Since 1976, La Casa de las Madres has provided a safe haven to women and children fleeing domestic violence and abuse. The center offers a wide range of services to those exposed to and at...
Mireya Segura and Lilia Roman started their Yoga in Spanish class at the Sun Room a few months ago. They want to encourage Latino people to take yoga classes to improve their quality of life, and also...
The Fog City Journal reports that while San Francisco often leads the nation in LGBT acceptance, sensitivity-training tools are remarkably scarce. Administrative Code 12N requires city employees and city-funded nonprofits to implement such training, but...
Every Thursday morning, before most people get out of bed, Erika Hathaway packs her wheelchair into her uncle’s truck and heads to the Planned Parenthood clinic on Valencia Street. Hathaway isn’t receiving ongoing medical treatment at...
The preliminary hearing for Carlos Guzmangarza, who is accused of impersonating a surgeon, began Wednesday with testimony from the district attorney’s office regarding allegations that Guzmangarza took cash payments for lip injections. The 49-year-old Guzmangarza...
Every year for the past seven years, the Esperanza Clinic at the Mission Neighborhood Health Clinic on Shotwell and 16th streets has offered a workshop for HIV patients and their families to create masks that...
César Chávez Elementary School hosted the Muévete Health Fair last Saturday to help educate students and their families about ways to maintain optimum health. A variety of workshops were hosted by local high school students on...
Today the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosts World Food Day. It’s a time for everyone to consider the inequalities in food, nutrition and income faced in communities around the world. In the...
