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The school started in 1971 in a storefront as a fundraiser for the founders' band. The band broke up, but Blue Bear has kept on rocking.

  Renamed the UC San Francisco Society of Hellman Fellows, the fellowship program will continue providing UCSF assistant professors support for outstanding research at the career juncture when startup funding is often exhausted and first grants may not yet have been obtained. “My parents, Warren and Chris Hellman, used to say that creating the Hellman Fellows program was one of the best things our family ever did,” said Frances Hellman, the Hellman Fellows Fund’s president. “The discoveries, commitment, and great potential of UCSF faculty continue to inspire us year after year,” sh...

Visual Stories By Sarah Ravani and Todd Trumbull | April 21, 2021 | Updated: April 21, 2021 10:44 AM Guaranteed income programs have been around for centuries with a mention in Thomas More’s 1516 book “Utopia.” While the various welfare programs sprung up in the 1930s, a backlash was brewing by time the War on Poverty was launched during the 1960’s. Critics argued that increasing welfare encouraged people to reject work. In 1996, President Bill Clinton passed legislation that added work requirements for aid and capped how much aid a person could get. Politicians today say the ...

Planned Parenthood to open new flagship SF facility on Wednesday Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This April 19, 2019, file photo shows a Planned Parenthood building. The organization is planning a new 12,000-square-foot San Francisco facility at 1522 Bush St. to replace the organization's former facility on Valencia Street. (Godofredo A Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)Godofredo A Vasquez/Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) Planned Parenthood Northern California will open the doors of its new flagship facility in San Francisco on Wednesday, organization officials anno...

S.F. Board of Supervisors creates Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund The fund would give priority to small, legacy venues that are in imminent danger of closing because of the pandemic Lily Janiak February 9, 2021Updated: February 11, 2021, 4:36 pm Co-owner Lynn Schwarz pours a drink at Bottom of the Hill, which has been closed since March. Schwarz gave public comment at a recent meeting of the supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee, urging them to support the San Francisco Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund. Photo: Marlena Sloss, Special to The Chronicle The Sa...