Words and Photos: Alejandrina Hernandez
Veronica Rivera a.k.a Tree is an aspiring artist who has been made it her mission to spread environmental awareness through her art.
“My interest in environmental...
Words & Photos: Babak Haghighi
Money. Power. Free beer. These are the things that drive the human life force, the latter of which was in no short supply at the Lower Haight Holiday Art Walk. “Happy...
Words: Babak Haghighi
Photo: Cassie Palmer
The quintet takes the stage. The lights dim. The music begins. The sea of beanies that makes up the crowd starts to create waves as heads begin to bob....
Words: Emily Gadd
Photos: Tearsa Joy Hammock
Right on the edge of the Financial District in San Francisco is a small store that sells medicine for all kinds of ailments like insomnia, chronic pain,...
Words: Kenny Redublo
Photos: Godofredo Vasquez
The propane tanks hiss as they pump fuel into the burners. Steam comes out of every boiling pot as they cook the day's batch of broth. Bins of hand...
Words: Babak Haghighi
Photos: Alejandrina Hernandez
Bob Flasher’s RPT 520 class is not your typical lecture. Flasher, or “Flash” as students call him, is not your typical lecturer. And SFSU’s...
Words: Ben Pack
Photos: Virginia Tieman
When I woke up on October 10th I wondered two things. If the Giants had avoided elimination against the Reds, and why my room was so damn hot. A nurse...
Words: Molly Sanchez
Santa Claus is not supposed to take interviews. The official “Guide to Santa MEDIA Questions and Answers” put out by GGP Corporate Communications stipulates in screaming...
Words: Ruby Perez
Photos: Andy Sweet
A thick layer of cigarette smoke hangs above the outdoor area of San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill as concertgoers cluster tightly next to one...
Words: Babak Haghighi & Molly Sanchez
Photos: Babak Haghighi
Sharon Houston, a dark-haired comic from Los Angeles, stands in the oval of light cast on the dark stage of a Mission District...
Words: Emily Gadd
Photos: Jamie Valaoro
The smell of freshly bound books filling the air of a bookstore; the yellowed pages of old books in a library; the sound of fingers rubbing against two pages...
Words: Ruby Perez
Photos: Alejandrina Hernandez, Andy Sweet & Ruby Perez
The below information is a personal commentary by Ruby Perez on each location. She sat down with SF State’s...