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Director of the San Francisco Environment Department Tyrone Jue (left) and District 11 Supervisor Chyanne Chen promote heat pump water heater technology to have cleaner air and save energy usage. Photo by Portia Li

30 Family Child Care centers in SF receive advanced heat pump water heaters which California strongly promotes as one of the best clean technologies to improve air quality

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    Robert Chiang (left) and Ding Lee (right) were elected respectively as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Central Chinese High School for 2025. Photo by Portia Li

  • SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Maria Su, formerly Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth and Their Families, was appointed by the San Francisco Board of Education with 6-1 votes to immediately take over the position as the new Superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

    Dr. Maria Su (center) is approved by the San Francisco Board of Education as the new Superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District. Screenshot

  • SAN FRANCISCO — The list of public school closures and mergers in San Francisco was finally released with 11 schools proposed to be permanently closed. Three of the 11 schools are elementary schools serving students in Chinatown and surrounding neighborhoods. A total of 4 schools proposed to be closed are high Asian enrollment schools. The Asian community has questioned if the list is unfairly targeted and impacted the Asian American families.

    Yick Wo is a 2020 National Blue Ribbon Award School located in Chinatown. Students and parents have started a campaign to save the elementary school. Photo by Portia Li

  • (SAN FRANCISCO) Under the approved resolution, non-citizen students at San Francisco City College might have a chance to participate in voting at future City College Board of Trustees elections.

    Alan Wong serves as the President of the San Francisco City College Board of Trustees. Courtesy Alan Wong

  • （SAN FRANCISCO) On February 25, 2024, Recall School Board movement hero Kit Lam returned to the same old spot at Clement Street Farmers Market where he used to gather thousands of signatures for the recall petitions in 2021. This time Lam was a volunteer of Proposition G campaign to bring back algebra classes for students in San Francisco public schools.

    Kit Lam returns to the same old spot at Clement Street Farmers Market where he used to gather signatures for the recall petitions in 2021. This time Lam campaigns for Prop. G to bring back algebra classes. Photo by Portia Li

  • (SAN FRANCISCO) By a vote of 6-3, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 29 against affirmative action considering race in college admissions and affirmed that the admissions programs were unconstitutional violating equal protections.

    California voters passed Proposition 209 in 1996 to ban the affirmative action programs in public universities' admissions. Courtesy University of California

  • (SAN FRANCISCO) After two-year criminal and civil legal proceedings, volunteer parent Kit Lam's fighting for justice on the recall school petition stealing incident has come to a conclusion by accepting $1 compensation and a public apology published in three local newspapers in San Francisco.

    Kit Lam (right) signs the settlement of the civil lawsuit filed against Jason Kruta in front of his attorney John Roach (left) for $1 compensation. Photo by Portia Li

  • (SAN FRANCISCO) Ann Hsu, one of the three incumbents who were appointed by Mayor London Breed earlier this year to the Board of Education, loses her re-election race to challenger Alida Fisher who caught up with more votes in the last few days when more election results were released.

    Incumbent School Board member Ann Hsu (right) loses in the Board of Education race to challenger Alida Fisher. Courtesy photos

  • (SAN FRANCISCO) Three candidates, Anita Martinez, Vick Chung and Susan Solomon, who were running as a team to challenge the incumbents, captured all top three seats in the San Francisco Community College Board race.

    Three candidates, Anita Martinez (from left) , Vick Chung and Susan Solomon, running as a team, capture all top three seats in the San Francisco Community College Board election. Courtesy Chung Campaign