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In Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1, with Dave's time in Europe to get away from being drafted to fight in Vietnam. By that time, with a couple years at City College taking photo classes under his belt, Dave had built a portfolio. He took all his gear with him because he didn't know whether he was ever coming back. His French cousin had a friend whose mom worked at the US Embassy in Paris. Dave got about a dozen photos into a group show at the American Culture Center there, his first public showing. Through another connection, he was able to print photos for the show at the Sorbonne. The National Library of Paris ended up acquiring all of Dave's photos from that show, and they're still there today. Lodgings with his French family were barely adequate, and definitely crowded. He had a friend, also a draft dodger, living in Scotland. And so Dave decided to move to the UK. He and his cousin had bought a car together, and he ended up taking that car to Leeds in northern England. Locals there took Dave in, and so he stayed there, rather than Scotland, for another half-year. We go on a sidebar thanks to my out-of-left-field question about Dave smoking cigarettes when he lived in Europe. We also talk about partying as a young person over there. At the end of 1971, Dave returned to The Bay. It was safe by then, he says, because there were so many other draft dodgers. He shares a tidbit about how, before he left, if you had gone to the intersection of 19th Avenue and Lincoln, you would see at least half a dozen young men holding hitchhiking signs that said, "Canada." A few years down the road after Dave's return, Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to all the draft dodgers. At our live event, he next showed a photo from Mission and 18th Street that shows, among other things, Lakeside Liquors, Dave's family's business back then. His dad and a partner owned and ran the place, and Dave worked there. His dad also owned a laundromat on the block. His dad claimed that his was the first full-service, coin-op laundromat in The City. It was 1957, and we'll just go ahead and take his dad's word for it. As a young man, Dave learned to fix those washing machines and dryers, which he says "were always breaking down." And that's how he got his first taste of appliance repair, a career he spent 25 years in. When his dad retired in the Eighties, Dave opened his own joint—Little Hollywood Launderette on Market near Laguna. But by the time he opened Little Hollywood, unattended laundromats were fading in popularity, for various reasons. So Dave included attendants and wash-and-fold service at his place, as well as a dry cleaner next door. He ran Little Hollywood from 1989 until 2007. Dave shares the story of a music video that was shot mostly inside Little Hollywood. A then somewhat up-and-coming artist called Del the Funky Homosapien shot the video for his song "Made in America," directed by Michael Lucero, in a funky laundry spot on Market. Read all about that in this story from Hieroglyphics. Dave's behind-the-scenes story of that video shoot is fun. Back in his repairman days, Dave would travel from the Mission to the Western Addition regularly, as well as trips out to the Sunset and Richmond districts. He got to know his city even better. He knew all the laundromats, including the spot that would eventually be his own. In 2007, Dave decided to retire. That gave him more time with his cameras. Three years later, his parents really started aging and needed more and more care. To help out, Dave took over running his dad's businesses when he was no longer able to. He did continue taking photos during this time, though. In fact, he'd been taking photos since his return from Europe back in the early Seventies. Photographers from Dave's era didn't commonly show their work. They had boxes full of negatives instead. Eventually, though, someone turned Dave on to a photo-sharing site, and he acquired a scanner and went to work. He enjoyed it, and leveled up on the scanner. He set out to scan all of his negatives. He spent the next roughly 10 years scanning (in fact, he adds, he's still scanning to this day). Through those early photo-sharing websites, Dave started to make connections in the SF photo community. Eventually, Troy Holden reached out and asked Dave to be in a photo show at Cha Cha Cha, back when the Mission Street location was still open. A year later, he met Adrian Martinez at Michael Jang's open studio in the Richmond District. Adrian, Troy, and Dave formed the San Francisco Photography Club. He figured he could serve as a mentor to the many younger members of the group. But it turned out the other way around. Dave points to the young photographers in the club that came from punk rock and skateboarding backgrounds (communities that are near and dear to my heart, as I spent countless years of my childhood and early adulthood in both). Dave considered their art to be edgy and good. It reminded him of work by Ken Hayman, who in the Eighties published Hip Shot. Those young photographers' style wore off on Dave, and point-and-shoot street photography is what he mostly does today. At this point in the conversation, Dave points to the inspiration of Hamburger Eyes, a photo magazine founded by Ray Potes in San Francisco in 2001. There's an exhibit up at the SF Public Library's Main Branch through Sept. 24 celebrating a quarter-century of this amazing publication's work. Dave has one photo in that exhibition. Dave talks about another of the photos he shared that evening, which is also available in the gallery on this page. It's a photo he took of the moving of a Victorian house out of the Western Addition during the so-called redevelopment (read: gentrification) of that neighborhood. The next photo he showed was from Candlestick Park in 1989. Next is an example of Dave's street photography—a photo from a Nineties Pride Parade, taken near City Hall. I ask Dave whether he ever shoots color photos, because everything of his I see is black-and-white. He says that in the early days of digital cameras, he shot some color. He ended up shooting about 10 years of digital color, and he liked it. But the lure of film and black and white was too strong. Dave sold all his digital cameras. He says that, nowadays, smartphones do just as well as or better than cameras did back then. Today, he uses vintage cameras, vintages lenses, and black-and-white film, a combination that gives you a look and feel that you just cannot recreate with a digital camera. The last photo Dave shared that night at Warfield Commons is the most recent one. It's of folks and their cars at Ocean Beach, near to where Dave lives today. He says that his love of cars and car culture dates back to the Sixties. Back then, there were no stoplights on the Great Highway. It was like a drag strip (something you'll also hear about in our bonus episode on SF lowrider culture tomorrow). He shares fun stories of taking his mom's car, picking up friends, and joining the racers out near the ocean. They'd stay until cops chased them away, at which point they would head to Daly City and go to Pip's, a drive-in that existed back in the day. Please follow Dave on Instagram @daveglass_foto. Special thanks to Mel Baker and the team at SF Public Press for hosting and producing the live event where we recorded this episode. Look for Dave's exhibit at the San Francisco Historical Society next summer. It should stay up through the rest of 2027. Photography by Nate Oliveira/Shoot First SF

