a bedroom suffocated in smoke. The flames were coming from the apartment of an elderly resident she and other neighbors would take care of occasionally. Benson ran outside of her apartment and called 911. Sitting on the curb,...
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On May 30, 2020, thousands of peaceful protesters filled the streets of San Francisco following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. That night, shortly before 9 p.m., a group of people began looting stores, vandalizing property and rioting from Union Square down Market Street, according to a letter by Chief...
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On the stretch of 24th Street between Folsom and South Van Ness, where murals line the walls and Latin music pours out of car speakers, San Francisco’s only Latin record store is reviving a piece of the Mission District’s cultural identity that disappeared from the neighborhood over a decade ago. Discodelic, which opened in July...
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The nightlife scene in San Francisco is evolving through the city’s new entertainment zones and with the closure and opening of venues. In May 2024, San Francisco established California’s first official entertainment zone on Front Street. Since 2024, 15 designated locations in the city are now ‘Entertainment Zones.’ Angelique Persails and Alex Gómez visit ne
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Gallery • 12 Photos This poster highlights SF State's Outdoor Resource Center, as part of LCA's Future Initiative "Telling Our Own Stories." A collaboration between Journalism and Visual Communication Design student activities campus spaces through multimedia narratives.
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Profesor de español se jubila tras 37 años de impartir clases en la Universidad Estatal de San Francisco, dejando al programa de español con tan solo dos profesores de tiempo completo y uno de tiempo parcial.
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After 37 years of teaching at San Francisco State University, Spanish professor Gustavo Calderón is retiring, leaving the university’s Spanish program with only two professors and one lecturer.
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From an Alameda basement to stages across California, Big Green has remained consistent in their mission. The four members reminisce on what the band has added to their careers as they approach college graduation.
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In the first episode of “The Editors Cut,” editor-in-chief Bailey Zitko and senior editor Eddie Monares sit down with Xpress senior digital editor, Bianca Sieraski, and reporter, Josh Miranda, to talk about what didn’t make the word count of their story, “An Imperfect System and an Unsolvable Crisis.”
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After longing for a place of community, Amaya Minor decided to bring back cheer to San Francisco State University. With only two years of activity, their goal is clear: to try and make nationals.
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Thousands of feet bustling and swarming cheers fill the stadium — this is a typical day on Third and King Street. In May, it isn’t a foreign concept for Oracle Park to be populated with baseball fans dressed in orange and black to watch the San Francisco Giants play. However, since 2015, there’s one day...
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In June, San Francisco residents will vote in a top-two primary election for the 11th Congressional District to decide which two candidates will be on November’s general election ballot to replace former Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi. After Pelosi announced she would not be seeking reelection after 38 years in office, this election is...
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Margaret Martinez steps past a wall layered in paint — tags over murals, colors bleeding into one another, some fresh, some fading. She sees public art as something that brings the street to life, adding color and character to spaces that might otherwise feel overlooked. “I think it shows people live here. It shows signs...
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The SFMTA announced in April that it had secured a budget for the next two years, avoiding cuts of up to 20 lines and more while the agency faces a financial crisis. But for riders with physical disabilities, that uncertainty still looms overhead. “The reality in a place like San Francisco is that public transportation...
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Fed up with adverse mental health effects of social media and rising screen times, some students at San Francisco State University are experimenting with ways to kick their smartphone habits, including replacing them with flip phones.
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