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Food for thought: 18 Reasons' class series encourages the slow chew

04.19.13 - 10:49 am | Jessica Wolfrom |
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Hippocrates said, “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. The axiom certainly sounds nice rolling off the tongue, but curative qualities aside, you'll never stick to healthy if it doesn't taste good. Luckily here in the Bay Area we have Carley Hauck of Intuitive Wellness, who proves in her "Mindful Eating and Cooking" series at community food hub 18 Reasons that comestibles can indeed be medicinal, and that medicine can taste amazing.

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The new Exploratorium opens -- are the piers as good as the Palace?

04.18.13 - 12:19 pm | Jessica Wolfrom |
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Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom
Opening day at the new Exploratorium, 4/17/13. Guardian photo by Jessica Wolfrom

As someone who was practically bottle-fed on the old Exploratorium space, I was hesitant approaching the science museum's opening day at its new home on Pier 15 and 17. Like many other SF natives, I was attached to the old world charm and neo-classical elegance of the Palace of Fine Arts location, opened in 1969 by physics professor Frank Oppenheimer.

But consider me a convert. Where the Palace of Fine Arts' physical layout seemed to dictate the content of the old museum, the new building, extensively rehabbed to house the famously hands-on exhibits, allows them to exist more organically. The new site now houses the largest pod of solar panels in the city, holds a magnificently vista-ed observatory, and harnesses as a heating source the Bay waters it sits above on 1800 wood and concrete pilings built around a century ago.

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Our freak of a governor

01.24.13 - 11:23 am | Tim Redmond |
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We all know this, but I have to say it again: Jerry Brown is one strange agent.

His State of the State address was blessedly short: Jer doesn't waste a lot of time. In fact, a few minutes in, the crowd in the state Assembly chambers was applauding for the second or third time, and he told them to stop; "this is my longest speech and we're not going to get out of here." I clocked it, applause and all, at about 16 minutes.Read more »

Mestranda Cigarra kicks ass

She started practicing capoeira when women didn't do that kind of thing — now she runs the show at her own school

01.22.13 - 5:46 pm | Caitlin Donohue |
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS It is impossible to climb the stairs to the San Francisco chapter of Abadá Capoeira and not know that you are in the Mestranda's house.Read more »

CCSF teachers recruit students from BART/Muni stations

01.09.13 - 5:36 pm | Joe Fitzgerald |
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Walking through the Powell BART and Muni station, commuters are used to hearing the cries of a melange of musicians, crazies, and those with something to sell. Today and tomorrow though, commuters will hear something entirely different, as teachers cry “Enroll at City College! Enroll now!” through transit stations across San Francisco.Read more »

Vote yes on fresh school meals

When we deny kids nutrition, we deny them a future

12.04.12 - 5:12 pm | Guest Opinion |
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OPINION My young friend ate school meals in San Francisco for 12 years. With food in short supply at home, he had little choice but to eat cafeteria offerings, but he was disheartened by the rubbery meat patties and limp vegetables that characterize frozen reheated school lunches. That's why he was thrilled to hear that SFUSD wants to replace frozen meals with freshly prepared entrees. Although his school lunch days are over, his younger siblings still rely on the cafeterias. Read more »

UC Berkeley has a new chancellor, but his raise is blasted by Gov. Brown

11.27.12 - 3:02 pm | Steven T. Jones |
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The University of California Board of Regents today approved the hiring of Columbia University Faculty Dean Nicholas Dirks as the new chancellor of UC Berkeley, a widely lauded selection, but one whose $50,000 pay increase over his predecessor was opposed and criticized by Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.Read more »

Money for SF's public schools

Back to class, back to the unfair struggle to educate our kids

08.21.12 - 4:48 pm | Guardian Editorial |
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EDITORIAL The first day of public school in San Francisco is also the opening of fund-raising season for thousands of parents, who spend a tremendous amount of time every year trying to come up with the money to keep desperately underfunded schools operating with reasonable facilities and staff. Much of the enrichment available at public schools, and some of the basics — whether it's second-language teachers, libraries, supplies, or class-size reduction — is supported by the money parents bring in from car washes, direct appeals, special events, and yes, bake sales.Read more »

Creating activist scholars: extended interview with Andrej Grubacic

08.10.12 - 3:24 pm | Yael Chanoff |
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For this week's paper, we talked with with Andrej Grubacic, the new head of the anthropology department at the California Institute for Integral Studies. Here's the extended interview with Grubacic, where he talks more about the new Anthropology and Social Change program, as well as the history of anarchist schools, how his grandmother influenced his politics growing up in Yugoslavia, and the state of the occupy movement.

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Preaching denim

At Holy Stitch, young people get sew motivated

08.08.12 - 8:45 am | Caitlin Donohue |
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caitlin@sfbg.com

CAREERS AND ED News that another coffee shop has opened in Mid-Market may not send happy vibes thrumming down your spinal cord, but that's because you haven't gotten a chance to hang out in Trailhead (1100 Market, SF), the community-oriented pop-up cafe that houses Holy Stitch. It's a bright spot amid the Twitter-fueled frenzy, if you're into the creativity of young people, or even just really beautiful clothes.Read more »