Dave Glass's Polish parents met at a displaced persons camp in Europe after World War II. In this Season 9 inaugural episode, meet and get to know Dave. A born-and-raised San Francisco, Dave joined me back in August in the SF Public Press office/studio at Warfield Commons to record the first-ever Storied: San Francisco live episode. Our talk that night comprises this episode. Dave's mom and dad got married at that camp in Germany and had their first kid, Dave's sister, there. The young couple wanted to come to the US, but had to wait another five years in Europe for that to materialize. Finally, they made it, via the port of New Orleans. Their American sponsor lived in Stockton, which they made their way to by trains and buses. Dave's dad later told him that when they arrived in California, Stockton looked to him like all cowboys and Mexicans. The family's sponsor owned a ranch, and the arrangement was that Dave's mom and dad would work there. One day, his dad's boss sent him to San Francisco, an hour or so away, for supplies. One taste of The City, and his dad knew he had to move his family here. It was early 1951 and Dave's mom was already pregnant with him. The family made the move to the big city regardless. They settled in the Western Addition on the corner of Webster and Fulton. This was before redevelopment, mind you. In addition to its sizable Black population, there were also a significant number of European refugees in the neighborhood, too. Dave fondly remembers being a little boy and going to the Ukrainian bakery at the corner of Webster and McAllister. Other memories from Dave's early days include vague visions of the Acme beer brewery across from his house. Dave lets us know that today, there are remnants of that building still standing. Around the time Dave started school, his family moved to the Sunset District. This is when his memories really get going. He went to Parkside Elementary, which is today known as Dianne Feinstein. Dave rewinds a little to share the story of when Eisenhower visited SF as president. Dave's mom got him, his sister, and herself dressed up. They walked down to Van Ness, where the presidential motorcade was set to pass by. He recalls the president sitting, not in the car's seat, but above it, in open air, riding down the avenue waving at folks. So much about this would never happen today. When he was 10, Dave got his first camera. At our live event, he shared a photo he took with that camera at his sister's birthday party, seen in a gallery on this page. It's one of the oldest photos he has that he took himself. At that time, Dave was just a "kid with a camera," not serious about the art whatsoever. But his dad had a Leica camera and did take photography more seriously, at least when it came to family photos. He had bartered for the camera when he lived in the displaced persons camp in Europe, and had photos from that time. Dave still has some of those pictures. We go on a bit of a sidebar here, thanks to my question about how folks got their camera film developed back in the day. We also chat about the nature of film vs. digital. When he was in high school, Dave joined the photo club and developed in a darkroom for his first time. He says it was around this time that he started to have an affection for photography. We have to mention that he went to Lowell, which came after time at Herbert Hoover Junior High School. Dave points out that, even back then, "smart" kids went to Lowell, including his sister. Dave says he more or less got in on legacy, not good grades. He brought that with him through high school, and chose to go to City College when he wasn't able to get into four-year schools. In 1969, City College's photography program was a serious one. Dave considers it blue-collar, in fact, aimed at turning students into professional photographers. Dave ended up taking photos for the school paper, something he loved doing. I ask Dave about the late-Sixties in SF, and he obliges. He was 16 when the Summer of Love happened, and living just a few neighborhoods away from the Haight/Ashbury, his eyes were opened. He and his friends would visit the Haight every couple of days. He says it got so crowded with tourist buses and people that The City made Haight a one-way street. Still, they saw bands like Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe and the Fish at small venues or outdoors in the park. We go on a sidebar here to talk about The Fillmore back in the day. Dave's first job, which he had while still in high school, was selling shoes at Kinny Shoes (IYKYK) at Serramonte, which had just opened. Dave shares a family photo and talks a little about it, also available here in the gallery. Eventually, relatives moved to San Francisco and lived nearby Dave's family, so he grew up with cousins and aunts and uncles. Dave confirms that it was the case that he and his friends, like many folks I talk with who grew up back then, pretty much did whatever they wanted after school, with the understanding that you go home when it gets dark out. His stories include building skateboards out of wooden 2×4s and roller skates. Then we talk about a significant turn in Dave's life. It was the late-Sixties and the war in Vietnam was heating up. The draft was in effect, and the number of units Dave was taking at City College had fallen below the threshold for deferment. That year, 1969, had seen more US casualties than any year prior. His parents, having escaped war-torn Europe earlier in their lives, did not want their son serving in the military in any capacity. Some of his dad's relatives had settled in Paris after WWII. They helped arrange for Dave to live there for about six months starting in the fall of 1970. Check back tomorrow for Part 2 and the rest of Dave Glass's life story. Follow Dave on Instagram @daveglass_foto. We recorded this podcast in the SF Public Press studio at Warfield Commons in August 2026. Photography by Nate Oliveira

