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Cars cross the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on May 14, 2014. (Photo by Don McCollough from Flikr.)

Concrete falls from Richmond bridge again, disrupts traffic

Paul Eichenholtz Apr 16, 2019

Cars cross the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on May 14, 2014. (Photo by Don McCollough from Flikr.)   Reports of falling concrete from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge’s upper deck stalled traffic...

Keith Brown, President of Oakland Education Association speaks at the Teachers Strike rally in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 in Oakland, Calif. (AMANDA PETERSON/ SPECIAL TO GOLDEN GATE XPRESS)

Oakland teachers demand living wages and additional support

Paul Eichenholtz Feb 22, 2019
Oakland teachers rallied together for a strike Thursday morning, demanding higher wages, smaller classes and increased support for public schools.
Falling concrete shows deficiencies in 63-year-old Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Falling concrete shows deficiencies in 63-year-old Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Paul Eichenholtz Feb 19, 2019

Rainy weather delayed repairs to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge until Monday, more than a week after pieces of concrete fell from its upper deck and left drivers at the mercy of a traffic gridlock that...

Update: Falling debris creates traffic standstill on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Update: Falling debris creates traffic standstill on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge

Paul Eichenholtz Feb 7, 2019

Falling chunks of concrete brought traffic to a standstill in both directions of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Thursday morning. Westbound lanes were opened at about 7:20 p.m., according to a CHP tweet. Debris...

SFSU alumnus Shane Colombo was about to earn his PhD at Northwestern University on a full scholarship when he was killed in a shootout last summer.  (Contributed/Tonya Nishimuta Colombo)

Slain graduate’s family seeks closure

Paul Eichenholtz Feb 5, 2019

The killing of a successful SF State graduate remains unsolved months after his life was cut short in Chicago, leaving those closest to him with more questions than answers.   Shane Colombo...

Taylor Bloch feeds meat to a golden eagle while Shannon McClain holds it still at Lindsay Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital in Walnut Creek on Sunday, Jan. 27.

Wildlife hospital provides shelter, aid, rehabilitation for animals in urban scape

Paul Eichenholtz Jan 29, 2019

Lindsay Wildlife Hospital manager Aireo Shipman knows firsthand how stressful, unpredictable and dangerous it can be to work as a wildlife rehabilitator. Just last week he was in a cherry picker above...

A person rifles through a garbage bin at Mission Street BART subway station on Saturday, Jan. 26 in San Francisco.

BART survey shows rise in rider dissatisfaction due to crime, grime

Paul Eichenholtz Jan 29, 2019

The results of a BART survey released on Thursday show increased complaints from riders who say the transit agency is not doing enough to address the crime and grime they encounter as customers. The...

Cpl. Enrique Vera Cruz (left) chats with Officer David Lin (right) in a squad car by the University Police Department station at SF State in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Vera Cruz, a six-year veteran of the SF State's police force, is training Lin - who recently graduated from a police academy. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Police corporal promotes community-oriented policing

Paul Eichenholtz Dec 12, 2018

Police Cpl. Enrique Vera Cruz spent six years patrolling SF State, but on Nov. 30, he was especially alert. Vera Cruz had been training Officer David Lin for a week, and on this day, he was doubling as...

Xpress commuter podcast - EP. 3

Xpress commuter podcast – EP. 3

Paul Eichenholtz Dec 5, 2018

The cost of living in the Bay Area isn't the only thing that's getting worse. According to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's 2017 traffic congestion report, drivers are sitting in bumper-to-bumper...

Active shootings in the U.S.

Active shootings in the U.S.

Paul Eichenholtz Dec 1, 2018

The horrific phenomenon of mass shootings continued this year, as gunmen at Stoneman Douglas High School, Thousand Oaks and the Pittsburgh synagogue claimed dozens of innocent lives. The FBI compiled a...

Wildlife struggle to survive in the city

Wildlife struggle to survive in the city

Paul Eichenholtz Nov 28, 2018

In some of the Bay Area’s most populated communities, mountain lions and coyotes prowl backyards, freeways and streets. While these sightings can cause fear among people, the real threat is usually to...

Alumnus, award winning comic book artist opens up shop

Alumnus, award winning comic book artist opens up shop

Paul Eichenholtz Nov 28, 2018

San Francisco State has a comic studies program. It is taught by Eisner award winning Nick Sousanis. Before there was a comic studies program SF State alumnus found their way into the comic book world....

