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Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez

Hello! My name is Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez. I currently live in San Francisco, but I’m from San Jose. I enjoy music, reading and creative writing. I have worked in many student run publications as both a staff reporter and an editor. 

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Graphic of a completed voters ballot sent via mail. (Maximo Vazquez/ Golden Gate Xpress)

Xpress’ 2022 primary election voting guide

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez May 18, 2022

The California state primary election is set to take place on June 7. In addition to the local and statewide races, San Francisco voters will decide on eight local ballot measures. These measures include...

Mayor London. Breed speaks at a protest against the overturning of Roe v. Wade at the Phillip Burton Federal Building on May 4. (Abraham Fuentes / Golden Gate Xpress)

Mayor London Breed appoints SFPD spokesperson to role of District 6 supervisor

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez May 10, 2022

Mayor London Breed appointed San Francisco Police Department Director of Communications Matt Dorsey to replace former District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney, who joined the state Assembly last week.  The...

Nayelli Zechman and Nathalie Hrizi lead the protest down Market Street in San Francisco on Tuesday in opposition to the Supreme Court’s draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Garrett Isley / Golden Gate Xpress)

California reacts in anticipation to Roe v. Wade overturn

The internal memo obtained by POLITICO of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade sent shockwaves across the country.  Roe v. Wade, decided almost 50 years ago, guarantees federal...

Thousands gather at Golden Gate Park’s Robin Williams Meadow in San Francisco, CA on April 20, 2022 for the 4/20 Festival (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

4/20 celebration returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Apr 22, 2022

Golden Gate Park attracted thousands for the first time in two years on cannabis' unofficial holiday. People celebrated “420” in the San Franciscan tradition of gathering at Hippie Hill. In previous...

Venezia Interiors in West Portal  being cleaned on April 19 after Monday's fire. (Abraham Fuentes / Golden Gate Xpress)

Three alarm fire in West Portal damages 3 buildings, injures firefighter

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Apr 19, 2022

Three buildings were damaged, and a firefighter received non life-threatening injuries after a construction-related roof fire broke out in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood Monday afternoon.  The...

Trees stand over the Japanese Tea Garden on Jan. 25. (Abraham Fuentes / Golden Gate Xpress)

Golden Gate Park Gardens made free for SF Residents

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Mar 10, 2022

San Francisco residents and all veterans will gain free entry to the Conservatory of Flowers and the Japanese Tea Garden, after the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance on Tuesday. Proposed in January...

California lifts mask mandate for K-12 schools, San Francisco public schools will not

Emily Calix and Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Mar 1, 2022

California will drop the mask requirement inside K-12 schools. The new indoor mask policy will take effect on March 12.  Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the state will continue to adjust its policies based...

Thousands of protesters arrived at City Hall on Feb. 24 to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Jocelyn Hernandez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Thousands gather to support Ukraine, protest Russian invasion

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Feb 25, 2022

More than a thousand people gathered in solidarity with Ukraine on Thursday at San Francisco City Hall to protest Russia’s invasion of the country. The rally began with a few hundred people singing...

The Cathay House located in San Francisco's Chinatown on Feb. 2. San Francisco is now the fourth city in the state to apologize to Chinese immigrants for its history of racism and discrimination. (Paris Galarza / Golden Gate Xpress)

San Francisco to apologize for wrongs to Chinese Immigrants

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Feb 3, 2022

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday to apologize to Chinese immigrants and their descendants, following a spike of Asian hate crimes in the Bay Area.  The...

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

George Floyd protests erupt in Oakland, CA

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez May 30, 2020

Protests made their way through the streets of Oakland, California, on Friday night following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, who died in custody by the Minneapolis Police...

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

Protests broke out in downtown Oakland, CA on Friday night. (Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez / Golden Gate Xpress)

People play a game of Spikeball together without face coverings in Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco on May 9, 2020.

[Photo] Photo of the day: Mission Dolores on a sunny day

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez May 9, 2020

People play a game of Spikeball together without face coverings in Mission Dolores Park in San Francisco on May 9, 2020.

[Video] How to make a face covering

Apr 23, 2020

Several counties and cities, including San Francisco, now require residents to wear face coverings in public settings. Xpress wants to help you have fun, get creative and make a mask.

When boredom strikes: what you can do online during the shelter in place

When boredom strikes: what you can do online during the shelter in place

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Apr 1, 2020

Shelter-in-place has halted all nonessential movement, business or otherwise, but some outlets have found a way to persist. If you’re bored being stuck at home here are 12 things you can do for free...

Life in SF State housing amid mass evacuation

Unknown individuals vandalized a study lounge within an SF State dormitory. Videos of the vandalism circulated social media on the same day that President Lynn Mahoney announced the suspension of face-to-face...

Regina “Push” Estrada tattooing Jen Lee  at Gold Leaf Ink (Ricardo Olivares / Golden Gate Xpress).

The tattoo holiday you didn’t know existed

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Mar 15, 2020

Friday the 13th is a time for watching scary movies, feeling chills down your spine and getting discounted tattoos.   A “tattoo holiday” is how Regina Estrada, owner of Gold Leaf Ink a tattoo...

Crystals are often used to cleanse the energy of a room in spiritual practices at The Sword and Rose in San Francisco, on Monday, February 27, 2020. (Saylor Nedelman / Golden Gate Xpress)

Algorithms ruin astrology, stick to tarot for spiritually

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Mar 4, 2020

Tales of suns and moons determining how you love, hate and live sound like something that comes from fairytales and myths. But it seems nowadays you can’t enter a room without hearing the question,  “What’s...

No more illegal sidewalk riding with Lime scooters

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Feb 12, 2020

Lime, a transportation company known for their electric scooters, announced that it will be implementing new technology to detect when users ride illegally on sidewalks. If the new software detects...

Ait Apsea watches a movie on his laptop at Noisebridge located 2169 Mission St, San Francisco, Calif. (James Wyatt/ Golden Gate Xpress)

Underground computer culture welcomed by Noisebridge hackerspace

Jocelyn Hernandez Gomez Feb 12, 2020

Within the Mission District lies Noisebridge, a community run, nonprofit hackerspace open to anyone interested in the creative space and all it has to offer. This includes not only the space itself and...

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