Both sides of Michael Gene Sullivan's family are from Detroit. In Part 2, we get to know Keiko's fellow SFMT collective member. Michael was born in Livonia, Michigan, a small town outside of Detroit. His parents met at a summer camp, but we need to rewind a bit before we get to that. When his dad was a boy, he was kidnapped. Yes, really. He and his brothers, all Black boys, were taken from Detroit to work on a plantation in Louisiana. One day, three years later, a car pulled up to the plantation. Some people got out of the car, grabbed Michael's dad and uncles, and threw them into the car (not minding the trauma these boys had already been through or might be experiencing in the moment). Much to the boys' relief, their mom was in that car. She'd been looking for her sons the entire time. They made it back to Michigan, but the effect of having been kidnapped and missing key years with his family stayed with Michael's dad. Michael characterizes his dad's side of the family as old-school gangsters. His mom's family were upper-working-class, many of them with jobs at Ford. The aforementioned camp was in Detroit and it was designed to bring kids from all different economic levels together. The camp held a dance, and his dad found himself with all the boys on one side of the room—on the other side, the girls, of course. No one had started dancing when one of the girls suddenly got up (on a dare from a friend), walked over to the boys, and sat in Michael's dad's lap. That girl was his mom, of course. They danced, talked a little, then had to separate. The next summer, at the next camp, the two met again. Then it happened again the following year. Eventually, they started dating and fell in love. Michael's mom's family wasn't too pleased, given the criminal aspect of his dad's family. But his mom was a bit of a rebel and went with love. The new couple settled in Detroit. They had three children—two girls and a boy, Michael, their youngest. His dad did radio work in the Army and his mom studied art. When dad got out of the service, he parlayed the tech work he'd learned into the infant industry. He got a job with National Cash Register, who relocated the family to Los Angeles. Michael was three when his family moved to California, so he doesn't have distinct memories of that. With the move to LA, his mom started doing more and more art, sculpting and painting. His dad worked a lot, but the couple also started getting involved in politics. They went to protests, rallies, Black Panther meetings. Michael shares his family's story of being at a protest against LBJ's visit to Los Angeles. It involves a family of five plus their pet rabbit climbing a tree. The next year, 1968, was a presidential election year, and Michael's mom worked for the Bobby Kennedy campaign. She was there on primary night, June 5, when RFK was assassinated. She was in the same room, even. Soon after that, the FBI showed up at their house looking for witnesses. To make up for known failings around the JFK assassination, the agency moved to protect witnesses around this tragedy. They sent his mom back to Detroit. The rest of Michael's family stayed behind. The FBI gave Michael rides to school in that time period. Two weeks later, when his mom returned, his parents decided to move the family to San Francisco. It was originally planned as a temporary visit, but they never left. The first place his family landed was The Sunset District. He was seven, and started school in San Francisco. From there, the family moved to Bayview, Western Addition, back to The Sunset, over to The Richmond District, and back to Western Addition. I ask Michael to list his SF schools, and he obliges. Now settling into the Bay Area, Michael's family kept their political interests. He recalls his parents taking him with them to a Black Panthers meeting. His dad was now working in Silicon Valley as a diagnostic engineer. Michael's mom had given up creating her own art and shifted to film publicity work. Michael has always been a passionate person. When he was a kid, he and his sister got into film. He was also deeply interested in history. He wanted to be a history teacher when he grew up. They planned to make movies together. They wanted to remake Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but recast as two Black kids. At school, the kids considered Michael shy. When he got to Marina Junior High, he decided on the first day of school that it wasn't for him. And it wasn't difficult for him to transfer, because his family had that habit of moving around The City. Michael asked his mom to drive him around town, and when he saw Roosevelt Middle School, he loved the building's architecture. So, he transferred there. He shares the story of another transfer student, who arrived in his last year at Roosevelt, a girl so pretty he developed a crippling crush on her right away. We'll get back to that. He and his crush ended up going to Washington High the next year. He still wouldn't/couldn't talk to her, but they were both in band. She ended up in a theater group called Street of Dreams Theater Company. Michael's best friend was also in the group, so he was around them a lot. Michael still had his sights set on being a history professor. That, or he would write horror short stories. One day, a teacher more or less forced him to sing in choir. His crush was also in choir. And he ended up joining Street of Dreams in order to be closer to her. They graduated, and within the following year, Michael was artistic director of the company. He started doing more and more with Street of Dreams, eventually directing shows. Both Michael and his crush, whom he could at least talk with now, if not look in the eyes, were at City College and also joined a group of friends singing at the Renaissance Faire. By then, she'd had a couple boyfriends and he a couple girlfriends. Then the two decided to go on a "test date." They even shared a "test kiss" that night. A year later, they were dating. And today, they're married and have three children. Around this time, Michael's dad took him to see a show by the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Theater was still fairly new to both of them, and Michael was blown away. He even saw Keiko performing in a show back in the day. Because he'd had some acting experience, once there was an opening, he auditioned. But they told him he was too young. Eventually, they had an actor call in sick and asked Michael to sub. And so he stepped in. It was 1988, and Michael toured with SF Mime Troupe. And he and his wife have been with them ever since. Check tomorrow for Part 3, when Keiko and Michael will share the history and legacy of the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

For Part 2, we pick up where we left off in Part 1. Soleil was working in restaurants in Minneapolis, both front-of-house and back, and also starting writing about food around this time. There was a new food publication in Minneapolis at the time called Heavy Table, and Soleil offered to intern for them. At first, it was a lot of looking around for events for the publication to cover. Eventually, there were opportunities to do some writing, and Soleil pounced. That led to other chances to write, and the proverbial ball was rolling. They were also on food stamps at the time, which doesn't surprise me too much. Rewinding a bit, Soleil talks about the food blog they had around 2007. It was mostly for recipes, but it was theirs and theirs alone. They looked up to the big food bloggers of the time, people who are still around and still writing about food. From Minneapolis, Soleil moved to Portland. After they, tried New Orleans with the idea of going to grad school there, but fell back to restaurant work. And then they went to Puerto Vallarta to help their mom open a restaurant there. After Soleil's sister went off to college, their mom had moved to Mexico City. She worked for a restaurant group for a while, then moved to PV to be with friends. Before Soleil arrived in Mexico to help their mom, their mom had opened a bar that later became a restaurant. During their time in Puerto Vallerta, Soleil was still writing about food, and they did a podcast with friends, too. Racist Sandwich had started in Portland, and Soleil kept it going from Mexico. The show was a reaction to blatant white supremacy in the food and restaurant worlds, a problem that, though it's eased some, is still with us today. Juggling the many responsibilities that came with being in their mom's restaurant in Mexico, along with podcasting when they could, it all eventually gave way to Soleil deciding to move back to the US to try being a full-time food writer. So they went back to Minneapolis and stayed for about six months. (Honey the dog chimed in here again, and you'll have to use your imagination to guess what she had to say.) It was 2018, and longtime SF Chronicle food writer Michael Bauer was retiring. Soleil picked up on that from Minnesota and it piqued their interest. The Washington Post was writing about the retirement, and asking folks out here in the Bay Area what they wanted the Chronicle do next. They published a slate of candidates to take over after Bauer, and it included Soleil. Shocked, they applied for the job. They got a phone call shortly after that, and here we are. Soleil's only prior visit to The Bay came in 2011, when they stayed at their friend's apartment in the Tenderloin for a while. They visited Western Addition a lot, went to Zuni (such a good restaurant, though it's mostly for special occasions for my family), and finally had good coffee at Phil's. I ask them whether San Francisco and the Bay Area stood out for them among the many, many places they've called home. They cite the history of the place as being quite the magnet. Then we get to the story of the approach Soleil wanted to bring to writing for the Chronicle, which, in their words, was to give more context to the art of food preparation. After writing on staff for a bit, Soleil got one note from their bosses: They were writing about too many Asian restaurants. We both agree, though: DUH. There are hella Asian restaurants here, and it's part of what a lot of us love about the place. Still, Soleil feels that the paper gave them enough freedom to write about what they wanted to write about. I share the context of my own life and the world around me back in 2018 when I first learned about Soleil, letting them know that I, among many others I'm sure, welcomed them after such a long tenure of their predecessor. We start talking about doing their work during the pandemic, and they mention that they feel they were predisposed to talking about labor and other social aspects of the restaurant business. Eventually, though, it was time to move on. One reason they cite for leaving the Chronicle is that they got tired of being so visible. A significant number of readers were hostile to Soleil, and it got to feel like a mismatch. The rightward political drift of the paper didn't sit well either. They left in 2025. That year, Soleil joined with some friends to launch COYOTE, a worker-owned media outlet. Those friends include: Nuala Bishari, Emma Silvers, Danny Lavery, Rahawa Haile, Estefany Gonzalez, and Cecilia Lei (visit the COYOTE Staff page to learn about a couple other folks who are involved). While still working at The Chronicle and in their off-time, they'd enroll in seminars on what cooperatives are and how to start and run them. They note that existing co-ops are very generous with their years and decades of knowledge, singling out Rainbow Grocery and Oakland's Sustainable Economies Law Center. COYOTE launched last September. Soleil says it's going well, six months in. Follow Soleil on IG @soleil_ho. Follow COYOTE Media Collective @coyotemediacollective. Photography by Jeff Hunt

Bilal Mahmood became the first Muslim American elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors last year. Now, Mahmood is proposing controversial legislation to put homeless shelters in each supervisorial district throughout the city. Scott is joined in studio by Mahmood, who represents the city's fifth district including the Haight-Ashbury, Fillmore, Western Addition and Tenderloin neighborhoods.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Law enforcement officers descended on a park in San Francisco's Western Addition last night, arresting close to 90 people in a massive drug raid. We've heard a lot about the city cracking down on drug dealers over the past few years. But has there even been a raid of this scale before? For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Bret Burkhart spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier.

