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Transportation
The SFMTA has made many blocks of Stockton Street in Chinatown all yellow loading zones that have left the curbs empty with no vehicles in the afternoon for years. Photo by Portia Li
Do empty yellow loading zones best serve the San Francisco Chinatown community?

SAN FRANCISCO — It is not a secret that small businesses in Chinatown are struggling for survival since the pandemic. It is also known to the community members that it is always difficult to find a parking space on streets in San Francisco Chinatown. One of the factors has come from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).

Opinions
Three international students from China create the Non Alien Box on Ross Alley in San Francisco Chinatown. Photo by Peter Huang
Opinion: The Non Alien Box: A public narrative about invisible survivors

In Ross Alley, an old alley in San Francisco's Chinatown, a rusty abandoned newspaper box unexpectedly became the object of people's attention. This public art installation, called "Non Alien Box", was created by international students Xinling Wang and two of her friends, Grace Cao and Yunfei Hua, from the California College of the Arts.

Public Safety
Paul Yep (3rd from far right) begins to lead the San Francisco Police Department as Acting Chief on June 7 overseeing the anti-ICE protests in the city. Yep answers questions alongside Mayor Daniel Lurie (3rd from far left) in a press conference. Photo by Portia Li
Paul Yep begins to lead the San Francisco Police Department as Acting Chief overseeing the situation of anti-ICE protests

SAN FRANCISCO — Paul Yep began to lead the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) as Acting Chief on June 7, 2025. On the next day, June 8, a protest took place outside the ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) building in San Francisco against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants. Three police officers were injured and 148 people were arrested in the demonstration.