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The Crazy Interview with SF School Board President on How San Francisco Renamed its Schools

February 8, 2021 7:38 amFebruary 9, 2021 6:24 pm

The San Francisco Unified School District, “is planning to rename a school named after Abraham Lincoln because the former president did not demonstrate that ‘black lives mattered to him,” the Globe reported in December. “President Abraham Lincoln, considered one of...

SF School Board Proposes Renaming Washington and Lincoln Schools With Jerry Garcia

January 30, 2021 10:10 amFebruary 2, 2021 1:18 pm

We learned this week that the San Francisco School Board voted 6-1 to rename 44 schools around the city over “racist” namesakes, of historical figures in U.S. history from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Paul Revere to U.S. Senator...

10,000 Sign Petition as Outrage Grows Over San Francisco School Renaming Decision

January 29, 2021 2:10 amJanuary 29, 2021 3:15 pm

On Thursday, outrage over the San Francisco School Board’s Tuesday decision to rename 44 schools in the district over ‘racist’ namesakes grew to new levels. Tuesday’s decision, which would rename schools honoring everyone from former presidents such as George Washington...

San Francisco School Board Votes To Change Names of 44 Schools Over ‘Racist’ Namesakes

January 27, 2021 3:46 pmJanuary 27, 2021 3:46 pm

On Tuesday, the San Francisco School Board vote 6-1 that 44 schools around the city, honoring everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Paul Revere to Dianne Feinstein, would be renamed under a storm of controversy. The movement to rename the schools...

Governor Newsom, CDPH Announce Statewide Lockdown, Curfew Order Lifted

January 25, 2021 2:49 pm

On Monday, the state of California and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that regional stay-at-home lockdown orders, as well as the statewide curfew, were lifted statewide. The color-coded tier system, which gave readiness by county last year...

San Francisco Vows to Vaccinate All City Residents By June 30

January 22, 2021 3:03 pm

San Francisco city and health officials announced this week that they plan to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to all 870,000 residents of the city by June 30th. In San Francisco, rollouts have been slow. As of mid-week, only 31,000 vaccines...

SF City Administrator Naomi Kelly Resigns Over Bribery Allegations

January 14, 2021 2:48 pmJanuary 14, 2021 6:09 pm

Earlier this week, San Francisco City Administrator handed in her resignation over continued fraud and bribery allegations. The allegations date back to 2016 when General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SF PUC) Harlan Kelly, who is Naomi’s...