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Jess Magill

Jess Magill

Magill was born in San Francisco but spent about half of his life living in France. He moved back to the Bay in 2015, and in his spare time he tends to his herbs and veggies, sitting alone with his thoughts anguishing over the existential dangers facing his generation.

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Micky Gallegos, 25, U.C. Berkeley music graduate, shows off her collection of Pokemon cards and items that have been collected over a span of six years in her apartment in Berkeley, Calif., on April 16. She states that looking for the most valuable items is not what makes collecting fun, it’s finding what she likes and wants for the collection. (Samantha Laurey / Golden Gate Xpress)

Trend Story: Gotta Catch ‘Em All!

Jess Magill Apr 28, 2021

Micky Gallegos looked fondly at the matte and chrome suitcase sitting on the table in front of her, thousands of dollars within her reach. As she undid the side clamps and lifted the lid, one could see...

The Sunrise Movement is a branching political movement aimed at stopping climate change and creating well-paying 'green' jobs in the process. (Batai / Creative Commons)

The Sunrise Movement: Made for Earth Day

Jess Magill Apr 22, 2021

On April 22, the day designated as Earth Day, Sunrise Bay Area’s Twitter feed was pushing out more content than usual.  The Bay Area’s chapter of the self-described Sunrise Movement to “stop...

Daniel Curtis-Cummins, faculty director for EXCO, stands in front of his residence in Alameda on April 9. EXCO is a newly developed learning community, allowing students to take classes taught by their fellow students, or teach a course themselves. (Leila Figueroa / Golden Gate Xpress)

EXCO: SF State’s hidden gem

Jess Magill Apr 9, 2021

Editor’s note: The story's lede has been revised on April 10, 2021, to reflect SF State's seven official colleges, with the university's Experimental College being the eighth unofficial college. SF...

Photo of the Liberal and Creative Arts Building from Font Boulevard at SF State on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Cameron Lee / Golden Gate Xpress)

CSU sees increase in 2021-22 funding

Jess Magill Feb 3, 2021

SF State’s University Budget Committee meeting on Thursday exuded a sense of tepid relief among attendees as SF State CFO Jeff Wilson announced that the California State University system would be receiving...

The Mashouf Wellness Center, fenced off on the SF State campus on Sept. 30, 2020. (Ricardo Olivares / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State becomes COVID-19 vaccination site

Jess Magill Jan 29, 2021

Starting Wednesday, Feb. 3, SF State will be providing a space for COVID-19 vaccinations, according to an update posted Friday afternoon by Student Health Services. The vaccination program is being...

SF State students and professors adjust to film school during COVID-19

SF State students and professors adjust to film school during COVID-19

Jess Magill Dec 4, 2020

Of the departments that have been shaken up by the pandemic, few have been more affected than SF State’s cinema program. While some aspects of filmmaking can be done remotely, many still require...

SF State Campus

Jess Magill and Katherine Burgos Nov 6, 2020

Xpress Podcasts · Election night at SF State Xpress Podcasts · Election Night in the Political Science Department Campus The SF State polling place saw a small turn out of students during Election...

San Francisco City Hall turns their lights red, white and blue for Election Day on Nov. 3, 2020, after the state was announced to give its Electoral College votes to former VP Joe Biden  (Dyanna Calvario / Golden Gate Xpress)

Bay Area residents share predictions on general election outcomes

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is leading President Donald Trump in early election results, and voters from both sides are on edge as the country awaits results from swing states. Current...

Trabajadores de las urnas esperan que los votantes en el edificio  Annex el cual se usó como espacio de votación en SF State el 3 de noviembre, 2020. (Katherine Burgos / Golden Gate Xpress)

Lugar de votación en el campus se ve corto en audiencia 

Jess Magill, shaylyn martos, and Adriana Morga Nov 3, 2020

  Read in English Erin Persley, un voluntario en las urnas por primera vez y un SF State profesor de cine, y Vache’l Mauro, quien ha sido un voluntario por 15 años, supervisaron el lugar...

