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Tackling Homelessness in Pricey San Francisco
Sacramento Bee
Young and Wired
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Glitter Bombs and Haight-Ashbury Tours: Celebrating the Summer of Love in San Francisco
Sacramento Bee
Hastening the End
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Taking Control: Facing Terminal Diagnosis, Brittany Maynard Plans to End Her Life
California Magazine
Granny Classes Teach Old Hands New Baby Routines
San Francisco Chronicle
Photos Capture Colorful, Unique Street Fashion of Chinatown
San Francisco Chronicle
Hidden Hunger: Some Students are Scrimping, skipping Meals to Afford a Cal Degree
California Magazine
Campaign for Fat Acceptance: Big Girls Do Cry, But They Grow Up and Fight Back
California Magazine
Kids R Not Us / Embracing the Decision Not to Procreate
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Would You Pay a Toll to Tour San Francisco’s Lombard Street?
Sacramento Bee
Classes Clash as San Franciscans Blame Tech for Rising Rents
Aljazeera America
Connoisseurs of Cannabis
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
UCSF Researcher Elizabeth Blackburn’s Search for Longer Quality of Life
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Iron Will
San Francisco Chronicle
Judging the Judges: Recalls May Become Easier, But is that Better?
San Francisco Chronicle
Others’ Trash Turns Into Tiny Houses in Oakland
Sacramento Bee
Cafes Juggle Needs of Wi-Fi regulars, Walk-ins
San Francisco Chronicle
Homework, But No Home: How Bay Area Housing Costs Affect Some UC Berkeley Students
Sacramento Bee
Chasing Chromosomes
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Dogs’ Pot Poisoning Soars as Pets Dig Through Trash, Stash
San Francisco Chronicle
View Finder
Stanford Magazine
Bike-beseiged Sausalito Seeks Balance Between Tourists and Locals
Sacramento Bee
State’s Oldest One-room Schoolhouse is ‘Well-kept Secret’
Sacramento Bee
Making It Easier to Get Transportation to Rural Health Care
PBS Next Avenue
These ‘Community Paramedics’ Offer Help Before 911 is Dialed
Sacramento Bee
Want to Count the Times He Said ‘Make Mexico Pay’? San Francisco Archive Can Help
Sacramento Bee
Dog Heaven/When Did Our Four-Legged Friends’ Vacation Amenities Begin to Outrank Ours?
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine
Quirky Berkeley Fan Documents City’s Creative Core
Sacramento Bee
ESSAYS
You Are Here: A Tower to Show You the Way Home
Alta Journal
Run Away Home
Omnium Gatherum Quarterly
Angst and empathy abide in Haight / Magnet for city’s refugees home to all
San Francisco Chronicle
Named a notable essay of 2019 by Best American Essays:
Someone to Listen
The Sun Magazine
Banking in Absentia
Generations Magazine
The Line Between Choice and Fate
Generations Magazine
THE SINGLE LIFE / I Married Myself / A renegade looks back on a life-changing decision
San Francisco Chronicle
Confessions of an Ambivalent Bride
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Image Magazine
City of Lost Boys
Life Magazine
City of Lost Boys – PDF Download (22 MB)
The Medical Mystery No One Can Solve – PDF Download
Redbook Magazine