Don’t miss the bus! Free Youth Fast Pass Community Clinics March 10 & 17 in...
Community groups bring the Muni pass clinic to the streets to help low-income families access the 12,000 free Muni passes approved by the City last week by Donaji Lona and Jaron Browne of POWER San...
View ArticleLiving on this earth 95 years!
by Ms. Verlie Mae Pickens Ms. Verlie Mae Pickens I was born on June 11, 1916, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. My parents were Mr. Thomas Alfred Nisby (born August 1886) and Ms. Lillian Lumpkin Nisby (born...
View ArticleKilled for riding while poor
A young man was shot for not having a transfer by Tiny aka Lisa Gray-Garcia Speakers at Monday’s press conference on the police murder of 19-year-old Kenneth Harding called for the community to stand...
View ArticleSFPD chief invites the community into the taser debate, shuts down people of...
by Carol Harvey On Aug. 19, Police Chief Greg Suhr scheduled six community forums in September and October to discuss his reasons for asking Police Commission approval to spend hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleSan Francisco post offices spared the axe
A victory for mass action to save the people’s P.O. by Dave Welsh In Bayview Hunters Point, we love our post office and the friendly, convenient service provided there. Horrified when we heard it was...
View ArticleTaser community forums raise unanswered questions
by Carol Harvey Forced by the San Francisco Police Commission’s own Feb. 23, 2011, resolution requiring community outreach on whether to put tasers in SFPD officers’ hands, Police Chief Greg Suhr and...
View ArticleTenants and homeowners of Mission, Fillmore and Bayview protest banks that...
by Natalia Kresich Midtown tenants, neighbors and allies call on US Bank to stop funding developer Mercy California’s plan to demolish their apartment complex. On Friday, March 18, residents of Midtown...
View ArticleMayor Breed announces neighborhood mini-grants to support small businesses in...
Mayor Breed updates San Franciscans on the need to further flatten the curve before reopening. On April 12, The Atlantic praised her, saying in a sub-headline, “Mayor London Breed’s early and...
View ArticlePositive Directions Equals Change: Resiliency, character and hope
People who care about other folks’ struggles gathered at Mother Brown’s on Dec. 21, just in time for Christmas, for a coat giveaway. District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton was there, and organizations...
View ArticleAll SFUSD schools return to in-person learning for Fall
First grader Jordan Graves gets some love from Vincent Matthews, superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, at Bret Harte Elementary School in Bayview on April 12, 2021, when SFUSD...
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