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San Francisco Public Press reporter Zhe Wu has been named Outstanding Emerging Journalist by the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as part of its 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Zhe also won a Health Reporting award with Mel Baker for their series on Hep B
Zhe also won a Health Reporting award with Mel Baker for their series on Hep B
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
San Francisco Public Press reporter Zhe Wu has been named Outstanding Emerging Journalist by the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as part of its 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Zhe also won a Health Reporting award with Mel Baker for their series on Hep B
Zhe also won a Health Reporting award with Mel Baker for their series on Hep B
CA scientists & lawmakers are campaigning to fight federal cuts with a $23B bond proposal to replace NIH and CDC funding gutted by the Trump administration’s proposed rollbacks.
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Researchers Back $23B State Science Fund in Response to Federal Cuts
Pushing back against attacks on science, supporters Monday announced plans for a 2026 ballot initiative to spur medicine and public health investments.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
CA scientists & lawmakers are campaigning to fight federal cuts with a $23B bond proposal to replace NIH and CDC funding gutted by the Trump administration’s proposed rollbacks.
Read the full story for @SFPublicPress: bit.ly/4otVwAK
#California #ScienceFunding #SaveScienceSaveLives #UC #UCSF
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#California #ScienceFunding #SaveScienceSaveLives #UC #UCSF
A presidential executive order issued in July focused on homelessness could put increased pressure on San Francisco’s hospitals and jails, which are already over capacity.
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Trump Homelessness Order Threatens to Overrun SF Hospitals
A presidential executive order issued in July could lead to funding cuts that spread existing resources for combatting homelessness thinner.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A presidential executive order issued in July focused on homelessness could put increased pressure on San Francisco’s hospitals and jails, which are already over capacity.
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Ming Kee restaurant is one of the few remaining old-school Cantonese-style barbecue shops in the city. Head chef and co-owner Da Ming Chen has been at it for 27 years.
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Old-School Cantonese Barbecue Lives On at Ingleside Restaurant
Ming Kee restaurant is one of the few remaining old-school Cantonese-style barbecue shops in the city. Co-owner Da Ming Chen has been at it for 27 years.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Ming Kee restaurant is one of the few remaining old-school Cantonese-style barbecue shops in the city. Head chef and co-owner Da Ming Chen has been at it for 27 years.
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With waves of federal officials threatening action and ICE cracking down on Latino communties, experts anticipated that Latino voters would influence the outcome for Proposition 50. Election results show that they did.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
With waves of federal officials threatening action and ICE cracking down on Latino communties, experts anticipated that Latino voters would influence the outcome for Proposition 50. Election results show that they did.
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SNAP funding runs out Saturday. Small Bay Area food programs say they’re already overwhelmed — and that immigrant families fear ICE at food lines.
Mutual aid networks are stepping up again.
[link] #SNAP #CalFresh #BayArea
Mutual aid networks are stepping up again.
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Bay Area Food Hubs Brace for SNAP Shutdown
With federal funds cut off, grassroots organizations mobilize to meet surging food insecurity and address immigrants’ fears of ICE crackdowns.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
SF's Mayor won't release records of a call with Donald Trump that reportedly stopped a federal 'surge' citing attorney-client privilege.
Critics say that could violate open-government laws
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#SunshineOrdinance #SanFrancisco
Critics say that could violate open-government laws
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#SunshineOrdinance #SanFrancisco
SF Mayor Won’t Share Details of Call With Trump That Ended Standoff
Officials responded to a public records request saying any documents were protected by attorney-client privilege, offering no further details.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
SF's Mayor won't release records of a call with Donald Trump that reportedly stopped a federal 'surge' citing attorney-client privilege.
Critics say that could violate open-government laws
Full investigation by @sfpublicpress www.sfpublicpress.org/mayors-offic...
#SunshineOrdinance #SanFrancisco
Critics say that could violate open-government laws
Full investigation by @sfpublicpress www.sfpublicpress.org/mayors-offic...
#SunshineOrdinance #SanFrancisco
Most janitors cleaning SF’s high-rises are immigrants. For decades, cleaning helped them build a new life. Today, they face fewer jobs, immigration threats, and language barriers. Ying Shan Mei, a union rep who once helped her father with translations, now speaks up for many like him.
She Once Translated for Her Father. Now She Speaks for Janitors Like Him.
