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Art Brings Filipinos’ Fight for Affordable Housing to New Audiences

SOMCAN, an organization Filipinos started 25 years ago to advocate for affordable housing in San Francisco is using art to ...
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At Ingleside’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant, a ‘United Nations’ of Customers

Wang Wah is the oldest Chinese American restaurant in Ingleside, according to business records. When it opened in 1985, under ...
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Treasure Island, a ‘Health Care Desert,’ Gains a Clinic on Wheels

Treasure Island has no permanent medical service, nor does the city plan to establish any. One service agency deployed a medical van to bridge the gap.
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Health Experts Brace for Return of Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ Youth

Mental health experts warn of dire outcomes as the Supreme Court considers a case that could overturn a ban on conversion ...
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HUD Scrambles Homelessness Funding Twice in One Month, Throwing Local Service Providers Into Uncertainty

HUD has rescinded a plan to overhaul how it funds homelessness programs, leaving cities unsure when billions of dollars will ...
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San Francisco Halts Plan to Displace Dozens of Care Facility Residents With Severe Mental Illness

Since May, residents of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Behavioral Health Center and their supporters have been protesting the city’s plan to remove them to make way for a fully locked ...
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In Chinatown, Immigration Raids No Longer Feel Like a Distant Threat

Jose Ng, left, and Ah Yee, center, organizers with Chinese for Affirmative Action, canvassed Chinatown businesses Friday offering information about what to do if federal immigration officials enter ...
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The Silent Killer: Hepatitis B Disproportionately Impacts Asian Americans

This reporting was supported with a California Health Equity Fellowship from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and a grant from the Pulitzer Center. If it weren’t for his wife suggesting ...
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California Pushes AI Regulation as Experts Reveal Looming Dangers

Bay Area technology companies are racing to build powerful artificial intelligence systems they admit could pose “catastrophic risks” to society. But a new report by academic experts commissioned by ...
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California Weighs New EV Incentives Backed by Fee on Gas Cars and Trucks

As California searches for ways to spur electric vehicle adoption, cities are working to expand infrastructure. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled six EVgo fast chargers in Bayview July 9.
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San Francisco Schools to Add Language Classes While Scaling Back Programs for English Learners

Visitation Valley School is among the campuses in SFUSD that have seen Cantonese biliteracy classes cut or consolidated. The San Francisco Unified School District announced plans in July to open a ...
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Oakland Bioremediation Experiment Could Offer Cheaper, Safer Toxic Cleanup

Adam Garret-Clark, right, does seasonal weeding with volunteers at a property in West Oakland. Initial site assessment for a bioremediation experiment is underway at the former auto-wrecking yard.