Create a window earth to inspire awareness of environmental issues.
Window Earths
Letter to the Editor: Create Environmental Awareness with a ‘Window Earth’
We are encouraging people to make earths out of recycled material they find in their homes to put in their windows.
Letter to the Editor: Support the Alzheimer’s Community
There is one group I’m afraid is being overlooked in the relief efforts and that is the five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, their families, their caregivers, and the nonprofits that serve them.
Press Release: UCSF Scientists Develop COVID-19 Test Kit
Scientists have developed an inexpensive new test that can rapidly diagnose COVID-19 infections, a timely advance that comes as clinicians and public health officials are scrambling to cope with testing backlogs while the number of cases continues to climb.
Supervisor Gordon Mar: COVID-19 Update
Update from Supervisor Gordon Mar regarding the district’s response to COVID-19.
Tales of the Sunset: The Sunset Rises
In times of greatest challenge, I have found that an antidote to anxiety and feeling down can be to do something. Anything.
COVID-19 Update from Assemblymember Phil Ting
My guests for the town hall will be Jerry Nickelsburg, Professor and Director at the UCLA Anderson Forecast and Tracy Gordon, Senior Fellow with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.
Sponsored: SF Hole in the Wall Pizza Open for Take-Out
During this difficult time, SF Hole in the Wall Pizza is staying open to keep its employees on the payroll and to serve the community.
Cooking Together: Refrigerator Pickles
Pickled vegetables haves many health benefits. They reduce muscle cramps, maintain blood sugar level and aid the digestive process. Pickles are a good source of antioxidants.
Rainbow Walk
I started drawing rainbows on the sidewalk yesterday morning, and after a while a neighbor’s daughter joined the effort. The south side of Seal Rock between El Camino and Alta Mar is full up with them now!
Press Release: SFPUC Restricts Parking on 33rd Avenue, April 14-May 1
No parking allowed on 33rd Avenue between Geary Boulevard and Clement Street from April 14 through May 1.
Advocates Call for a Car-Free JFK Drive in GG Park
After Mayor London Breed ordered San Franciscans to shelter in place, Walk SF capitalized on the momentum from the resulting uptick in Golden Gate Park visitors seeking government-approved exercise.
Commentary – Kevin Frasier
At a time of immense change, we ought to ask if this temporary trend of redistribution can become more permanent.
Updates from Supervisor Gordon Mar – April 8, 2020
We’ve got important updates on our work to support vulnerable residents and businesses, and make sure we are both physically and economically healthy.
Press Release: UCSF Using 3D-Printing to Make Protective Face Shields
To meet the pressing need for personal protective equipment, or PPE, for frontline healthcare workers, a multidisciplinary team has mobilized UCSF’s 3D-printing infrastructure to engineer and produce thousands of face shields that can be used by nurses and physicians at UCSF Medical Center and beyond.
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