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Are Women Prepared for HIV PrEP?

04.27.2017
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By Chloe Lessard, KALW/Crosscurrents
Did you know that you can take a drug to reduce your risk of getting HIV? If you’re a gay man, you’ve probably heard of it. It’s a daily regimen called PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis. Maybe you’ve even seen ads for it on BART trains or clinic brochures, usually targeting men who sleep with other men. But PrEP doesn’t benefit  only men, and some women and trans folks are wondering why a drug that could potentially save their lives hasn’t been aggressively promoted in their communities.

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Rising Seas Claiming California’s Coast Faster Than Scientists Imagined

04.27.2017
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By Julie Cart, KQED News/CALmatters

A slow-moving emergency is lapping at California’s shores — climate-driven sea level rise that experts now predict could elevate the water in coastal areas up to 10 feet in just 70 years, gobbling up beachfront and overwhelming low-lying cities. The speed with which polar ice is melting and glacier shelves are cracking off indicates to some scientists that once-unthinkable outer-range projections of sea rise may turn out to be too conservative. A knee-buckling new state-commissioned report warns that if nothing changes, California’s coastal waters will rise at a rate 30 to 40 times faster than in the last century. Read the complete story at KQED News/CALmatters. For more information on the threat of rising seas to the California coastline, read the Public Press two-part series on sea level rise: Sea Level Rise Threatens Waterfront Development (Summer 2015)  and Wild West on the Waterfront (Spring 2017). 

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Trump Election Complicates Noncitizen Voting in S.F.

04.25.2017
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By Scott Shafer, KQED News/The California Report
Lost amid Donald Trump’s stunning upset in the election in November was the passage of a controversial San Francisco ballot measure. Proposition N will allow noncitizens with children to vote in local school board elections. But now, with immigrant communities worried over the Trump administration cracking down on sanctuary cities, that might be easier said than done. “It’s really unfortunate that the national rhetoric and the Trump administration has become so hostile to immigrants that they fear to participate in this very basic American right,” said David Lee, executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee in San Francisco. Read the complete story at KQED News/The California Report.

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Judge Halts Trump From Denying Funds to S.F., Other Sanctuary Cities

04.25.2017
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A U.S. judge Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from denying federal funds to San Francisco, Santa Clara and 400 other so-called sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide that do not cooperate with immigration agents seeking to deport undocumented residents.
Ruling in a lawsuit filed by San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, U.S. » Read more

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Shop Local Disrupted: Grocery Stores

04.24.2017
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By Laura Wenus, Mission Local
Even groceries, among the most location-centric businesses, must now grapple with the demand for delivery in San Francisco. In the Mission, a neighborhood densely populated with grocers of all kinds, that means getting creative, because the cost of doing delivery are high. But the cost of offering nothing in response to the demand for delivery is even higher. “People in this day and age are willing to pay a service fee to a delivery service to get the convenience factor of having groceries delivered to their door,” said Dmitri Vardakastanis, whose family owns and operates three groceries in San Francisco including Gus’s in the Mission. 
Read the complete story at Mission Local.

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California Weighs Requiring Warning Labels on Hair, Nail Salon Products

04.20.2017
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By Pauline Bartolone, KQED News Fix/California Healthline
Beauty salon workers who paint the nails and treat the hair of millions of Californians are regularly exposed to toxic chemicals — and they may not know it, advocates say. The advocates are asking California lawmakers to approve legislation requiring cosmetic companies to list the ingredients of beauty products used in professional salons. The bill, which passed the Assembly health committee Tuesday, will next be heard by the environmental safety committee. Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/California Healthline.

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Visionary Solutions to Bayfront Inundation

04.20.2017
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The changing climate and shifting weather patterns are affecting each region of the globe differently, and not all coastal cities will experience sea level rise in the same manner.
Even within the Bay Area, encroachment of bay water is sure to require a bigger response in low-lying communities, such as Alviso, near San Jose, than in places that, based on models, are less vulnerable, such as parts of Richmond and Brisbane. » Read more

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Neighbors Unhappy About Plans for a Temporary Homeless Shelter

04.19.2017
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By Laura Waxmann, Mission Local
Some 40 nearby neighbors made it clear on Monday night that they are unhappy about plans for a temporary homeless shelter at the site of former McMillan Electric building at 26th and South Van Ness streets. The lot is slated for 157 units of market-rate housing and the new Navigation Center would be a temporary use of the land. Read the complete story at Mission Local.