By Tom Moon, MFT– Can we intentionally learn to be less self-critical and more self-compassionate? Psychologist Kristin Neff believes that we can. Based on her pioneering research, she has identified…
Through March 31 at the Tenderloin Museum Through the mundane act of picking up a matchbook and striking a match, one is transported to another place and time. The past…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: Sandra Gail Lambert, author of A Certain Loneliness: A Memoir, and Tina Alexis Allen, author of Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, are featured in this issue…
By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– This year my office has chosen to honor the Oscar Grant Foundation and the Love Not Blood Campaign for Black History Month. Oscar…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– California went through a decades-long “tough-on-crime” period when the popular response to public safety concerns was to lock up criminals and throw away the key. But…
On April 28, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1 (SB1) that was entitled the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. That established a $54 Billion fund…
By Tom Moon, MFT– Can we intentionally learn to be less self-critical and more self-compassionate? Psychologist Kristin Neff believes that we can. Based on her pioneering research, she has identified…
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– Katharine Lee Bates and Katharine Coman In 1882, those who strove to keep the thoughts of other people pure finally succeeded in having Walt Whitman’s Leaves…
Through May 27 at the de Young Monet: The Late Years, now at the de Young, is the first exhibition in more than 20 years dedicated to the final phase…
Company celebrates in San Francisco March 14–16 Over the past 15 years, trailblazing transgender choreographer, dancer, writer and advocate Sean Dorsey has had a profound impact on audiences, communities and…
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