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Falling for the perfect apartment

This probably isn't news to anyone living in San Francisco, but our City by the Bay has the highest rent in the country, and the competition out there for an apartment is fierce. San Francisco rents...

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Misophonia: the hatred of sound

It’s a rare sensitivity to normal, everyday sounds, like typing, or footsteps, or even breathing. And it’s being increasingly diagnosed. Researchers believe Misophonia begins in adolescence, but it can...

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Sun, sand, and protest

There are many ways to support your candidates- or propositions-of-choice before voting on November 6. You can obviously give your time, by volunteering to call potential voters, or handing out...

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Gaming museum warps players through time

Lots of people talk about how addicted we are to our screens. We spend our days staring at smartphones, tablets, and computers. But the first digital addiction came before most of us even imagined a...

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Fighting the dropout rate for African-American youth

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A day in the life of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi

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Rental war wages on in San Francisco

This probably isn't news to anyone living in San Francisco, but our City by the Bay has the highest rent in the country, and the competition out there for an apartment is fierce. San Francisco rents...

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Where do older prisoners go when they get out?

The older we get, the harder it is to think of ourselves as “old.” But as far as the government is concerned – specifically, the federal corrections system – you’re “aging” or “elderly” once you turn...

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County rehabilitation camps absorbing California's young offenders

California has been in an ongoing struggle trying to figure out how to deal with overcrowding in prisons. The problems extend to the Division of Juvenile Justice, where the state’s most serious young...

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Sights and Sounds of Bayview: Dancing with the ladies in line

Watch:On a wide street full of work spaces, lined with cars and no trees in sight is the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center. It’s the one building on the block where there’s constant activity. Laughter...

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Why are elderly homeless sleeping in chairs at night?

 

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The many translations of Day of the Dead

If you walk down Mission Street this weekend you’ll see family members holding pictures of loved ones in one hand and candles in another. You may see ofrendas--small altars set up to pay tribute to...

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Serving up fewer suspensions and more interaction

Restorative Justice at Oakland’s Ralph Bunche High SchoolNot long ago there was a food fight at Ralph Bunche High School. And Angel Hernandez is in trouble. He’s 18, a senior, and he’s not admitting...

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Hatching Twitter: Interview with author Nick Bilton

Twitter. With more than 400 million users a month, it’s the second-most-popular social network in the world. A report from the Pew Research Center's Journalism Project found that nearly ten percent of...

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Labor Trafficking: Extended Interview with Sgt. Tony Flores

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Human trafficking: A fisherman’s story

San Francisco has some of the country’s highest reports of human trafficking. It’s one of the top 10 cities in the U.S where trafficking is the worst. The practice is often called modern-day slavery:...

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Balancing being Mommy and Nanny

  Lupita Espinoza can often be seen pushing a stroller up one of those steep San Francisco hills that many of us try to avoid. She can’t avoid it, though -- it’s the way to work.“I am very lucky that I...

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Audiograph's Sound of the Week: Bayview's Mendell Plaza

All week long we've been playing this

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San Francisco elementary school PTA debates how to use funds

In 2011, the latest year that data is available, parents at San Francisco elementary schools collectively raised over five million dollars for their kids’ schools. More than half of that money was...

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Sights and Sounds of Bayview: Dancing with the ladies in line

Watch:On a wide street full of work spaces, lined with cars and no trees in sight is the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center. It’s the one building on the block where there’s constant activity. Laughter...

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