Written by Erika Maldonado
Photos by Nelson Estrada
Men with piled up pompadours and ladies in vintage animal-print dresses and high-heeled shoes swing dance across the floor to local band Lost...
Written by Erika Maldonado
Photos by Nelson Estrada & Mihail Matikov
What draws ninety students from different cultures, majors, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations to a stuffy classroom...
Written by Sage Kemmerly
Photos by Henry Nguyen
"Where’s your head at?” asks Bay Area advice columnist Deborrah Cooper. There are some people who text their friends while on a first date, or...
Written by Leigh Walker
Photos & video by Hang Cheng
As adrenaline pumps through her veins, Ashley Kilday waits patiently for her friend, an ex-piercer, to arrive. Kilday, a twenty-three-year-old...
Written & Photos by Alice Debois-Froge
“I am not going to tell you about all the horrible things that happened to me. Often, people want to know how bad it is. It’s bad, I can tell you that....
Written by Lissette Alvarez
Photos by Godofredo Vasquez
The smell of bagels and coffee float in the air, as R&B and laughter emanate through the sitting area in the Sala Burton Residence. 72-year-old...
Written by Haley Brucato
Photos by Gil Riego Jr.
Michael Swaine sits behind an unusual looking cart in the middle of the sidewalk, as he mends clothing for free every month in a district of San...
Written by Haley Brucato
Photos by Juliana Severe
The familiar smell of musty furniture wafts through aisles of old books, dusty knick knacks, and faded jeans. Although these items are one person’s...
Written by Victor Manuel Rodriguez
Photos by Nelson Estrada
Will Nelson sits at a table and watches the students come in and wait for the day’s lesson to begin. As he pulls up his sleeves, his...
Written and photographed by Julio Cortez
A model creeps onto a white strip of runway in wedged ankle boots -- everything but her arms and head bare as eyes in the front row shift up and away from...
Written by Erin Browner
Photos by Melissa Burman
One day in 1986, Karen Alexander donned prom dress and rushed to Bayview to see Dick Clark appear on a new TV show - KOFY TV’s Dance Party. She...
Written by Lissette Alvarez
Illustrations by Sara Donchey
The soft clicking of Kristen Gardner’s typing is the only sound heard in her Daly City apartment. Gardner, who works part time as a receptionist...
