City grant programs help Mission businesses hold on
On Carmen Elias’ 66th birthday, a gift from the city arrived at her door: a $2,000 grant to save...
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Immigrant Life
Food bank registration underscores city’s growing food insecurity
Food bank employees are seeing San Francisco’s growing food insecurity upfront. They’ve...
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‘I never danced with my dad,’ Milton Giron (1961 – 2020)
Eddy wishes he had gone dancing with his father, Milton Giron. Milton, who we profiled last week,...
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Testing site at 24th Street BART closes hours early after flying through 500 tests
The COVID-19 testing site at the 24th Street BART Station ran out of tests five hours before it...
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Cow Palace shows have stopped, and now it’s hosting food lines
Once the venue for massive shows featuring everything from wrestling to rodeos, nowadays the Cow...
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In a pandemic, work can seem like home for some
Of the four jobs Milton has had since he arrived in San Francisco in 1983, his favorite by far is...
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Openings roll back as San Francisco goes on COVID-19 watchlist
City’s actions come with mixed messages on gatherings and testing as hospitalizations put SF...
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Demand at the Mission’s COVID-19 mobile testing site is strong, but SF Department of Public Health lags in providing tests and other supplies
The Latino Task Force’s new mobile testing site at 701 Alabama St. entered its second week today...
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Life in the time of COVID-19: Just when you think life couldn’t get worse, you get appendicitis
Say you are 11 years old, say your mom has tested positive for COVID-19 and is pretty sick with...
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A Mother Gets COVID, Her Son Gets Surgery
Say you are 11 years old, say your mom has tested positive for Covid and is pretty sick with the...
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Alone in a pandemic: ‘I am used to living alone, but I miss my chats, my cafecitos and talking about my memories.’
If Charlie Chaplin had been born in Zacatecoluca, La Paz, El Salvador, he might easily have looked...
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As Muni is cut off, so are seniors
For years Zoila Martinez, 64, relied on the 55 Muni to get her to Kaiser Permanente in Mission...
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The Latino Task Force emerges to take on COVID-19
At a time when gentrification seemed to blunt the power of Latino activists, the Latino Task Force...
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Residents line up to be tested at new Mission District COVID-19 mobile testing site
Hundreds more people than expected showed up for the opening day of the new Mission COVID-19...
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Bay Area international students share concerns about losing visas
International students reacted with disbelief to the news Monday that they would lose their...
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Kimberly: A young woman’s story of isolation in SF’s Mission District
As told to Sindya Bhanoo, Illustrated by Lola Noguer This story was supported by the Pulitzer...
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