Hardcore Workout: Swimming the Bay
Maria Bruun-Schmidt
May 7, 2015
Photo by Maria Bruun-Schmidt, edited by Alec Fernandes While most San Franciscans run along the polluted water in the harbor near Fort Mason, a few people have bewildered others by working out in the bay. Meet an open-water triathlete who swims among the boats and oily soil every week to train for ...
Forget about your selfie stick
Maria Bruun-Schmidt
March 13, 2015
Photo by Maria Bruun-Schmidt / Xpress Magazine Film your exercise with a flying go pro! A drone has just left the ground. It's rising with steady speed while singing like a gigantic bumblebee that also has characteristics of a drone. In San Francisco, Dolores Park is turned into a spin...
Danish students about terror attack in Denmark: “We were not surprised”
Maria Bruun-Schmidt
February 26, 2015
It was Valentine's Day when a terror attack struck Denmark at 3:33 p.m. It turned out to be one of the worst acts of terrorism in decades to hit the small country, with 5.6 million citizens who regularly rank in opinion surveys as among the world’s happiest people. Two people were killed when a...
A flying-feather fight on Valentine’s Day
Maria Bruun-Schmidt
February 16, 2015
Photos by Maria Bruun-Schmidt Valentine's Day is known as "the lovers' holiday," but for those who don’t care about red helium balloons and overpriced chocolates the day may also be associated with feathers. On February 14th, Justin Herman Plaza annually turns into a battlefield for the flash-mob-type ev...
Celebrating the life of a Mission veteran
Maria Bruun-Schmidt
February 7, 2015
Alfonso Texidor bridged together the Mission's many communities. On Sunday we celebrate his memorial. Photo by Angelica Ekeke of El Tecolote A man that didn’t complain -- that is how most people would describe poet, translator and community figure Alfonso Texidor, who died of lung cancer at 68...
Rapper “The Jacka” Shot And Killed in Oakland
Maria Bruun-Schmidt
February 3, 2015
The Jacka was reportedly shot and killed this morning in Oakland. Photo from The Contra Costa Times. A Bay Area rap veteran was shot and killed in an apparent shooting in East Oakland Monday night, KPIX-TV reported. KPIX 5 Reporter Christin Ayers confirms that the victim was 37-year-old Dominic New...