The AAPI Fest is a FREE local family-friendly celebration organized by Over the Fog, whose mission is to foster understanding and appreciation of Asian American & Pacific Islander culture, identity, community and diversity through events, programs and activities.
The event, which for many years was an unsanctioned gathering, once drew roughly 20,000 people at its peak after the city took it over in 2017, but the sanctioned version has been on pause since 2023.
Sheryl Davis is accused of steering millions of dollars to Collective Impact, a San Francisco-based nonprofit she previously ran as executive director, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday by the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.
A federal judge has blocked RFK Jr.'s dangerous changes to childhood vaccine policy. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, a former senior CDC official featured on The Advocate's January/February cover, called the ruling "big news" and a win for science and the law.
The group practiced a conversation with faux voters, with some new members still getting comfortable reading from the script. They were soon dispatched in pairs to the Sunset District to find actual voters.
Join us for a vibrant Trans Day of Visibility Festival at Boeddeker Park in the heart of the Tenderloin and The Transgender District, March 29th 2026. Expect sickening performances, powerful vocals, community vibes.
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is not a radical leftist institution, and its research economists are not Nimbys, or socialists, or anything other than classically trained academics who look at data. So it's interesting that two Federal Reserve researchers have just published a paper that adds to the clear evidence that "constraints" on the supply of private-market housing have little to do with the lack of affordability in cities like San Francisco.
This is a historical moment for us, for our community to take our voice from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. I understand our pain and I understand our voices. Supervisor Connie Chan emphasized her immigrant experience arriving in Chinatown without speaking English, positioning herself as uniquely qualified to represent the community's interests in Congress.
I first encountered Tien Fuh Wu at the beginning of my tenure at Cameron House, [and] I was immediately struck by her presence. As I learned more about her life, it became clear that Tien was foundational to the legacy of Cameron House, yet her contributions have not been fully publicly recognized.
What we found was just shocking, heart (and) gut-wrenching, just to see, wow, what our students did or what our university did to our own neighbors, our own people. In 1942, Yoshihiro Uchida Hall, which used to be the university's men's gymnasium, was used as a registration center for Japanese Americans in Santa Clara County before they were sent to the incarceration camps.
We felt this was a timely exhibition because we are once again living in a moment when queer and lesbian communities are being asked to survive systems that were not built for us. These histories are not just stories from the past. They are blueprints for how we build, care for one another, and sustain our institutions now.
I'm so excited. The San Francisco Chinese New Year parade is, like, none other. I grew up watching it, and the entire city knows what's happening, because the sound, the cheering, the sights, the smells, the brightness, it's really unparalleled.