VIDEO: Godfather of Mission art René Yañez celebrates life with “Into the Fade”
A show exploring the work of René Yañez runs at the Luggage Store Gallery until March 31. Another celebration of Yañez will take place at a fundraiser...
Marian Carrasquero
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Stories by Marian
SFPD stations offer few places to sit and not much information
By Kaitlin Benz, Marian Carrasquero, Charlotte Silver, Carlos Mureithi, JoeBill Muñoz and Mallory Newman Posted
What happens at a police station? Or, here’s a better question: what should happen there? If you walked into most of the 10 district stations...
In SF’s hipster corridor, seniors celebrate Thanksgiving with a Mexican twist
By Marian Carrasquero Posted
Lupe Aguilar, an 82-year-old Texas native, gathered along with about 20 other senior citizens in the multi-purpose community room at Alcantara Court Apartments in the...
The sweet bread for the Day of the Dead has its own SF story to tell
By Marian Carrasquero Posted
All month, residents and tourists have visited the panaderias in the Mission District to purchase the pan de muertos, a sweet bread traditionally made in...
If Halloween reflects SF’s psyche, Trump is no longer funny
By JoeBill Muñoz, Nikka Singh, Charlotte Silver, Sam Goldman, Marian Carrasquero, Luis Hernandez and Mallory Newman Posted
JoeBill Muñoz wrote this post with contributions from the other reporters. In the weirdest city, on a weird holiday, San Francisco’s celebration of Halloween offered...
Visitors face auto burglaries and discover SF not as safe as they thought
By Marian Carrasquero Posted
Covering the Police is a collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. The headlines have raged: SF car break-ins up 31 percent, nearly triple in...
Northern Station beat officers bond with community in SF’s Japantown
By Marian Carrasquero Posted
Officer Shawn Fulgado, 45, used to go to Japantown Bowl with his father, Max, who worked maintenance in Japan Center. His work partner, 38-year-old Officer...
SF Coffee with a Cop yields casual chatter, questions about homicides
By Kaitlin Benz, Marian Carrasquero, Susie Neilson and Julian Mark Posted
Officers Viet Ha and Joseph Dal Porto were prepared to have coffee with the residents of the Tenderloin who wandered into the Peet’s on Market...
