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Return of the Roxie: SF nonprofit cinema is cautiously reopening

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BART emerges from pandemic slowdown

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Bay Area Hong Kongers organize around democracy protests from afar

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How SF sources and uses water, and why it's pushing back on state restrictions

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SF's parks are walkable, but communities of color have less parks space

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As the state reopens, unemployment cases are still backlogged

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Writers on loving — and maybe leaving — San Francisco

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City College trustee: The recent deal preventing layoffs was only a short-term fix

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Legacy Film Festival Delves Into the Triumphs and Challenges of Aging

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Cleaning during COVID: The pandemic changed janitorial work, too

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How one SF paramedic experienced the coronavirus pandemic

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In "Sky Blossom," we meet some of America's young caregivers

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A primer on the responsibilities of the SF school board

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So, when do we need to wear masks? SF's Health Officer explains.

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A deputy city attorney explains SF's suit against the school district

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Journalist uncovers potential fire danger in earthquake safety retrofits

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The path toward fully reopening SF schools

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A military coup's impacts in Burma and the Bay Area

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Exploring mourning, place and change at YBCA

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In two shootings a decade apart, police said officers confused their Tasers and guns

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Responding to violence against Asian-Americans with bystander intervention training

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Homeless outreach workers navigate a changing shelter landscape during the pandemic

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Youth are running peer-led life skills workshops

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San Francisco will redraw its electoral districts

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Bloated police budgets crowd out alternatives, activist says

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How the combination of a pandemic and Prop 22 has affected ride-hail drivers

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Examining narratives about anti-Asian attacks with Jeff Chang

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Invest in prevention and community initiatives to stop Asian hate, advocate says

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50 Years of LGBTQ History in Print, the Stories of the B.A.R.

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For sanitation workers, the pandemic has brought mountains of cardboard

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Political phone bankers pivot to vaccine outreach

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SF's District Attorney on criminally charging officers and the Derek Chauvin trial

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Muni operators face threats from coronavirus and hostile passengers on the job

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Rethinking the future of restaurants beyond the pandemic

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SF New Deal connects struggling restaurants with community groups distributing food

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Two restaurants hope to weather the pandemic by feeding the hungry

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Volunteers are patrolling Chinatown to improve public safety

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SF schools' partial reopening: Teacher's union president weighs in

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Organizers share their experiences with City College and warn of potential cuts' impacts

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A firsthand account of, and calls to end, the humanitarian crisis in Tigray

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Doctors stress need for community engagement, prevention in public health responses

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Teachers have seen families' struggles and resilience during school closures

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Renters are still being displaced, tenant advocate says

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A year of pandemic homelessness policy

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Managing Trauma and Grief During COVID-19

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Advocates stress importance of visitation for long term care residents

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Building connections virtually as youth "wither away" in pandemic isolation

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High school students are organizing peer mental health support

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How parents would like to see schools re-open

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Nonprofit brings vaccines to seniors

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SF Team Seeks COVID-19 Therapies and Ways to Defeat Future Coronaviruses

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Students weigh in on distance learning and school reopening plans

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Vaccinations and Hazard Pay Concern Grocery Store Union

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Community clinics cross language and digital divides to distribute vaccine

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Volunteers built and run this statewide vaccine lookup system

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What trying to get a vaccine has been like for homelessness response workers

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Nearly everyone at this SF nursing home has been vaccinated

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After violent attacks, community groups call for social services and solidarity

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SF's new City Administrator on navigating the pandemic and a corruption scandal

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The nonprofit sector is expected to shrink due to the pandemic

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San Francisco takes a step toward creating a public bank

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Assemblyman David Chiu on reforming the EDD

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Love notes and care packages at SF Urban Film Fest's reflection on homelessness

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How Proposition 22 is shaping the gig economy

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SF's Undocufund has disbursed more than $3 million in pandemic aid

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Mission vaccine center opens to focus on "those closest to the pain"

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SF nonprofit navigates vaccine eligibility for frontline staff

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As California grapples with unemployment fraud, jobless claimants struggle

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San Francisco's new poet laureate on poetry as revolution

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Undeterred by a layoff, a local journalist launches her own bilingual newspaper

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How private is the state's exposure notification app? EFF weighs in

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The "godfather of skating" and a dancer on the importance of play

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SF opens a mass vaccination site after a confusing initial rollout

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During indefinitely extended lockdown, SF works on new aid programs for businesses

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State Senator who opened police disciplinary records to the public pushes expansion

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The story of “the man who legalized cannabis”

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Anti Police-Terror Project organizers look to reclaim MLK's radical legacy

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Transparency in lockdown: Local journalists discuss access to public information during the pandemic

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Considering technical questions about online platforms as social

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Public school parents navigate an uncertain future in education

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The San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper becomes a cooperative

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This tenant attorney is expecting an "avalanche" of evictions

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One librarian's experience as a coronavirus contact tracer

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Reporting investigates the dismissal of the CPUC's director after she uncovered a missing $200 million

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How a youth media network covered the election, a pandemic, and a racial reckoning

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Doctors work through coronavirus surge, stress and patient isolation as vaccines arrive

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Retired FBI Agent Explains How Probes Like Those Into S.F. Corruption Work

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After a political year defined by a pandemic and presidential appointments, what’s next?

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Nursing homes will get vaccines soon — through big pharmacy chains

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Examiner's new owner vows to expand newsroom and coverage

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Overdoses Have Killed Over Three Times as Many People as COVID-19 in San Francisco

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Restaurant Workers Out of Options as Work and Benefits Dry Up During Lockdown

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Neighborhood anti-crime surveillance effort prompts privacy, equity concerns

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To address housing crisis, expert says, consider housing a human right

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Nurse to COVID risk-takers: “If you are hospitalized, it will only be you in that room”

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As lockdowns wear on, a food bank grows its services to meet still-high need

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Regional homelessness activist group turns 15

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Youth organizers mobilizing for voting rights confront “adultist” attitudes

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Muni, hit hard by pandemic, carries on with core services and construction

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S.F. immigration defense unit represents immigrants statewide through pandemic