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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.