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

Welcome to Gator Talk, a collaborative CalState podcast that brings city and statewide perspectives to SF State news. Guest host Ari Arciaga leads this special opinion episode for AAPI Month where she...

Manuel Carmona brushes in minor details on a mural located on the side of the Muni stop on Church St and Market St on Feb 18. The mural by Simon Malvaez was sponsored by Paint the Void, a non-profit organization...

A Safeway Pharmacy employee fills out a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the Mashouf Wellness Center on Feb. 3. According to the CSU, all students and faculty who will be on campus for in-person learning during...

Beth Hellwig, interim vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Mashouf Wellness Center on Feb. 3. Hellwig received...

A passenger from a Southwest flight from Las Vegas grabs their bag from the baggage claim at SFO on April 2. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

The front sign of SF State’s downtown campus at the Westfield Mall complex in San Francisco on Feb. 11. Downtown Campus hosts courses for the SF State’s College of Extended Learning, the Lam Family...

A portrait of Sheria Musyoka lit by candles at the community vigil held in Harding Park on Thursday. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

A post-vaccination rest area at the vaccination site within the Mashouf Wellness Center on Wednesday. The area was made for precautionary measures in the chance that an individual reacts to the vaccine...

Beth Hellwig waits at the post-vaccination resting area after receiving her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday at the Mashouf Wellness Center. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

Unused nasal swab testing kits for COVID-19 lay organized on the table at the University Park North testing site on Friday. Testing staff expected 100 students, but only around 50 students dropped by to...

A man passionately chants into a microphone in unison with several dozen protesters outside of the Consulate General of India. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

Visitors of 7th West in Oakland, Calif., watch the election night coverage in an outdoor seating area with multiple large projectors on Nov. 3, 2020. (Jun Ueda/Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State's quad on Sept. 2, 2020. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

https://youtu.be/xLLU-Ot0qg8 In episode two of  “Recordando a Nuestros Seres Queridos,” Lin-Yu Diaz and Luis Gutierrez share how they celebrate Día de los Muertos in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lin-Yu...

The core of the Milky Way and Jupiter (brightest star to the right of core) shines over the Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif. on June 1, 2019. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

A girl passes by several Proposition 16 signs left after a rally held earlier in the day in Mission Dolores Park on Saturday, Oct. 31. Proposition 16 would restore affirmative action at public institutions...

People walk by Proposition 16 signs staked in the grass towards the entrance of Mission Dolores Park on Oct. 31. Proposition 16 would restore affirmative action at public institutions in the state of...

Flower petals, a conch, bread, and a bottle of Florida Water surround an incense burner set up next to an Aztec Drum, at In Chan Kaajal Park in the Mission District on Saturday, Oct. 31. (Jun Ueda / Golden...

Nikka Mammad waves an Azerbaijan flag at a Nagorno-Karabakh protest in the Embarcadero of San Francisco near the Ferry Building on Saturday, Oct 24. Mammad and a hundred others gathered to demand justice...

A woman walks towards a residential building at the Village at Centennial Square during the first week of Fall classes on August 27. Since the university has transitioned to a primarily online learning...

A flock of birds fly over downtown San Francisco in the early hours of the day on October 3. Saturday's air quality averaged at 115 AQI, "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups," due to the Glass Fire that started...

A flock of birds fly over downtown San Francisco in the early hours of the day on October 3. Saturday's air quality averaged at 115 AQI, "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups," due to the Glass Fire that started...

Greek life chapters on campus still believe there are benefits of going through recruitment, and many of them would go through the experience even though it is virtual. (Jun Ueda / Golden Gate Xpress)

Welcome back to the Happy Hour! It’s Friday, it’s 5 p.m., and it’s time for a new episode of the Happy Hour: A Palate Cleansing Podcast! On this episode, your hosts Malakai Wade and shaylyn...

The San Francisco State University Worker Defense Coalition and supporters gather in front of the SF State campus to protest against the recent layoff notice of 131 staff members. (Jun Ueda / Xpress Media)

Orange ashy skies blanket the Bay Area during the morning hours on Wednesday (Jun Ueda, San Francisco, CA., Sept. 9, 2020)

Bay area residents woke up to red orange skies from the ongoing wildfires around the state. (Golden Gate Xpress / San Francisco, CA., Sept. 9, 2020)

Of the 120 CSUEU staff members who received the notice, 68 were from technical support services, 34 from administrative support services and 18 from operations support services. (Golden Gate Xpress)

The stylist who did Pelosi’s hair, Jonathan DeNardo, backed up Pelosi’s claim that the salon owner set her up. In a letter released on Wednesday, DeNardo’s legal team said, “Mr. DeNardo advised...