On today's edition of the show, Eric is joined by Matt Gottlieb of Western Addition Restaurant Group. Their concepts include il Bracco and Balboa Surf Club. Matt speaks with Eric about how he got started in the culinary industry, what he learned from his time at Houston's, when he knew it was time to go on his own to open his own concept, why il Bracco was the first concept of Western Addition, developing Balboa Surf Club's menu, responding to customers wants at Balboa, what the future holds for Western Addition in Houston,  and much more!  Follow Eric on Instagram/Threads @ericsandler. You can also reach Eric by emailing him at eric@culturemap.com. Check out some of his latest articles at Culturemap.com: Malibu Barbie Cafe Rolls Into Houston with Food, Fun, and Nostalgia Bludorn Turns Up the Heat with Spicy Chocolate Collaboration New York-Based Bakery Takes The Cake with New Flagship Store in Houston Houston Mediterranean Restaurant Opens First New Location in 43 Years 3 Nightlife Veterans Unite to Launch Houston's Next Great Cocktail Bar

This #BasicBitch was recorded on location at the Mini Bar in San Francisco, and we're excited to finally share that we're in a movie! It's a brief cameo in the film Gasoline Rainbow directed by the Ross Brothers that just premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Take a listen for all the behind the scenes info on why we were asked to be in the film, where it all took place, our unique (yet familiar) experience on set, and when you can potentially watch it for yourself. Next we discuss the Hungry Ghosts art show at the Mini Bar in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco (brought to you by Storied: San Francisco and running through October 9th), and our Labor Day hijinks that started at Fleetwood and ended at the Happy Lounge. We dive into which sport is making us happy and which sport is pissing us off, and cap it all off with  our moments of pleasure. Enjoy!--Thanks for listening and for your support! We couldn't have reached 10 years, 700 episodes or Best of The Bay Best Podcast without your help! --Be well, stay safe, Black Lives Matter, AAPI Lives Matter, and abortion is normal.--SUPPORT US HERE!Subscribe to our channel on YouTube for behind the scenes footage!Rate and review us wherever you listen to podcasts!Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.Listen every Tuesday at 9 - 10 am on BFF.FM

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston has introduced legislation that would push the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to fill half of its 1,002 vacant supportive housing units and remain at a vacancy below five percent moving forward. We're joined by Supervisor Preston, who represents District 5, which includes the Tenderloin, the Haight, the Fillmore, Japantown, Civic Center and the Western Addition. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post SF Proposal to Immediately House 500 Houseless People w/ Supervisor Dean Preston appeared first on KPFA.

SFPD cracked down on a group of teenage skateboarders last week resulting in 113 arrests and dozens of teenagers placed in zip ties and detained until they could be released to their parents. The actions of the SFPD has resulted in outrage and outcry from SF officials and community members. We are joined to discuss the situation by Joe Rivano Barros, a Senior Editor at Mission Local, along with SF Supervisor Dean Preston, who represents District 5, which includes the Tenderloin, the Haight, the Fillmore, Japantown, Civic Center and the Western Addition. Check out some of Mission Local's coverage of the issue: https://missionlocal.org/2023/07/teens-commissioners-blast-sfpd-dolores-hill-bomb/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post SFPD Overreacts to Skateboarders w/ SF Sup Dean Preston & Joe Rivano Barros appeared first on KPFA.

BART Board Director Lateefah Simon is running to replace East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee in Congress, who herself is running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein. On KQED'S Political Breakdown podcast, Simon talks with Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos about growing up with a single mom in San Francisco's Western Addition, her early work with Kamala Harris, facing threats in office, and her run for Congress. This conversation first aired April 13, 2023. Your support makes KQED podcasts possible. You can show your love by going to https://kqed.org/donate/podcasts.

votemarie.com  jillyee.com Why moderate candidates Jill Yee & Marie Hurabiell have visions on how to solve the systemic CCSF issues rather than kicking the problems down the road. The moderate candidate uphill challenge: the incumbents and the Union slates having different positions on how to solve CCSF issues. Jill Yee: Was born in San Francisco and raised in the Western Addition. Her parents were immigrants and City College was her only option for college. She credits City College as the springboard for all of her successes. She knows first hand how City College can change lives and its benefits extend across generations. She was honored to have the opportunity to return to City College to teach Psychology, she earned tenure, was later elected Department Chair of Behavioral Sciences and was then selected to serve as Dean of 11 Departments in the School of Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Ethnic Studies and Social Justices. Jill also has a law degree.  Jill has extensive experience at City College, spanning over 40 years. She has an insider's perspective. Her dedication and commitment to the college speaks for itself.  Marie Hurabiell: is an eighth generation San Franciscan, is a founder and board member of Ellipsis Health, Inc., a technology company using speech analytics to gauge the behavioral health of patients in real-time. Following a federal clerkship in Los Angeles, she started her law career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in San Francisco. She later served as General Counsel at both Knight Ridder Digital and Red Herring Communications and ran her own law firm. Ms. Hurabiell has led fundraising efforts for organizations such as Georgetown University, San Francisco Ballet, Wender Weis Foundation for Children, Phillips Exeter Academy, The Hamlin School, and the International Museum of Women. Ms. Hurabiell has served on numerous boards, including the Presidio of San Francisco (Chair, Vice Chair and Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee) , Georgetown University Board of Regents, where she engaged in crafting the successful Design Curriculum initiative; Holy Family Day Home (President & Chair of the Capital Campaign); San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary (President); National Charity League Golden Gate Chapter (VP); and Hamilton Family Center. Hurabiell received her B.A. with Honors from Georgetown University and her J.D. with Honors from the University of Pennsylvania. When not working to improve San Francisco, and more specifically CCSF, she enjoys time with her family, travel, adventures, gardening, reading and laughing as much as possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

