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Foot traffic wanes in Japantown (Photo Gallery)

Foot traffic wanes in Japantown (Photo Gallery)

Cameron Lee March 29, 2021

One of the staples of San Francisco since 1906, Japantown brings a small slice of Japanese culture to the city.  This once bustling mall may soon be a part of history, with stores shuttering from the...

Demonstrators, holding a banner for Angelo Quinto, march toward Embarcadero Plaza from Union Square. Quinto was a Filipino immigrant who died after an interaction with the Antioch police. (Sabita Shrestha / Golden Gate Xpress)

Hundreds gather downtown to rally against anti-Asian violence

Jian Yang March 27, 2021

Hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco’s Union Square on Friday, as they staged a march against hate incidents stemmed from anti-Asian violence. Stop AAPI Hate recorded nearly 4,000 incidents...

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund columnist and former SF State Professor, Emil Guillermo sat down with Gator Talk’s host, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli to talk about the news from the Mass Shooting in Atlanta that targeted mostly AAPI people. (Sebastian Miño-Bucheli / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator Talk Episode 7: Mass shooting in Atlanta

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli March 19, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s seventh episode, host Sebastian invited Professor Emil Guillermo,...

Vlog: Recieving first dose of the Pfizer vaccine

Vlog: Recieving first dose of the Pfizer vaccine

Yeily Mendez, Staff Reporter March 19, 2021

Trigger Warning: This video story include needles A year into the pandemic, the COVID-19 vaccine has started to become more available, which widens the opportunity for more people within the Bay...

Two customers dine inside Wine Kitchen on Divisadero Street in San Francisco on March 3. The city of San Francisco moved into red tier, allowing gyms, museums, and indoor dining operations in limited capacity. (Avery Wilcox / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco loosens dining restrictions in red tier, braces for orange (PHOTO GALLERY)

Avery Wilcox March 17, 2021

On March 3, 2021, San Francisco entered the red tier of reopening guidelines in correspondence with declining testing positivity and hospitalization rates in the county. This red tier includes reduced...

The Chomp: Pilot

The Chomp: Pilot

Nick Mazzoni and Jack Davies March 14, 2021

Welcome to the Chomp Pod, a sports podcast that brings the Bay Area sports news to SF State. In the Chomp Pod's Pilot episode, SF State Campus news reporters and hosts, Nick Mazzoni and Jack Davies...

Looking back on a year of quarantine birthdays

Looking back on a year of quarantine birthdays

Celebrating a landmark birthday is one of the most quintessential life events one could have; but what happens when those plans are brought down by a pandemic? The hustle to host was put indefinitely...

Karla Beauty Marx and Sydney Vargas posed for a photo during the interview for the Endometriosis episode. (Sydney Vargas / Golden Gate Xpress)

Gator Talk Episode 6

Sebastian Mino-Bucheli and Sydney Vargas March 12, 2021

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s sixth episode, host Sebastian shares the main story spot with...

Janiece Oropeza (left) and mother Janice Marie Garcia (right) pose for a portrait at SF State Childrens Campus on March 5, 2021. (Avery Wilcox / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State student-mothers balance school and life

Matthew Faludi and Avery Wilcox March 11, 2021

When Alex Bates, a 20-year-old Communications major at SF State, found out she was pregnant last February, she knew a move to San Diego was inevitable. The move made sense. Both she and her boyfriend...

Alcohol to-go proposal receives mixed reaction

Alcohol to-go proposal receives mixed reaction

Miles Voci and Jian Yang March 10, 2021

COVID-19 has forced many restaurants to implement serving alcohol to-go in an effort to boost their revenue. Some California legislators are looking to make alcohol to-go a permanent practice, stating...

Peter Gentile, who is a bartender at Martuni’s, said that the SF Queer Night life is nonexistent now. “Well, I can speak for Martuni’s. I can’t speak for everybody, but what’s it like now? It’s nothing. We’re nothing. There’s no nightlife. We’re not taking nearly enough money, and there’s no community, which is what Martuni’s had because we are a piano bar.” (Emily Curiel / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco’s queer nightlife grasps for a return to normalcy

Omar Morales March 9, 2021

Esta Noche, Trocerdo Transfer, Lexington, Universe, Pendulum — uttering these names of shuttered venues among queer circles in San Francisco is to uncan the history of a storied nightlife that began...

Gator Talk En Español

Gator Talk En Español

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Esta es la primera vez que se traduce un episodio de Gator Talk. ¡Muchas gracias...

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