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Xpress Magazine

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Xpress Magazine

Luca Stiehm and Emmett Penney were paired as roommates in 2023. Now, the duo collaborate as friends to produce music in the comfort of their home. (Autumn DeGrazia / Xpress Magazine)

From Roommates to Bandmates: Q&A with Pucaloaded

Michael Lane, Copy Editor, and Autumn DeGrazia
September 23, 2024

Moving into the college dorms can be a daunting experience for anyone. You’re away from home, taking care of yourself and living with complete strangers. For second-year student Luca Stiehm, moving into...

Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown poses for a portrait in his penthouse office near the ferry building. Mayor Brown, the first Black mayor of San Francisco had a decorated political career and still works to help other democrats win elections.

Q&A with Willie Brown

Amy Burke, Staff Reporter
June 12, 2024

On the morning of March 20, former mayor Willie Brown awoke from his sleep, but this wasn’t any normal day—it was his birthday. An important part of the fabric of San Francisco, the spry 90-year-old...

Joseph Escobedo posa para una foto serca de el Latinx Student Center. Escobedo, quien es Peruano, es un artista que mezcla raza, religión, y sexualidad en su trabajo.

¿Soy Realmente Latino?

Eva Ortega, Contributor
June 10, 2024

Alrededor de 16,5 millones de Latinos están viviendo en los Estados Unidos desde el 2021, representando aproximadamente el 19% del país. Algunos han inmigrado a los Estados Unidos, otros han nacido de...

Jasmine Ochoa,  known professionally as Love Angel “Gata,” poses for a portrait, surrounded by some of her favorite pieces of work and material inside her family home bedroom. Ochoa launched her small business at the beginning of 2022 while completing her general education at SF State. Since then, Ochoa left school to fully pursue her business. Inspired by the ‘80s and ‘90s when airbrushing was popular, she has embraced her Chicana background and her love for Sanrio characters, and created her own style of art.

Airbrushed Dreams

Leilani Xicotencatl, Photo Editor
December 11, 2023

Jasmine Ochoa aka Love Angel ‘Gata’ is an Airbrush Technician from San Bruno, Ca. Since starting her journey as a small business entrepreneur in 2021, her art has reached people all around the Bay...

Chloe Little sits in their red rolling chair while they pose and hold their guitar inthe corner of their bedroom studio, In San Francisco, Calif. on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. This isthe place where Little sits to record and produce their music. However, their space is also usedfor their poetry and art, the right corner of their desk is filled with piled up novels andcomposition books.

To Be an Artist

Div Lukic, Content Editor
November 6, 2023

Chloe Little sits on the edge of a red rolling chair in the corner of their bedroom studio, flanked by MIDI keyboards and audio cables. Beside them sits Babytron, a modular synth made from a plastic baby...

On The Hook

On The Hook

Caroline Van Zandt, Copy Editor
December 30, 2022

Cat·fish /ˈkatˌfiSH/ INFORMAL•US Lure (someone) into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona “Mary DiCarlo was being catfished for the second time.” She wants to go...

The property where Martin lives consists of old farm equipment that used to belong to the owners of the land, Dec. 21, 2022(Caroline Van Zandt/ Xpress Magazine)

Life After Addiction

Caroline Van Zandt, Copy Editor
December 26, 2022

At 56 years old, Lisa Martin has a full set of dentures. She had all of her teeth pulled at once, after nearly nine years of active alcoholism and a lifetime of oral neglect. Separate from her substance...

"Sewing Machine on Table" (dejankrsmanovic. licensed under CC BY 2.0.)

Home Away from Home

Zackery Stehr, Editor-in-Chief
December 21, 2022

It’s 9:30 a.m. on a Tuesday as London Deutsch’s classroom starts to fill with smoke and the smell of burning chemicals. Today, her class is testing different fabrics’ reactions to flames. Students...

Band Nuevo Armamento plays a mixture of their own music and famous covers, such as Los Tucanes de Tijuana’s "La Chona," on the stage of Jack Adams Hall within SF State’s Cesar Chavez Student Center for Banda Nite on Dec. 2, 2022. (Daniel Hernandez / Xpress Magazine)

The Man Behind the Dance

Daniel Hernandez, Spanish Editor
December 11, 2022
The struggles an SF State student went through to create Banda Nite.
Band Nuevo Armamento plays a mixture of their own music and famous covers, such as Los Tucanes de Tijuana’s "La Chona," on the stage of Jack Adams Hall within SF State’s Cesar Chavez Student Center for Banda Nite on Dec. 2, 2022. (Daniel Hernandez / Xpress Magazine)

El Hombre Detrás Del Baile

Daniel Hernandez, Spanish Editor
December 11, 2022

Read this article in English                                             Lee este articulo en Ingles Mientras que los estudiantes disfrutaban el día dentro del Centro de Estudiantes...

The cast of Thicc Tease stands on the stage of The Oasis at the end of their show on Oct. 26. (Abraham Fuentes / Xpress Magazine)

Pop a Pasty

Caroline Raffetto, Staff Writer
November 11, 2022

*This story uses widely-known stage names to protect the identity of the dancers and sex workers* Andy Rose nervously stands backstage behind a velvet red curtain in her light up rainbow pleasers, pounds...

Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual sports some city spirit as he canvasses a Daly City neighborhood, hoping to drum up support for his reelection campaign.  (Miguel Francesco Carrion / Xpress Magazine)

From the Classroom to City Hall — One Professor’s Journey to Reelection

Miguel Francesco Carrion, Staff Photographer
October 15, 2022

On an early Saturday morning, thick fog covered Daly City like a large weighted blanket, and Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual got ready to start his day. First on the agenda was a literature drop around the...

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