Warmest regards on your birthday and many more. Please keep being a model for us!

Slashing EPA makes things worse...

Don't miss our benefit film screening next Thursday, March 13, at The Roxie. Get tickets here: sfpr.es/filmeventmar...
We are screening Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink at 6 PM, doors at 5:30. We hope to see you there, and continue the conversation about our democracy.

Mass Deportation Threats Put Caregivers, Seniors, Disabled People on High Alert Trump’s threats of mass deportations, and other changes to immigration policies could strain an already-understaffed health care workforce.

Trump’s threats of mass deportations could strain an understaffed health care workforce, making it harder for older adults and people with disabilities in San Francisco to receive care at home and in nursing facilities.

In the latest episode of “Civic,” I learn about the emboldened, in-your-face anti-abortion crusaders of Gen Z.
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Immigrant Advocates Trying to Dispel Rumors of ICE Operation in SF Rumors of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  detention operation alarmed residents of San Francisco’s Mission District earlier this month following a threat by Donald Trump before his inaugur...

Immigrant Advocates Trying to Dispel Rumors of ICE Operation in San Francisco.
Residents express fear and concern for their community over Trump administration’s threats of mass deportation.
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SF Fails to Produce Evidence It Follows Encampment Clearing Policy San Francisco cannot prove it follows an aspect of its encampment clearing policy intended to help people retain essential belongings. Despite 588 clearings from January to mid-November, the city lack...

San Francisco could not produce evidence it's complying with a policy intended to help unhoused people retain essential belongs, even though hundreds of encampment clearings have been recorded since the beginning of the year. www.sfpublicpress.org/san-francisc...

Shuttered Radiation Lab Poses Ongoing Health Risks for Growing Neighborhood Our investigative series, “Exposed: The Human Radiation Experiments at Hunters Point," details how the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, based at a shipyard in San Francisco, exposed at leas...

PART 6 → From our investigation “Exposed”

In the 1940s, the U.S. Navy protected workers from windblown plutonium w/ gas masks. What about nearby Bayview? There’s no evidence residents were warned.

Today, residents still feel spurned by the government. www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...

Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable We need to break the billionaires’ grip on our democracy — and that starts with loosening their hold over local media.

Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable "Creating strong structures for local news and civic information isn’t usually at the top of the list for progressive movement leaders, but it’s a crucial part of the work that lies ahead." {+why I'm working at SFPublicPress.org}

Have you ever tried gathering Bay tree nuts? The fruits fall to the ground Oct and Nov like squishy prunes. Ditch the goo to separate out the nuts. Then roast em, for fun bitter version of other caffeinated goodies like coffee beans (w or w/out chocolate.) --- This time of year we need the buzz.

After Atomic Test Blunder, U.S. Allowed Human Radiation Studies Pacific bomb tests left the Navy with radioactive ships to clean. A lab in SF saw an opportunity to expand its mandate. Part 2 in a series.

PART 2 of our investigation: Exposed

Top military and civilian brass at every level — from Washington down to the docks — were aware of the experiments in San Francisco.

A docked ship, with a sign in front: "RADIOACTIVE SHIP / ALL UNAUTHORIZED PERSONNEL KEEP OFF"

Scientists at US Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory in SF from 1946-1963 knowingly exposed +1,073 servicemen, dockworkers et al. to potentially harmful radiation via war games, decontamination tests, medical studies.

Co-published w/ @us.theguardian.com >>> www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-part...