Bay to Breakers bans backpacks after Boston bombings
When Bay to Breakers officials announced that this year’s race would now include backpacks to its list of banned items, Bob Hearn didn’t mind. The 47-year-old software company CEO wasn’t going to bring...
View ArticleCellphone theft afflicts San Francisco
Celina Curato bitterly remembers the times her phones have been stolen. Once at a club and another on the bus on her way home from SF State. “It was super crowded and I...
View ArticlePretentious posers taint San Francisco’s food scene
Giants won the second World Series in three years. Niners went to the Super Bowl. Warriors are in the playoffs. There has been a lot of smack talk about bandwagoning and Bay Area...
View ArticleXpress recommends these San Francisco summer destinations
Now that the stress from finals is finally over, SF State students may wonder what to do with their free time this summer. Across campus students are packing up their dorm rooms and apartments,...
View ArticleExplosives thrown into downtown restaurant
Police shut down multiple downtown San Francisco streets today after someone allegedly threw a stick of dynamite through a restaurant window according to witnesses. The dynamite left a broken window at...
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Bay Bridge closes for rest of holiday weekend
SF State students line up to take the free shuttle to the Daly City BART station on Thursday, August 29, 2013. The San Francisco Bay Bridge closure this week is creating traffic problems SF State...
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California should legalize non-citizen driver’s licenses
Cartoon by Kirstie Haruta California will soon become the tenth state to offer driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. The bill, which Gov. Jerry Brown signaled he would sign, will enable an...
View ArticleTaser program standardization stretches statewide for CSU police
While campus police officers across California use pepper spray, guns, handcuffs and batons; SF State’s University Police Department officials propose another tool be added to their utility belt — the...
View ArticleBART strike approaches: Walkout at midnight
BART trains will not run Friday after unions announced their intention to strike earlier today after a marathon 30-hour bargaining session. Talks between labor and management negotiators broke down and...
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SF State votes, but not during this election
In 2012, SF State was a polling location for the first time in three years. With a presidential election and Proposition 30 on the ballot, students shattered the University’s student-voter...
View ArticleFirst case of West Nile virus in 7 years reported in San Francisco
A San Francisco man has been infected with the West Nile virus, marking the city’s first case in seven years. The man was likely infected by a mosquito in the Bay Area because he has not traveled...
View ArticleSan Francisco on track for zero waste goal
What do a banana peel, an empty soda can and that essay you never picked up last semester have in common? They’re all trash, and in San Francisco, they have an increasingly small chance of ending up in...
View ArticleSupervisor Wiener's nudity ban would strip San Francisco's culture
From Bay to Breakers to Folsom Street Fair and SF Pride Parade, people flock to the city to see what San Francisco’s culture is about. It’s fairly safe to say there’s nothing like an SF party once the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shooting instructor Walter Biondi hopes to keep lone SF gun club open
Walter Biondi is 94 years old. He joined the Pacific Rod and Gun Club in 1980 after his retirement, and he teaches skeet shooting at the club for almost 20 years. The Pacific Rod and Gun Club was...
View ArticleSF State's guide to St. Patrick's Day events
St. Patrick’s Day is almost here again and the events are endless. Since the early 1800s, San Francisco has bathed itself in green clothing and pints of Guinness to celebrate this Irish holiday. As...
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St. Patrick's Day Parade attracts hundreds for celebration
Tom Anderson, a member of South of Market Boys, hands a flower out to a SFPD officer during Saturday's annual St. Patrick's Day parade in San Francisco on March 16, 2013. This is the group's second...
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Drug trends evolve at SF State
The prescription drug Strattera is a common focusing drug used to treat ADHD and is similar to Adderall or Ritalin. Students often use these drugs for late night studying or essay writing. Photo by...
View ArticleUP2CODE app enables citizens to report violations in SF
The City Attorney’s Office officially jumped on the technology bandwagon when it announced a new smartphone app that allows users to report non-emergency violations directly to code enforcement...
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New LGBTQ safe zones aim to reduce crime, increase security
Police stations in San Francisco now display a sign on the front of the building stating that they are safe havens for the LGBTQ community. According to members of the LGBTQ community, in the past,...
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Small businesses succeed more often in San Francisco
Co-owner of Citi Pets, Barbara Werger, stands in front of the store at West Portal Avenue on Monday, May 6, 2013. Photo by Gabriella Gamboa / Xpress Much like marriage, small businesses have a high...
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Fireworks bring in San Francisco’s Chinese New Year, year of the horse
Volunteers from the Ma-Tsu Temple move part of their parade procession Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Photo by Ryan Leibrich / Xpress Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year, is the longest...
View ArticleBridge toll raise adds to the rip-off prices of San Francisco
From $6 beers to $10 sandwiches, San Francisco is not the cheapest city to live in — it is the most expensive, finally surpassing New York City. Whether residents are getting bombarded by aggressive...
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