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A view of the downtown San Francisco skyline from Ina Coolbrith Park on Tuesday, Jan. 19. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

COVID-19 challenged in San Francisco by a different crisis: Fentanyl

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter May 15, 2021
Drug overdose fatalities in the city more than doubled coronavirus-related deaths in 2020
A transaction with a customer inside the La Cocina Municipal Marketplace, a new food hall in the Tenderloin made up of women and immigrant owned restaurants. (Courtesy of Erin Ng / La Cocina Marketplace)

Tenderloin restaurant cooks up community

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter May 6, 2021

When Wafa Bahloul was deciding what to name her restaurant, she landed on Kayma, an Arabic word for a nomadic tent that goes from area to area sharing food. The name holds particular resonance to the values...

Gator Talk Episode 14: May The Fourth

Gator Talk Episode 14: May The Fourth

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Guest Host Elizabeth Freeman knows less than the average stormtrooper when it comes...

The new expansion of Stonestown Galleria along 20th Avenue on April 21, 2021. The proposed development would reconfigure 20th Avenue, add new buildings containing additional retail and restaurant spaces. (Cameron Lee / Golden Gate Xpress)

Reimaging Stonestown: What new development means for SF State community

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter May 4, 2021

Tree-lined landscaped parks, community gathering spaces, outdoor dining and a plaza for the neighborhood’s farmers market and, of course, 3,000 new homes — this is what lay in store for West San Francisco’s...

Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station is one of many other locations that display posters of the Not One More Girl campaign as it advertises BART’s first sexual harassment prevention program. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

BART partners with community organizations to tackle sexual harassment

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter May 3, 2021

In response to Sexual Assault Awareness Month, BART launched its first campaign specifically addressing sexual assault and harassment on public transit for girls and gender expansive youth.  The campaign,...

A shortage in boba 'pearls' and raw tapioca starch, caused by shipping delays related to COVID-19 and the Suez Canal blockage, has created uncertainty for many boba stores in the Bay Area as supplies run low. (Adam Collins / Creative Commons)

Shipping backlog creates nationwide boba shortage

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter Apr 26, 2021

Since news broke out of an impending nationwide shortage, boba lovers all over the country have been quick to point out their dismay —Jimmy Fallon did a bit about it on his show Thursday night, and Twitter...

Pedestrians walk alongside Amos Goldbaum’s recently completed mural, in the heart of Noe Valley. Goldbaum said, “Now it feels like a cohesive whole.” (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

Noe Valley mural celebrates Slow Sanchez

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter Apr 7, 2021

Situated in the middle of the road on the 24th block of Sanchez and Elizabeth streets in Noe Valley lies a maze of bright orange linework, zigzagging up, down and around the length of the road. While indiscernible...

Producers sit behind a desk as they monitor the show for online viewers. Oasis produced a telethon on Saturday March 6, 2021 from 12PM –12AM to help the club from closing down. (Emily Curiel / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco nightclub Oasis holds telethon fundraiser to prevent closure

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter Mar 8, 2021

San Francisco nightlife hotspot, Oasis, hosted a 12-hour live online event on Saturday in an attempt at raising money to avoid permanently closing its doors. The “Save The Oasis” telethon, broadcasted...

Occupiers posted tents on top of the NorthEast corner after the University cleared a corner of People’s Park for soil sampling on February 8. More information of the organizing can be found at linktr.ee/peoplespark. (Lucky Whitburn-Thomas / Golden Gate Xpress)

People’s Park occupation persists amid plans to build housing

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter Mar 3, 2021

Organizers for Defend People’s Park, a group made up of students, East Bay residents and park-goers, are entering their fourth week of occupation in protest of the Berkeley Capital Strategies People’s...

Gator Talk Episode 4

Gator Talk Episode 4

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

A photo of the Providing Assistance to Housing Solutions Office at San Francisco State University on January 27, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. (Amalia Diaz / Newspaper)

Mental health legislation leaves unanswered questions

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter Feb 18, 2021

When the California State University Board of Trustees adopted legislation at its Jan. 26 meeting to increase funding for mental health services, it granted what many students and faculty had been asking...

The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City, mural by Diego Rivera, San Francisco. (Jay Galvin / Creative Commons)

Historic Diego Rivera mural receives landmark designation

Elizabeth Freeman, Staff Reporter Feb 2, 2021

“A fresco within a fresco,” as described by the San Francisco Art Institute.  Diego Rivera’s work, which is painted on the wall of the Chestnut Street Campus, depicts the creation of a mural,...

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