Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. As the end of SF State’s last transitional pandemic semester comes to a close,...

SF State will maintain its indoor masking policy through the remainder of the Spring 2022 semester. Wednesday’s announcement comes following the university’s pandemic planning group meeting on Monday,...

SF State will begin phasing out iLearn in favor of Canvas this semester, with a full transition being expected by fall 2023. iLearn has served the university as its learning management system (LMS)...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Last month, new California legislation was introduced to help prevent harassment...

State Senate Majority Leader Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) announced Monday an upcoming bill that would divest public state funds from Russia. The bipartisan bill would divest funding from state agencies...

The California Faculty Association overwhelmingly voted in favor of ratifying its tentative agreement with the California State University. Voting for the union’s rank-and-file members ran for weeks...

When California State University Chancellor Joseph I. Castro visited SF State in September 2021, Dr. Candace Low described a sense of disappointment in his responses to the questions faculty pressed...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Two months ago, a student reported a mice problem in the University Park North apartments....

Former Cal Poly Pomona student Timisola Ogunleye participates in crowd chanting at the intersection of Diamond Bar Boulevard and Grand Avenue on June 4, 2020, in Diamond Bar, Calif. She said the true form...

SF State President Lynn Mahoney, Mayor London Breed and the deputy director for the San Francisco Department of Public Health announced on Monday an incentive for prospective students — four years of...

As the sun rose on Monday morning, hundreds of people traveled from across the state to Pier 33 to a sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island, to commemorate both Indigenous People’s Day and reflect on...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news.  Last week, the California Faculty Association — the union representing faculty...

Chiva Pod is off this week but will be back for the last week of Hispanic Heritage Month. So welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State...

Hours before current faculty contracts expire at midnight, the California Faculty Association announced in an email Thursday night to its members that it had declared impasse — deadlock — with the...

California State University Chancellor Joseph I. Castro’s scheduled visit to SF State was largely anticipated by unions representing various members of the campus community to focus on contracts and...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Co-host Chris Ramirez and guest host Sabita Shrestha, photo editor, sat down with...

 Music filled the streets, and the revving of engines turned heads between Mission and 24th streets when lowriders flooded the Mission with vintage vehicles on The San Francisco Lowrider...

When Howard Dean boarded the New York subway in summer 2003, he assumed he would be attending a low-key, low profile event. Dean, former Vermont governor, candidate in the 2004 presidential election...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Seb is out this week so Co-host, Chris Ramirez, and guest host Eve DeBord, Campus...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. New co-host, Chris Ramirez, breaks down your campus-related questions, from vaccine...

Thousands rallied at the intersection of 16th and Valencia streets on Saturday to show solidarity and raise visibility of the violence against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The protest, organized...

SF State’s Office of Academic Affairs has postponed its publishing of the list of all courses being offered in the fall. In an email sent to students on Monday, the Registrar’s Office announced...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In this episode, guest host Sean Watkins sat down with Ken Newman, co-founder and...

In an email to SF State’s faculty on Tuesday, President Lynn Mahoney urged instructors to transition their remote classes to face-to-face courses for the Fall 2021 semester. The message comes as the...

The Fine Arts Building on campus at SF State isn’t where most would consider trying gymnastics, but as Michael Scott, associate vice president for research at SF State, approaches the building, he knows...

The return of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini from Paris to Iran for the first time in 15 years in February 1979 is a memory Reza Esmaili, who was four years old at the time, remembers well. Reza watched...

Participants at the June 2020 'All Black Lives Matter' march in Los Angeles called for the need for racial justice, emphasizing this need for Black, transgender individuals. (Chris Ramirez / Golden Gate...

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. In Gator Talk’s third episode, guest host Chris Ramirez talks with the President...

Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, said he is “cautiously optimistic” about a return to live classes in the fall. Fauci spoke with current California State University...

Fake eggs

https://youtu.be/zv0sHw8GA7M The holiday season is finally here! Although it’s recommended to celebrate socially distanced, there are still ways to make your holidays special. Pumpkin pie was created...

Californians will have the option to vote on 12 statewide ballot measures this November. A handful of these deal with longly contested topics, such as affirmative action and rent control. In order for...

This election cycle, some California 17 year olds are being given the opportunity to potentially vote. Proposition 18, if passed, would allow 17 year olds who turn 18 between general and primary...

In an attempt to continue its scheduled event after Zoom announced it wouldn’t provide service to a “U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization,” SF State’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and...

For Rabab Abdulhadi, director and senior scholar of SF State’s Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies program, Leila Khaled is a “militant and feminist icon” who subverts ideas of what...

SF State will move forward in the process of laying off staff members “in the next couple of weeks,” Associate Vice President of Human Resources Ingrid Williams said at the Aug. 27 University Budget...

It’s official, Sen. Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s VP pick for the 2020 presidential election. Harris, who has been the presumptive frontrunner for the position, was announced as Biden’s pick on...

Public libraries are providing public resources and services as social unrest, petitions and donation funds amplify the fight against systemic racism and police brutality toward Black individuals. Committing...

SF State student fees will be cut after a review of mandatory fees for the upcoming fall semester, according to Interim Vice President of Administration and Finance and CFO of Administration and Finance...

Jonathan H. X. Lee was just a high school student when the 1996 Proposition 209 initiative first went into effect. Now a tenured Asian American Studies professor at SF State, he is sought after by students...

Students at the Laguna College of Art and Design have started a petition with alumni and the support of some faculty members. The petition demands for racial awareness and sensitivity training for faculty,...

On Monday afternoon, the sidewalks at the intersection of Amar Road and Grand Avenue were packed with over 100 residents, from Walnut, California and neighboring cities, who showed up to protest police...

Gabriella Minassian (left) attended Monday’s event with her best friend, Taylor Williams (right). Minassian said Williams has been a “huge part” of her life, and it “breaks my heart that her family...

Derrick Choi, a local high-school substitute, displayed support for the black community with an “Asians for Black Lives” sign. He brought his 15-year-old son to the event and emphasized the importance...