An BART operator, who refused to provide his name, reviews a document from one of the multiple control rooms at the Civic Center BART station while monitoring pick-up camera activity around the station on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2018. (Niko LaBarbera/Golden Gate Xpress)

BART directors vow improved safety in wake of homicides

Paul Eichenholtz Nov 28, 2018

“Where BART clearly failed over the summer is communicating to the public about serious and even fatal incidents that happen at their station,” said Janice Li, San Francisco bicycle activist and newly-elected...

SF State Jewish community in shock after Pittsburgh anti-Semitic attack

SF State Jewish community in shock after Pittsburgh anti-Semitic attack

Paul Eichenholtz Oct 31, 2018

The horrific shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27 shocked and angered the Bay Area Jewish community, who held vigils in San Francisco and Oakland to honor the 11 murdered victims of...

Tuition costs on the table in Superintendent of Public Education election

Tuition costs on the table in Superintendent of Public Education election

Paul Eichenholtz Oct 31, 2018

The two candidates for California’s top public education office promise to make college affordable and accessible for all, but their powerful supporters raised questions about who they would represent...

BART security strategies clash with distrustful ridership

BART security strategies clash with distrustful ridership

Paul Eichenholtz Oct 23, 2018

The past year's surge of violence on BART has the transit board struggling to reconcile the need to increase policing with a population that's mistrustful and even hostile towards law enforcement. BART...

A Bart operator who refused to provide his name reviews a document from one of the multiple control rooms at the Civic Center Bart station while monitors pick up camera activity in the back on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2018. (Niko LaBarbera/Golden Gate Xpress)

Critics urge BART to improve transit security

Paul Eichenholtz Oct 9, 2018

BART officials struggled with their plans to prevent crime through mass surveillance and increased policing during a packed safety meeting in Pittsburg on Sept. 27. Critics say BART’s response to the...

Comic books inspired famed author and civil rights leader

Comic books inspired famed author and civil rights leader

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 27, 2018

Most of the time, superheroes are a work of fiction. But when author Andrew Aydin saw civil rights champion John Lewis in action, he had a better idea. When Aydin started working for Lewis, he convinced...

A new comic book archive is showcased for students and faculty in the Library, within the Special Collections and Archives on Monday, Sept. 10. (Paul Eichenholtz/Golden Gate Xpress)

‘Superman’ No. 1 issue included in new comic book archive

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 26, 2018

One of the most coveted comic books in history now resides at SF State’s library as part of a new archive collection of rare comic books. The J. Paul Leonard Library unveiled the special new archive...

A brilliant life ended by gun violence

A brilliant life ended by gun violence

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 24, 2018

SF State graduate Shane Colombo’s loved ones gathered at his memorial service Friday, in disbelief that the young man’s promising future was cut short by gun violence.     Colombo arrived in...

Biology major Shannon Changizi and Vanessa Mariano, a business management major, practice a striking technique during the self-defense workshop at the Mashouf Center on Wednesday, Sept. 19. (Christian Urrutia/Golden Gate Xpress)

Students, faculty exchange blows during self-defense training

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 22, 2018

If it wasn’t for the smiles on their faces, you’d think SF State students and faculty had come to blows on Wednesday, Sept 19. But they’d actually gathered at Mashouf Wellness Center for a common...

A memorial to Shane Colombo is placed at Clyde Avenue and Clark Street in Chicago on Sept. 7 near the site where the SF grad was killed by crossfire on Sept. 2. (Photo courtesy of Vincent Perez)

SF State grad’s shooting raises issue of gun violence

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 18, 2018

[infogram id="chicago-homicides-1h706e7g73oj45y?live"] SF State graduate Shane Colombo’s loved ones gathered at his memorial service on Friday, in disbelief that the young man’s promising future...

Steven Abundis, a SF State student who has seen the worst of the old cash bail system poses for a portrait in Humanities 303 at SF State on Friday, Sept. 7. (David Rodriguez/Golden Gate Xpress)

Bill ends ‘unfair’ cash bail system; critics says it’s a mistake

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 11, 2018

A new California law that abolishes cash bail now ensures that defendants don’t sit in jail for years awaiting trial just because they’re poor, say advocates. But opponents warn the law will devastate...

SF State graduate Shane Colombo, 25, was killed when caught in the crossfire during a Chicago shooting on Sept. 2. Photo courtesy of Vincent Perez

SF State alumnus killed in Chicago crossfire

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 11, 2018

A gifted 25-year-old SF State alumnus who had survived cancer was killed when caught in the crossfire of a shooting in Chicago on Sept. 2, just days before starting his PhD program at Northwestern University. Shane...

Bill to end cash bail cheered and panned

Paul Eichenholtz Sep 6, 2018

A new California law that abolishes cash bail now ensures that defendants don’t sit in jail for years awaiting trial just because they’re poor, say advocates. But opponents warn the law will devastate...

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