votemarie.com  jillyee.com Why moderate candidates Jill Yee & Marie Hurabiell have visions on how to solve the systemic CCSF issues rather than kicking the problems down the road. The moderate candidate uphill challenge: the incumbents and the Union slates having different positions on how to solve CCSF issues. Jill Yee: Was born in San Francisco and raised in the Western Addition. Her parents were immigrants and City College was her only option for college. She credits City College as the springboard for all of her successes. She knows first hand how City College can change lives and its benefits extend across generations. She was honored to have the opportunity to return to City College to teach Psychology, she earned tenure, was later elected Department Chair of Behavioral Sciences and was then selected to serve as Dean of 11 Departments in the School of Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Ethnic Studies and Social Justices. Jill also has a law degree.  Jill has extensive experience at City College, spanning over 40 years. She has an insider's perspective. Her dedication and commitment to the college speaks for itself.  Marie Hurabiell: is an eighth generation San Franciscan, is a founder and board member of Ellipsis Health, Inc., a technology company using speech analytics to gauge the behavioral health of patients in real-time. Following a federal clerkship in Los Angeles, she started her law career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom in San Francisco. She later served as General Counsel at both Knight Ridder Digital and Red Herring Communications and ran her own law firm. Ms. Hurabiell has led fundraising efforts for organizations such as Georgetown University, San Francisco Ballet, Wender Weis Foundation for Children, Phillips Exeter Academy, The Hamlin School, and the International Museum of Women. Ms. Hurabiell has served on numerous boards, including the Presidio of San Francisco (Chair, Vice Chair and Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee) , Georgetown University Board of Regents, where she engaged in crafting the successful Design Curriculum initiative; Holy Family Day Home (President & Chair of the Capital Campaign); San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary (President); National Charity League Golden Gate Chapter (VP); and Hamilton Family Center. Hurabiell received her B.A. with Honors from Georgetown University and her J.D. with Honors from the University of Pennsylvania. When not working to improve San Francisco, and more specifically CCSF, she enjoys time with her family, travel, adventures, gardening, reading and laughing as much as possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

San Francisco's politicians are struggling to find a Goldilocks balance when it comes to public safety, and Democrats across the nation should pay attention. After declaring a state of emergency in the Tenderloin neighborhood to deal with what she called a public health crisis of opioid use, Mayor London Breed has been criticized for taking too strong a hand in forcing people to seek treatment for drugs or mental health problems. Meanwhile, the city's district attorney, Chesa Boudin has been accused of being soft on crime and faces a recall in June. No one is “just right” on the balance between public safety and overpolicing, and that's why law and order may be emerging as a wedge issue for Democrats, like critical race theory was in the Virginia gubernatorial race.In this conversation with Kara, Breed talks about the crackdown she's leading and whether she was ever the “defund the police” mayor some in the media painted her to be (and critiqued her for stepping away from). Breed says her experience growing up in a public housing development in the Western Addition neighborhood gives her a perspective many of her critics may not have. “They have a theory as to what they believe based on their ideology, but they're also white,” she says. “They are not Black people who had these unfortunately traumatizing experiences in communities where there's not trust with the police, but also there's a desire to be safe.”They also discuss the flight of tech money out of San Francisco, Breed's Covid response strategy and how Black mayors like Breed, Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta and Lori Lightfoot of Chicago are “held to a completely different standard.” And Kara asks whether Breed wants to run for a third term — or even a senate seat.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.

San Francisco's politicians are struggling to find a Goldilocks balance when it comes to public safety, and Democrats across the nation should pay attention. After declaring a state of emergency in the Tenderloin neighborhood to deal with what she called a public health crisis of opioid use, Mayor London Breed has been criticized for taking too strong a hand in forcing people to seek treatment for drugs or mental health problems. Meanwhile, the city's district attorney, Chesa Boudin has been accused of being soft on crime and faces a recall in June. No one is “just right” on the balance between public safety and overpolicing, and that's why law and order may be emerging as a wedge issue for Democrats, like critical race theory was in the Virginia gubernatorial race.In this conversation with Kara, Breed talks about the crackdown she's leading and whether she was ever the “defund the police” mayor some in the media painted her to be (and critiqued her for stepping away from). Breed says her experience growing up in a public housing development in the Western Addition neighborhood gives her a perspective many of her critics may not have. “They have a theory as to what they believe based on their ideology, but they're also white,” she says. “They are not Black people who had these unfortunately traumatizing experiences in communities where there's not trust with the police, but also there's a desire to be safe.”They also discuss the flight of tech money out of San Francisco, Breed's Covid response strategy and how Black mayors like Breed, Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta and Lori Lightfoot of Chicago are “held to a completely different standard.” And Kara asks whether Breed wants to run for a third term — or even a senate seat.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.

Marcia Gagliardi could've ended up in LA. In fact, if it weren't for the 1994 Northridge earthquake, there might be no Tablehopper. In this podcast, Marcia picks up where she left off in Part 1. She came back to the Bay Area and found a place in the Western Addition (where she still lives today!). She chronicles various jobs at design firms before the 2000 "dotbomb." Not long after that, she started Tablehopper. We asked Marcia to name three of her favorite San Francisco bars or restaurants in 2006 when she launched her newsletter. Then Marcia tells us how she got started in 2018 doing My Milligram, a media brand featuring reviews of low-dose and high-quality cannabis products made in California. She ends the podcast with her outlook on San Francisco in the near future. We recorded this podcast at an apartment in the Western Addition in April 2021. Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

Marcia Gagliardi's family used to own a pizzeria and Italian deli in the Sierra foothills. In this podcast, the Tablehopper creator and author goes a couple generations back to trace her family's story and how they ended up in Northern California. Her Italian grandparents went back to their homeland shortly before Marcia was born, but we'll get back to that. Marcia grew up on the Peninsula, one of two daughters for the Gagliardis. She recounts what that experience was like for her, and shares the story of the time she spent in Italy during college. It was at a Christmas dinner there that she discovered just how diligently her dad had kept up their Italian customs in California. She talks about family's move to the foothills and back and shares how she and a friend would drive up to The City and arrange deals for their high school classmates, long before the internet. Marcia ends Part 1 with the story of her year in Venice and her return home to finish college at UCLA. ​Please check back Thursday for Part 2, when Marcia will tell us how she got started doing Tablehopper, and later, MyMilligram. Related Podcasts Laura Meyer's Wedge of Parmesan We recorded this podcast at an apartment in the Western Addition in April 2021. Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

The Western Addition, better known as the Fillmore, is one of the most vibrant and unique neighborhoods in San Francisco. Historically, it was one of the three predominantly African-American San Francisco neighborhoods, and from the 1950s to the 1970s it was known nationally as “the Harlem of the West” — reflected in its music, food, and culture. Third Baptist Church has been, and still remains, the hub of the Fillmore, and Amos C. Brown is its esteemed and beloved Reverend. He is also a lifelong civil rights leader and the president of the San Francisco chapter of the NAACP. Reverend Brown joined us in September 2020 to tell us about the history of the Fillmore and his experience of San Francisco as a whole.