Cleaning services offered a path for newcomers like Ying Shan Mei to chase their American Dream. Then came COVID and the immigration crackdowns.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Most janitors cleaning SF’s high-rises are immigrants. For decades, cleaning helped them build a new life. Today, they face fewer jobs, immigration threats, and language barriers. Ying Shan Mei, a union rep who once helped her father with translations, now speaks up for many like him.
People in Chinatown once thought they were safe from immigration raids, not anymore. While the recent "surge" in enforcement may have been called off, news of it, along with the immigrantion raid in NYC, spreads fear. Many are now rushing to prepare.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
People in Chinatown once thought they were safe from immigration raids, not anymore. While the recent "surge" in enforcement may have been called off, news of it, along with the immigrantion raid in NYC, spreads fear. Many are now rushing to prepare.
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Proposition 50, a contentious California measure to redraw congressional districts, which experts say could flip five Republican seats, is poised to give Latinos a big say at a time when economic pessimism has spread in this voting bloc.
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Souring on GOP Economics, California Latinos Favor Redistricting, Poll Finds
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October 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Proposition 50, a contentious California measure to redraw congressional districts, which experts say could flip five Republican seats, is poised to give Latinos a big say at a time when economic pessimism has spread in this voting bloc.
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Young people once avoided Chinatown, thinking they could only only “make it” if they left the ethnic enclave. But in SF, more are coming back, seeing it as a space to express their identities and bring in their peers with art and cultural activities.
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Young people once avoided Chinatown, thinking they could only only “make it” if they left the ethnic enclave. But in SF, more are coming back, seeing it as a space to express their identities and bring in their peers with art and cultural activities.
What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
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At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…
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October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
Homelessness among older adults is on the rise in California. On Sept. 30, the Public Press hosted a panel with providers and people who have been unhoused about what is causing this crisis, and how San Franciscans be a part of the solution. Listen here.
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Why Are So Many Older Adults Unhoused?
Homelessness among older adults is rising. On Sept. 30, the Public Press hosted a discussion on the crisis' causes and possible solutions.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Homelessness among older adults is on the rise in California. On Sept. 30, the Public Press hosted a panel with providers and people who have been unhoused about what is causing this crisis, and how San Franciscans be a part of the solution. Listen here.
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Catch episodes of Civic on KALW's "Bay Made", airing TODAY and TOMORROW at 11:30 a.m. on KALW 91.7
October 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Catch episodes of Civic on KALW's "Bay Made", airing TODAY and TOMORROW at 11:30 a.m. on KALW 91.7
Our radio show and podcast, "CIVIC," is on KALW's Bay Made series this Wed and Thurs! Tune in 91.7FM at 11:30 each morning. @kalwradio.bsky.social Civic is produced by
@mildobserver.bsky.social and @sfpublicpress.bsky.social
@mildobserver.bsky.social and @sfpublicpress.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Our radio show and podcast, "CIVIC," is on KALW's Bay Made series this Wed and Thurs! Tune in 91.7FM at 11:30 each morning. @kalwradio.bsky.social Civic is produced by
@mildobserver.bsky.social and @sfpublicpress.bsky.social
@mildobserver.bsky.social and @sfpublicpress.bsky.social
California passed the nation’s first AI safety law — but late lobbying left dangerous loopholes. Critics warn the public remains at risk. #AISafety #SB53 @techequity.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @FLI_org
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California’s AI Safety Law Beats New York’s to Finish Line, but Trades Away Safety and Liability Provisions
California’s “first-in-the-nation” law to prevent accidents, cybercrimes and other catastrophic outcomes of AI was weakened after tech industry lobbying.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
California passed the nation’s first AI safety law — but late lobbying left dangerous loopholes. Critics warn the public remains at risk. #AISafety #SB53 @techequity.bsky.social @scottwiener.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov @FLI_org
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TODAY at 6PM, we are screening No Place to Grow Old at the Roxie! Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-are-so...
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
TODAY at 6PM, we are screening No Place to Grow Old at the Roxie! Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-are-so...
Tune into Your Call on KALW tomorrow morning at 10 am to hear our reporter @madisonalvarado.bsky.social talk about the rising tide of seniors experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, as well as our screening of the documentary No Place to Grow Old.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Tune into Your Call on KALW tomorrow morning at 10 am to hear our reporter @madisonalvarado.bsky.social talk about the rising tide of seniors experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, as well as our screening of the documentary No Place to Grow Old.
