The Guardian
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Volunteer brigadistas in Córdoba province work with donated equipment to defend the forest in drought-plagued province
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Sarah Wright’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridMuni is Getting in the Housing Game. Will the Politics of Affordability Kill Its Plans?
The San Francisco Standard
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San Francisco's transit agency is facing an existential budget crisis, with ridership at little over half of pre-pandemic levels and voters rejecting fresh investment in the system even as century-old facilities crumble. It also owns a whole lot of land in San Francisco, where a housing crunch has made real estate as valuable as it gets.
SF's Power Position in the Water Wars Means Few Local Drought Restrictions. But Can It Last?
The San Francisco Standard
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As a severe three-year drought strains water supplies across California, Bay Area water agencies are increasingly looking to the city of San Francisco as a lifeline. Through the Hetch Hetchy dam and a network of aqueducts and reservoirs that brings water from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the coast, the city has plenty of water even now.
Big Basin Silenced
On the Coastside Magazine
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Take a walk through a charred, changing landscape.
How San Francisco Makes It Insanely Hard to Build Housing
The San Francisco Standard
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Bob Tillman owned a laundromat in San Francisco's Mission District and wanted to replace it with apartments. In a city desperate for new housing, it seemed logical enough. But eight years later and after countless community meetings, hearings, appeals, studies, a legal challenge and a court settlement-the site of the former laundromat at 2918 Mission St.
SF's Sweet Mystery: Why is Baklava Sold at So Many Corner Stores?
The San Francisco Standard
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Every city has its convenience store charms. New York's bodegas serve below-par bagels. Chicago markets sell local liquor Malört for an always-at-hand hangover cure. New Jersey has Wawa hoagies, a concerning point of pride for a state that just needs...something. In San Francisco, we have baklava.
San Francisco Students Discuss Pandemic Trauma
youtu.be
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The Standard talked to one class of students at James Denman Middle School as they came out of the Omicron wave, asking them to reflect on the last two years of learning from home and at school during a pandemic.
Get Lit: Neon Signs Get Special Treatment in the Tenderloin
The San Francisco Standard
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Making a neon sign is an art. Handmade, the signs can take weeks or even months to sketch out a design, bend the glass and build the sign itself. But the payoff is worth it: Neon signs last decades and provide a unique, handmade brand to a business and a soft glow of brightness to the street.
Lacking Time, Funds for Meals, Students Face Food Inaccessibility
The Hoya
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Two days since his last meal, Deshaun Rice (COL '19) cannot concentrate. Fatigue seeps in. Words blur together. He sees things from the corners of his eyes - things that are not actually there. Hunger was never something Rice expected to encounter at Georgetown University.
Turning Downtown Offices Into Housing Isn't the Solution You Think It Is
The San Francisco Standard
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Based on social media rumblings, it seems like there's a big appetite for converting now-empty San Francisco office buildings into housing. Using the Covid-induced vacancies to help solve the city's housing affordability crisis and meet state mandates to plan for more than 80,000 new units appears to be a no-brainer.
While SF's Covid Recovery Falters, South San Francisco is Booming
The San Francisco Standard
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Two-and-a-half years after the start of the Covid pandemic, San Francisco's downtown is still a shell of what it once was, and the economic outlook, for the short term at least, is ominous. But just a few miles south, business is back.
Housing Shell Game: Supes' Latest Actions Set to Slow New Housing as State Mandates Loom
The San Francisco Standard
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With the clock ticking on a state mandate to allow the creation of 82,000 more housing units over the next decade in a city that desperately needs them, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, rather than finding new ways to build housing, continues to make moves that discourage new construction.
The Importance of Algebra: SF Public Schools' 'Math Pathway' Draws Fire as State Considers Simila...
The San Francisco Standard
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As the state of California considers a controversial revamp of how math is taught in public schools, a 2014 change in the math curriculum at the San Francisco Unified School District is drawing fresh scrutiny-and even though the district's numbers show early signs the program has been a success, not everyone is convinced.
What's in a name? Coastside place names don't tell the whole story
TheSixFifty
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On The Coastside Magazine September 2020, republished in TheSixFifty
Keeping it together: Women weave our social safety net on coast
issuu.com
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COASTSIDE magazine May 2021
Coastsiders find comfort in isolation
issuu.com
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Coastside Magazine April 2021
Ring around the Bay: Bay Area Ridge Trail is a haven for local hikers
issuu.com
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Coastside Magazine December 2020
A pandemic picnic? Grab a blanket, some takeout and sunglasses for a true Coastside meal
issuu.com
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COASTSIDE Magazine - March 2021
Banana slugs have certain appeal: Forest creatures inspire wonder.
issuu.com
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Coastside Magazine November 2020
Blame Game: When Club Members Misbehave, Who Is Responsible?
The Hoya
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A racist incident at nearby The George Washington University has spurred conversations on Georgetown University's campus about how clubs should be accountable for their members' behavior. Unlike universities such as GWU, where organizations can face repercussions for the misconduct of individual members, Georgetown's policies under the Student Activities Commission generally preclude sanctioning clubs based on actions [...]
24 Hours in Madrid
The Hoya
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Welcome to Madrid, where the past and present collide in a city that is driven by modernization but maintains its historic charm. Bright and bustling with activity, Madrid reveals Spain's rich history under the facade of its skyscrapers and trendy restaurants.
Applejack's Celebrates 100 Years — More or Less
Half Moon Bay Magazine
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History of La Honda bar is as elusive as it is colorful.
Photojournalist Examines Post-Ebola Life in Sierra Leone
The Hoya
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Photojournalism has the power to raise awareness for otherwise forgotten stories, according to photojournalist Sara May at an opening of her exhibit detailing the aftermath of the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone at the Washington, D.C. Leica Store on Friday. Titled "After the Crisis," the exhibit features photos from May's travels to Sierra Leone and [...]
Uptick in Burglaries, Fondling Incidents on Campus in 2016
The Hoya
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Reported cases of fondling on Georgetown's main campus increased threefold from four in 2015 to 12 in 2016 and reported burglary cases increased from 31 in 2015 to 47 in 2016, according to the 2017 Annual Security Report released Sept. 29 by the Georgetown University Police Department.