Each year the cathedral chooses a theme for inspiration and reflection, and in 2020 our theme is bridges. In this landmark year—the 150th and 100th anniversaries of the amendments granting the vote to men of color and to women—in the midst of a divisive presidency, and in an election year, the need for reconciliation in our country – and city – is urgent. Join us to hear from San Francisco Mayor London Breed in conversation with Dean Malcolm Clemens Young about San Francisco post-pandemic and post-election. About the guest Mayor London Breed is a native San Franciscan, raised by her grandmother in Plaza East Public Housing in the Western Addition neighborhood. In June 2018, Mayor Breed was elected to be the first African American woman and second woman in San Francisco history to serve as Mayor. She was re-elected for her first full four-year term in November 2019. She led San Francisco's emergency response to COVID-19 and is currently guiding the City's phased reopening and economic recovery. Recently, Mayor Breed announced her vision to fundamentally change the nature of policing in San Francisco and issued a set of policies to address structural inequities. Since becoming Mayor, she has focused on helping the City's homeless population into care and shelter; adding more housing for residents of all income levels; helping those suffering from mental health and substance use disorder on San Francisco's streets; ensuring that all San Franciscans have access to a thriving economy; making San Francisco a cleaner and safer city; and furthering San Francisco's leadership in combating climate change. Prior to public service, Mayor Breed served as Executive Director of the African American Art & Culture Complex in the Western Addition for over a decade. She also served as a San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commissioner and in 2010 was appointed by then-Mayor Gavin Newsom to be a San Francisco Fire Commissioner, where she served until her election to the Board of Supervisors. In 2013, Mayor Breed was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 5 for six years, including three years as President of the Board.

EPISODE 58 - JASON HALL (WESTERN ADDICTION)   Im stoked to be able to sit down and have a chat with Jason Hall - Singer of Western Addition. We talk EEEVVVERYTHING from Country to Black Metal to your home town burning down to seeing Nirvana.   If you havent heard the latest Western Addiction album - 'Frail Bray' on Fat Wreck Chords, then you're fucking up - its a fucking BANGER!!   Also - todays music is by:   Bitter Lakes and The Slime     Thanks to Vanessa @ Mutiny PR for putting this together!   https://linktr.ee/MYAGEPODCAST   Check out other cool @podbelly Network podcasts @ www.podbelly.com   This Podcast is bought to you by @gringobandito hot sauce   Needs High Quality Hand Made Masks during Covid? Check out our pals @ @maskjeeves !   Think this episode is worth $1? go to www.paypal.me/myagepodcast for a once off donation!

Selimah Nemoy is a storyteller, journalist, and author of SINCE I LOST MY BABY: A MEMOIR OF TEMPTATIONS, TROUBLE & TRUTH (OG Press, June 2020). Born in Los Angeles, her coming-of-age journey was shaped by soul music in the 1960s, then by the turbulent, multicultural 1970s in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area. It was in Oakland that she fell in love with African dance.Selimah served with the (President Bill Clinton) White House Press Corps in 1994, and as the English editor for both an Italian-American and a Japanese-American newspaper. Her play, THE DADDIES, was performed at the Buriel Clay Theatre in San Francisco's Western Addition, and her short story, GOODBYE, received first place at the Santa Barbara Writers' Conference.

Manny's LIVE is bringing together the Supervisor Shamann Walton, the only black member of the SF Board of Supervisors, and Sheryl Evans Davis, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Commission to discuss how they are thinking about the process to redirect funds from the SFPD into the communities they are charged with protesting and serving.The movement to "defund" the police has risen to the tip of national conversation. To some it's a call to substantially reduce or completely remove funding of the police force, to others it's a call to move certain funds and responsibilities away from the police and into community based organizations in the black community.Mayor Breed and Supervisor Walton announced plans to do just that on June 4th but many questions remain:1) How do you actually engage in the process of redirecting funds from the police?2) Where should the funds go?3) How should the roles and responsibilities of the police change in kind?4) What does the interplay look like between the police, the city, the community serving organizations, and the people themselves?5) How involved can and will the public be in this process?The City has not figured out yet how this process will happen. We don't know that yet. This is a conversation about priorities and goals.About Supervisor Walton:Supervisor Shamann Walton was born in San Francisco and lived in public housing at an early age in Bayview and Potrero Hill. He has worked in District 10 neighborhoods for decades and has witnessed firsthand the challenges our community faces from long-time residents being pushed out of the city to losing childhood friends to violence and incarceration. As an accomplished and experienced community leader, Shamann has dedicated his life to improving these realities in our community and is committed to identifying solutions to our pressing issues. He has a proven track record of creating positive change in the community he serves.As the former president and member of the San Francisco Board of Education, Shamann spearheaded the effort to close the achievement gap for Black, Latino, and special needs students and helped secure the funding for the school district's first African American Achievement and Leadership Initiative. He worked to protect undocumented students, decreased teacher turnover, increase graduation rates across the district for Black, Latino and Pacific Islander students, secured the financing and identified a site for our first affordable housing units for educators, and fought to make sure that Mission Bay will have its first school built in the next few years.As the former Executive Director at Young Community Developers (YCD), Shamann worked vigorously to build close relationships with labor to provide job and career opportunities for residents and bring 100% affordable housing units to District 10. Under his leadership, YCD increased their annual budget by more than $10 million dollars and used those funds to better the lives of District 10 residents by placing them in jobs and careers, developing affordable housing, eliminating employment barriers and increasing education outcomes with credit recovery and tutorial services for students.Shamann is passionate about quality public education, options for living-wage jobs, safer neighborhoods, affordable housing, support services for the homeless, and universal healthcare. As a member of the Board of Supervisors, he will strongly advocate for communities from low-income and working-class neighborhoods. He will also work to improve our schools, bring more jobs to the district, increase access to affordable housing, bridge relationships amongst all diverse communities, stop gun violence, and ensure we have safe open spaces.Shamann is a proud father to his two adult children, Monique and Malcolm, who are both graduates of Bay Area public schools. He lives in the Bayview with his wife, Mesha, and his two stepsons--one who is a graduate of SFUSD and one who is currently in high school.Shamann has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Morris Brown College and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from San Francisco State University.About Executive Director Sheryl Davis :Sheryl Evans Davis is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC). Director Davis previously served as Commissioner between 2011 and 2016, including a tenure as Vice Chair of the Commission.Prior to joining the HRC, Director Davis was Executive Director of Collective Impact, a community-based organization in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco. As Executive Director, she oversaw Mo'MAGIC, Magic Zone, and the Ella Hill Hutch Community Center. Mo'MAGIC, a collaborative of non-profit organizations, addresses challenges facing low-income children, youth and families in the areas of economic development, community health, and violence prevention. Magic Zone provides education and wraparound services to K-12 students and transitional aged youth. The Ella Hill Hutch Community Center provides community-building services and workforce development opportunities to neighborhood residents. During her tenure at Collective Impact, Director Davis forged private and public sector partnerships to provide critical health and social services to historically underserved communities across San Francisco.Director Davis has also served on the SFPD Fair & Impartial Policing and Community Policing Advisory Committees, Fillmore Community Benefits District, and Redevelopment Agency's Western Addition Citizen Advisory Committee. She holds a BA degree from San Francisco State University and Master's in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco.