Poll workers wait for voters inside the Annex building which is being used as a polling place located at SF State on Nov. 03, 2020. (Katherine Burgos / Golden Gate Xpress)

Polling site on campus sees small turnout

Jess Magill and shaylyn martos Nov 3, 2020

SF State's polling place, hosted annually as a resource for students living on campus, drew small numbers of the student population on Election Day this year. Erin Persley, a first-time volunteer poll...

SF State reacts to final presidential debate

SF State reacts to final presidential debate

Jess Magill and Michael Montalvo Oct 23, 2020

Members of the SF State campus community expressed a message of unifying dissent for the sitting president during Thursday evening’s debate.  After the first debate was criticized for having...

Adam Paganini stands next to the model of an SF State research buoy outside the Estuary and Ocean Center in Tiburon, Calif. Paganini attaches instruments to these buoys that measure real time readings of carbon dioxide, temperature and other data variables in the bay. (Harika Maddala / Golden Gate Xpress)

SF State layoffs to hit grant-funded staff, but there is hope

Jess Magill Oct 8, 2020

 When Adam Paganini received his layoff notice, he was perplexed. As an SF State alum and coordinator at the school’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center, he thought that his grant-funded salary...

Trump supporter Nancy A. poses with four fingers up representing “four more years”, a common Trump slogan, on Sunday Sep. 27, 2020. (Jess Magill / Xpress Media)

Donald Trump supporters host rally on 19th Ave.

Jess Magill Sep 28, 2020

Dozens of President Donald Trump supporters flocked to 19th Avenue Sunday afternoon to show their support for the president. With only five weeks until the election, tensions are ramping up in San Francisco...

Tech giants shut down panel featuring Leila Khaled, Mahoney announces support for academic freedom

Tech giants shut down panel featuring Leila Khaled, Mahoney announces support for academic freedom

Chris Ramirez and Jess Magill Sep 25, 2020

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...

“As a member of the intelligence committee and the judiciary committee, she's been [Kamala Harris] in the middle of the most critical national security challenges our country faces,” Biden said at his first joint campaign event with Harris.(Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com)

Kamala Harris is here to update Joe Biden’s national security policy

Jess Magill Sep 20, 2020

In the early 2000s, while Kamala Harris was still working within the walls of San Francisco City Hall, Joe Biden was in the Senate dealing with the aftermath of 9/11. At that time, Biden faced increasing...

Computers at the study commons inside the J. Paul Leonard Library at SF State are covered and taped with black trash bags to protect them from contamination on Aug. 25, 2020 in San Francisco. (Dyanna Calvario/ Golden Gate Xpress)

How COVID-19 changed SF State’s IT strategy

Jess Magill Sep 17, 2020

SF State technology administrators are shifting gears to resolve an increase in technological issues experienced across the college as classes go online, such as phishing and a lack of the necessary technology...

A man walks past the Harcourt Hotel on Larkin Street, a single room occupancy hotel that houses low income San Franciscans. While SROs saw a drop in new daily cases in June, case numbers saw a steady increase in July and fluctuating numbers in August. The second largest case increase in a single day occurred July 21 with 23 new cases, followed by Aug. 6, the third highest, with 21 new cases. ( Golden Gate Xpress / San Francisco, CA., September 3, 2020).

Board of Supervisors pass SRO tenant protection COVID-19 ordinance

Jess Magill Sep 5, 2020

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to reenact an expired emergency ordinance laying out protections against COVID-19 for tenants of single-room occupancy hotels, also referred to as...

California senate signs bill to help housing-insecure students

California senate signs bill to help housing-insecure students

Jess Magill Aug 27, 2020

The California State Senate unanimously passed legislation on Monday to help homeless college students retain access to financial aid in the midst of the pandemic, according to a press release from the...

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