What’s the first thing visitors to SF State notice? The grassy quad? The flashy library? The long line at Quickly?
The large number of concrete buildings?
SF State’s buildings don’t share much...
The nerves along one side of the young boy’s spine were severed, leaving a 12-inch scar on the small of his back. Living in pain and needing to wear a corset to keep his spine straight, he regularly...
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Gina Castro: Growing up, Larry Madrigal has always been surrounded by movies. He'd remember watching movies late at night at his grandparents' house, being exposed to movies by his...
Zitlali Ramirez walks into the J. Paul Leonard Library dressed in head-to-toe black: baggy bondage pants detailed with chains and white lace, a hoodie with silver studs and platform Dr. Martens with black...
Stepping foot inside City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco’s historic North Beach area brings forward an indefinable feeling of comfort and belonging. The building sits on the corner of Broadway and...
From an outsider’s perspective, the idea of starting a video store in this day and age may sound particularly ill-fated given the sharp decline of Blockbuster and the rise of streaming services. But...
While not a new phenomena, thrifting and secondhand shopping have been in style for the last couple of years. From Emma Chamberlain’s thrift haul videos to the thrifting episode of Netflix’s newest...
This podcast accompanies the story "Underground Vibrations" by Ximena Loeza.
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Ximena Loeza: The nightlife in San Francisco has always been a big draw to the city, and post-pandemic,...
It's 9:00 P.M. on a Friday night. Ben, the doorman for Underground SF, checks the IDs for the very first attendees of Vitamin1k’s very first Techno Night. Neon purple light pours out of the bar’s door...
Gray clouds fill the dull, sunless sky. Hail from last night’s storm remains frozen on the ground. A break in the rain gives way to a seemingly empty SF State campus. Yet four students find their way...
Teodore Mata, 25 years old, stands over his kitchen counter, twisting and toiling with a piece of canvas fabric that he found on the street. Only weeks before, it had belonged to a painter as a drop cloth....
A line of lowered cars scraped into the Taco Bell parking lot near Highway-1 in Pacifica, California from the SF State University campus. The two-lane parking lot, which sits parallel to Pacifica State...