Jason Hall from Western Addition joins us to chat about the band's new record Frail Bray, out now on Fat Wreck Chords, plus the usual news nonsense.

P. Segal wants San Francisco to be a city full of culture again. In this episode, P. charts her return to the city after college and a trip to Europe. She ran in art and intellectual circles in North Beach until her eviction from a place she lived there. She found an enormous house in the Western Addition and soon joined the Cacophony Society. Later, she opened Cafe Proust down the street. These days, P. is working to establish a non-profit called Art House that would secure affordable housing for artists in San Francisco. ​ We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020. Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

When she was a teenager, P. Segal was held by her father under what she calls "house arrest." In this podcast, P. talks about her Sicilian roots, her many warm memories of growing up in San Francisco, leaving for college in Los Angeles, and her eventual return to the city. We recorded this podcast at P.'s home in the Western Addition in February 2020. Film photography by Michelle Kilfeather

In some countries, legal representation in civil cases is a right. Not so in the U.S., which means low-income people facing a civil legal proceeding may not be able to afford an attorney. One organization looking to change that is Open Door Legal. With the help of a million-dollar city grant, the nonprofit has just cut the ribbon on two new locations in the Excelsior and Western Addition. Director Adrian Tirtanadi lays out the organization's history and vision.

Soul Food Movement w/ Minnie Bell’s Fernay McPherson is the chef and owner of Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement in Emeryville, California. In this episode, she shows me around the Fillmore District of San Francisco - her home and the place her family has lived for three generations. She’s been trying for years, with the help of the business incubator La Cocina, to open a restaurant in the neighborhood that was once a cultural hub for African Americans, but she's run up against so many barriers.  Fernay is a graduate of La Cocina, a nonprofit in San Francisco whose mission is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses. Learn more about their program here.  There are over 30 brick-and-mortar restaurants and cafes in the Bay Area that are graduates of the La Cocina program. If you ever need a place to eat, check out their business map to support excellent business owned by women and people of color! The LEE Initiative is still accepting applications for their awards until February 1st! More information and application is here.  We are so grateful for our first ever season sponsors: Pared! They find vetted hospitality professionals to fill your shifts. Copper & Heat listeners get 30% off their first gig. Use the code COPPER when booking.  An upcoming episode is about staging and we want to hear some of your stories! Send them (and another other thoughts you may have) to hello@copperandheat.com. We can’t wait to hear from you.  Some Other Resources:  Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement video How Urban Renewal Destroyed The Fillmore In Order to Save It The Fillmore from PBS Sad chapter in Western Addition history ending Gorgeous photos from the ‘Harlem of the West’ show the glory days of the San Francisco jazz scene San Francisco continues destruction of its black community

Melorra and Melonie Green share a job title as co-executive directors of the African American Art & Culture Complex in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood. They also share a birthday as twins. But most notably, they share a passion for showcasing black art and artists. Opening doors for underrepresented artists is important to the sisters and informs the community-driven mission behind the complex that they're shaping into a "center of black joy." Melorra and Melonie join us in-studio to talk about their work as part of Forum's First Person series, which profiles local innovators and leaders who make the Bay Area unique.

Real Talk with Wil & Paula-  "Showering together?" Yay or Nay....Will Smith says Jada Pinkett Smith could never do anything to break them up...and co much more.. Tune in to chime in!! Deborrah Cooper- Relationship Coach Deborrah has more than 28 years of experience in providing relationship and dating advice to singles adults and teens. Deb began her online advice career in the early 1990s on America Online; she then moved on to become the San Francisco Dating Advice Examiner for Examiner.Com the entire time the site was online. Deborrah has also hosted a San Francisco Bay Area cable internet show on dating, served as an internet podcast host for 10 years, Deb has written five books (two on dating/relationships), and more than 500 articles which can be found on her two blogs - SurvivingDating.Com and Askheartbeat.com. Most recently she has taken her advice to YouTube on THE DEBSTERISM CHANNEL, which features close to 700 videos on a wide variety of dating, relationships, self-esteem, society and culture issues. Deb’s unique, down-to-earth approach gets to THE REAL in an unapologetic manner. She combines maturity and wisdom, good common sense, a great sense of humor, and lots of street smarts learned from growing up in the Western Addition of San Francisco when the Black Panthers, hippies and Moonies reigned supreme. You’ll appreciate her direct approach and what she has to say because it is exactly the no nonsense kick in the pants most people need. Deb may not tell you what you want to hear, but it will always be the truth that leads you to better understanding, improved self-esteem and firmer boundaries. 10 Second Advice: Deborrah’s advice to you: Remove the word “should” from your vocabulary. This will prevent you from being overly judgmental and holding onto unrealistic expectations.    

