Is City Hall’s ‘document deleting’ cause for alarm?

The public is sometimes unable to obtain documents from City Hall related to issues including COVID-19, crime and other key issues (Craig Lee/The Examiner)

Mayor’s office and other departments are destroying correspondence at a rate that shocks First Amendment experts

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Demonstrators march toward the California Public Utilities Commission building Jan. 13 to protest a solar proposal under consideration. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)

‘Solar tax’ divides local environmental community

‘We want to see [the solar industry] grow, but we can’t do it on the backs of low-income Californians’

By Jessica Wolfrom Examiner staff writer
“I’m just glad to be out of the nursing home. Holy moly, man,” said Bradley Fisher at his Antioch home on Sept. 2, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

How the poor get stranded in Bay Area nursing homes

‘Everyone wants out right now…they have no place to go’

By Jesse Bedayn
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San Francisco’s Department of Disability and Aging Services conducted a 2021 study within Black, Indigenous, People of Color and LGBTQ+ populations and found that besides a lack of awareness of services and the challenge of navigating a complex system, an entrenched mistrust of government and law enforcement prevented many elders from contacting the department. (Shutterstock)

How do we persuade elders who experience abuse to seek help?

Break down barriers of mistrust, say experts

By Jaya Padmanabhan
Altos Labs, a Redwood City startup, just landed $3 billion and some superstar scientists to work on anti-aging breakthroughs. (Photo by BLACKDAY/Shutterstock)

$3 billion Redwood City startup snares top scientists to reverse aging

Fountain of Youth firm will start with mice, is Jeff Bezos next?

By Jeff Elder

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People line up outside the new Tenderloin Linkage Center at 1172 Market St. on Wednesday. The new site is a central component to Mayor London Breed’s emergency declaration from December and offers hot food, water and hygiene services as well as connections to services such as shelter and transitional housing, therapy, child care and substance use treatment. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)

‘We need a place to take a shower and feel welcomed’

Tenderloin linkage center opens one month after Mayor Breed’s emergency declaration

By Sydney Johnson Examiner staff writer
CCSF students (from left) Edward Pang, Melissa Chow, Julia Quon and Lauren Chinn, along with Stanford University supporter Maciej Kurzynski are some of the students who organized to save Cantonese classes at the college. (Kevin N. Hume/The Examiner)

Saved! Community rallies to rescue City College’s Cantonese classes

‘We need to stop Asian hate and make sure the Chinese community has access to bilingual services’

By James Salazar Examiner Staff Writer
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Murals on display at Paint the Void’s Pier 70 exhibition. From left to right are works by Simon Malvaez, Nick Sirotich and Yon. (Courtesy of Brookfield Properties/Pete Bartelme)

A football field-sized industrial warehouse of fantastic pandemic art

Murals from boarded-up businesses are the star in Paint the Void exhibit at Pier 70

By James Salazar
The Reds, Pinks and Purples, led by Glenn Donaldson (left), release their fourth album “Summer at Land’s End” on Feb. 4, 2022. (Courtesy of Reds, Pinks and Purples)

Longtime musician makes indie noise in one of S.F.’s quietest neighborhoods

Glenn Donaldson captures the grace of the Richmond District in latest album

By Will Reisman
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When Jackie Speier retires from Congress, she leaves behind a storied legacy supporting the Armenian community. (Courtesy KZV Armenian School)

How Jackie Speier elevated the Armenian community

‘There’s a lot of allies in Congress for the Armenian story to be told’

By Ida Mojadad Examiner Staff Writer
Denelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, has emerged as one of the leading advocates for the ethical use of cryptocurrency and is helping San Francisco become a capital of the technology’s evolution into a more sustainable and ethical industry. (Craig Lee/The Examiner)

In pursuit of ethical cryptocurrency

Denelle Dixon aims to be the diametric opposite of the ‘planet-incinerating Ponzi grifters’

By Jeff Elder Examiner staff writer
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