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I'm thrilled to be moderating a discussion tomorrow on homelessness among older adults in San Francisco following a screening of the documentary No Place to Grow Old. We have some awesome panelists lined up for y'all. Tickets for the event are still available!
September 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I'm thrilled to be moderating a discussion tomorrow on homelessness among older adults in San Francisco following a screening of the documentary No Place to Grow Old. We have some awesome panelists lined up for y'all. Tickets for the event are still available!
The San Francisco Public Press is delighted to welcome San Francisco journalist Cami Dominguez as a California Local News Fellow.
A 2025 graduate of San Francisco State University, Cami previously reported for KQED News and El Tecolote.
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A 2025 graduate of San Francisco State University, Cami previously reported for KQED News and El Tecolote.
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California Local News Fellow Cami Dominguez Joins Public Press
Cami will report on San Francisco’s Latino communities and bring attention to perspectives that are crucial to the fabric of city life.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The San Francisco Public Press is delighted to welcome San Francisco journalist Cami Dominguez as a California Local News Fellow.
A 2025 graduate of San Francisco State University, Cami previously reported for KQED News and El Tecolote.
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A 2025 graduate of San Francisco State University, Cami previously reported for KQED News and El Tecolote.
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Internal SFPD training instructs officers to consider how to respond if a person being detained strikes an ICE agent with a hammer. But the department offers no specific guidance on how to intervene, if at all, when ICE agents use force on civilians.
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SFPD Training for Responding to ICE Activity is Sparse
As ICE detains more immigrants and activists protest arrests, records shed light on the limited police training for volatile confrontations.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Internal SFPD training instructs officers to consider how to respond if a person being detained strikes an ICE agent with a hammer. But the department offers no specific guidance on how to intervene, if at all, when ICE agents use force on civilians.
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A ballot measure to close the Great Highway sparked powerful backlash from west-side voters who said they felt dismissed by thier representative, ultimately leading to the downfall of a west-side San Francisco supervisor joelengardio.bsky.social
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Voters Recall Supervisor Engardio as Asian Americans Lead Revolt Over Road Closure
A powerful political backlash to the conversion of a roadway to a park on the city’s western seashore led to Tuesday’s downfall of the supervisor representing the neighborhood — a move Asian American…
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September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A ballot measure to close the Great Highway sparked powerful backlash from west-side voters who said they felt dismissed by thier representative, ultimately leading to the downfall of a west-side San Francisco supervisor joelengardio.bsky.social
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The fastest-growing population entering homelessness is adults 55+. But this event isn’t about despair. It is about resilience, community, and solutions.
Join us for a screening of No Place to Grow Old and a panel discussion to hear first-hand perspectives.
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Join us for a screening of No Place to Grow Old and a panel discussion to hear first-hand perspectives.
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Why Are So Many Older Adults Struggling With Homelessness?
Join us for screening : “No Place to Grow Old” followed by panel discussion, and refreshments afterwards. It's part of Good Neighbor Week!
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September 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The fastest-growing population entering homelessness is adults 55+. But this event isn’t about despair. It is about resilience, community, and solutions.
Join us for a screening of No Place to Grow Old and a panel discussion to hear first-hand perspectives.
Bit.ly/4ltoePY
Join us for a screening of No Place to Grow Old and a panel discussion to hear first-hand perspectives.
Bit.ly/4ltoePY
Transgender residents interviewed by the Public Press say SF remains a comparatively safe place for them among U.S. cities as anti-trans bills proliferate. But the Trump administration is attempting to cut off their access to services and benefits.
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SF’s Transgender Residents Face Threats, Even in Sanctuary City
As the Trump administration attacks trans rights, some who moved to San Francisco for protection face the challenges they tried to flee.
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September 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Transgender residents interviewed by the Public Press say SF remains a comparatively safe place for them among U.S. cities as anti-trans bills proliferate. But the Trump administration is attempting to cut off their access to services and benefits.
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Recall supporters cheered when the San Francisco Democratic Party took no position on recalling supervisor Joel Engardio. The deadlock could signal that demands for representation from west-side Asian American voters are being more clearly heard.
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Recall Supporters Consider This Non-Endorsement a Victory. Why? - San Francisco Public Press
When Chair Nancy Tung announced that the Democratic County Central Committee of San Francisco would not take a position on the recall of District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, recall supporters…
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September 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Recall supporters cheered when the San Francisco Democratic Party took no position on recalling supervisor Joel Engardio. The deadlock could signal that demands for representation from west-side Asian American voters are being more clearly heard.
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