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20 Dec 2021

Help Food Banks in San Francisco Help People in Need

Almost 1 in 4 San Franciscans struggle with hunger, according to figures put out by the SF-Marin Food Bank and reported on by the SF Chronicle. Other figures reported include: 1 in 5 Marin residents are food insecure. 1 in 5 Alameda County residents go to the food bank. 12

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20 Dec 2021

Biden Won’t Extend Student Loan Relief Amid a Backdrop of Financial Hardship and New COVID Variant

UPDATE: Good news! Since this article was published, Biden has announced that he will continue the pause on student loan repayment until May 1st, 2022. President Joe Biden plans to resume student loan payments on Feb 1, 2022, after nearly a two year pause coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. In

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17 Dec 2021

In My Metafeels: On Seasonality and Feeling S.A.D. 

Right now, I’m listening to Yaeji’s “When In Summer, I Forget About The Winter”. The refrain goes: “When in summer, I forget about the winter When I’m happy, I forget about the blue When I’m in love, I forget that I was lonely When I realize, I’m a bit forgetful”

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17 Dec 2021

Lawsuit Filed to Open the Great Highway & Other Streets in Golden Gate Park

A group of San Francisco residents filed a lawsuit on Thursday, seeking to force the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to reopen streets within Golden Gate Park that were closed off to vehicles during the pandemic. In addition to the Recreation and Park Department, the lawsuit also names the

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17 Dec 2021

I Accidentally Almost Outed My Teen’s Transgender Friend

This is part of our Blue Woman in a Red State column Let me ask you something, before all you judge-y judgertons start giving me grief for this title. Do you have a newly discovered trans kid? Or, even simpler, do you have a young teenager in your house? I am

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16 Dec 2021

The SF Ballet is Back, and It’s Glorious  

There was a strong tingle of anticipation in the War Memorial Opera house on opening night. After two years without the pitter pater of ballerinas, without twirling tutus, and rippling Russian violins, The San Francisco Ballet was back performing live, and the excitement was palpable. 

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16 Dec 2021

SF Comedy Roaring Back to Life with Sketchfest in January

By Sean M. Sanford Do you hear that? The stereophonic uncrinkling of thousands of resting bitch faces? Or is that just my own? Either way, January must be near: The month of SF Sketchfest. A hallowed time when the saints of tickle-bone fare descend on our city and make it

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