Dr. Cornel West says his passion is to keep alive the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.—a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice. In addition to his posts at Harvard and Princeton, West has taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale and the University of Paris. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his master's and doctorate in philosophy at Princeton. Sheryl Davis is the executive director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC), a city agency mandated to address the causes of and problems resulting from prejudice, intolerance, bigotry and discrimination in San Francisco. Davis previously served as commissioner from 2011 to 2016, including a tenure as vice chair of the commission. Prior to her work with the HRC, she was the executive director of Collective Impact, a community-based organization in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco. In a polarized country, with issues of voter disenfranchisement, police shootings of unarmed African-Americans and discussions of reparations at the forefront, our guests will explore the possibilities for improved life outcomes and opportunities for black people, particularly in cities such as San Francisco as the wealth gap continues to swell. In commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the HRC, created in response to anti-black racism in businesses, government services and community investments, join us for a conversation with one of the nation's most prominent and provocative civil rights champions about America's (and San Francisco's) present and future racial equity. ** This Program May Contain Explicit Language ** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So excited to have Captain Party back on the mic for a classic Basic Bitch Talk. We get to share a pint (or two) and catch up at one of our old haunts - the Madrone Art Bar in the Western Addition neighborhood in San Francisco. Download this episode while you pop open a cold one yourself. Prost!   Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.   POWERED BY 

We're live from The Mill in the Western Addition neighborhood basic bitching over some wine, delicious pizza and catching up with an old friend. Stephen Satterfield is back on the mic with us talking about the fourth volume of his beautiful food and culture magazine Whetstone . You can catch our original interviews with Stephen back in episodes 252 and 253. He's good people doing good things. Enjoy.   Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.   

Celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day with an intimate conversation with San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Following her election in 2018, Mayor Breed is the city's first African-American female mayor and just the second woman to ever hold the office, elected during a historic year for women's representation in local and national politics. The mayor has lived a life of public service. Prior to her election as District 5 supervisor in 2012 and her service as Board president from 2015–2018, she served as executive director of the African American Art and Culture Complex in the Western Addition for 10 years. She also served as a San Francisco Redevelopment Agency commissioner for five years and in 2010 was appointed by the then Mayor Gavin Newsom to be a San Francisco fire commissioner. Join INFORUM as we hear from Mayor Breed on the priorities for her administration, with a lens of economic justice, on the biggest issues of our day, including housing, criminal justice reform, education and public safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Escrow Out Loud, our San Francisco Real Estate podcast, we continue the neighbourhood theme from last time with a game; let’s play Name That Neighborhood![00:21] How quickly can Britton figure out the neighborhood in question while Matt reads out descriptive sentences?We cover: Lake Street, Nob Hill, Western Addition, Clarendon Heights, Alamo Square, Twin Peaks, Anza Vista, Hayes Valley, North Panhandle, Dolores Heights, The Mission, Dogpatch, SoMa, Westwood Highlands, Miraloma, Forest Hill - throwing in some interesting facts and musings along the way.[07:49] How do freeways affect neighbourhoods? As the city evolves, old freeways are torn down and new ones are built up, but do they always make sense within a neighborhood?[14:39] The gentrification issue is a contentious one and raises an interesting question: Who does a neighborhood belong to?[22:22] There are a number of transformations planned for the city over the coming years – it will be interesting to see how these changes will further impact the city and its neighborhoods.Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this episode leave us a review on your favourite platform, tell your friends and don’t forget to join us again next week! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When London Breed sat down with San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight in April, she was the president of the Board of Supervisors and the former acting mayor — after her colleagues had booted her from office. She was also running for mayor, a race she would win in June. In the April 4, 2018, episode of San Francisco City Insider, then-candidate Breed talks about her childhood in the Western Addition, her plans for San Francisco, and the fact that she worries about her own housing situation even as she serves in the upper echelons of city government.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Designers of Paradise host Erik van Lennep talks with Anna Luberoff, Garden Programs Manager at Community Grows. Community Grows‘ mission is to “cultivate healthy youth through growing gardens in low-income, diverse communities.” Over the past decade they have helped renovate and maintain parks and gardens in the Western Addition neighborhood of San […]

  Show notes: Midgett, an 82 year-old Black Lesbian writer of erotica living in San Francisco, talks about the importance of having meaningful work and a passionate sex life at every age. She has written two books, “New York Flavor with a San Francisco Beat” and “Brown on Brown: Black Lesbian Erotica.” Her email address is midgettsf@aol.com You can find her on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNK8wZkVnLo She has also written a monthly inspirational column, Midgett's Corner, for the Western Edition, a newspaper that caters to San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood. http://www.thewesternedition.com/?c=125&a=2880

In The Chronicle's final installment of our mayoral profiles, we talk with London Breed, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She's gone from growing up as a poor kid in the city's Western Addition to ascending to the upper echelons of civic power in the city. Now, she has her sight's set on the mayor's office. She served as acting mayor following the death of Ed Lee, until her colleagues booted her from office just six weeks later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ancient lessons, modern interpretations, carols and candlelight will welcome all comers. There are often nearly 500 people at this service, so come early! The offering will go to support our “Up on Top” after-school outreach program for children in the Tenderloin and Western Addition. The Reverend John Buehrens, Senior Minister The Reverend Alyson Jacks, Minister of Family Life Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director Reiko Oda Lane, organ, Bell Choir Director Tom Dambly, trumpet Laurel Sprigg, soprano Madeleine Gerlach, soprano Morgen Warner, soprano Kate Offer, soprano David Jones, piano Mark Johnson, piano Jonathan Silk, Sound, Order of Service & Worship Archives/Podcast

Ancient lessons, modern interpretations, carols and candlelight will welcome all comers. There are often nearly 500 people at this service, so come early! The offering will go to support our “Up on Top” after-school outreach program for children in the Tenderloin and Western Addition. The Reverend John Buehrens, Senior Minister The Reverend Alyson Jacks, Minister of Family Life Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director Reiko Oda Lane, organ, Bell Choir Director Tom Dambly, trumpet Laurel Sprigg, soprano Madeleine Gerlach, soprano Morgen Warner, soprano Kate Offer, soprano David Jones, piano Mark Johnson, piano Jonathan Silk, Sound, Order of Service & Worship Archives/Podcast

Once you leave the family homestead and head out into the world of shared flats and apartments, there's an excellent chance you'll live with slobs or psychopaths of various stripes. This week on the Nest of Vipers, our fundits share stories of sketchy housemates and sketchier neighborhoods. We'll hear tales of colorful characters like Laotian Mafia members, speakeasy proprietors, and thieving hoods from the mean streets of West Philadelphia, as well as wife beaters, drug dealers and bottle throwers from San Francisco's Western Addition. We'll also hear about college co-eds trying to have sex in crowded dorm rooms, and a touching tale of a loveable roommate with an ungodly singing voice and Aspergers Syndrome. Our guests include Soctt Beiben (Lost Film Festival), Alison Faith Levy (musician, The Sippy Cups), Bucky Sinister (writer, All Blacked Out and Nowhere To Go. Hosted by filmmaker Danny Plotnick.