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Lowriders Occupy Mission Police Station

The "Frisco Five," a group of people on hunger strike outside the Mission Police Station, are cheered on by lowrider drivers and supporters, Sunday, May 1, 2016 in San Francisco, Calif. Maria Cristina Gutierrez, age 66, is seen at the wheel with her 42-year-old son Ilych Sato to

Journalism Dept. to Pursue Complaints

By Marco Siler-Gonzales and Audrey Garces City College journalists are alleging police brutality and misconduct at the hands of sheriff deputies during a protest that ended in 33 arrests, including one minor, at City Hall on May 6. Some 100 protesters amassed at City Hall just after 6:30 pm

Frisco 5 Protesters Occupy City Hall

Frisco 5 Protesters Occupy City Hall

Protesters Allege Police Misconduct By Marco Siler-Gonzales Those protesting at City Hall identify themselves as the Frisco 500 in solidarity with the five people (dubbed the Frisco Five) who held a hunger strike from April 21 to May 7 to demand the firing or resignation of San Francisco Police Chief

Hunger Strikers March to City Hall, Mayor Is a No Show

Hunger Strikers March to City Hall, Mayor Is a No Show

By Marco Siler-Gonzales The San Francisco hunger strikers dubbed the Frisco Five rolled to the doorstep of City Hall in wheelchairs on May 3, demanding the mayor fire San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr, but the mayor was not there. The Frisco Five—Edwin Lindo, 29; Cristina Gutierrez, 66; Sellassie

Lowriders Occupy Mission Police Station

Lowriders Occupy Mission Police Station

By Marco Siler-Gonzales The thundering grumble of lowriders ignited the street corridors of Valencia Street as a procession of the restored marvels were brought to rest in front of the Mission Police Station on May 1 in support of the ongoing hunger strike. Benjamin Bac Sierra, a City College English

Faculty and students call for fair labor talks

Faculty and students call for fair labor talks

By Marco Siler-Gonzales The rain didn’t let up on the morning of April 27, but neither did City College faculty, who multiplied in numbers as the rain fell harder on the street corners of Ocean campus at the start of the faculty union’s school-wide strike. Signs and umbrellas

Supervisor Kim Proposes Free City College

Supervisor Kim Proposes Free City College

LOCAL LEGISLATION By Audrey Garces Following President Obama’s College Promise Act of 2015, several cities have worked to make the dream of free community college into a reality. Supervisor Jane Kim believes it’s time for San Francisco to follow suit and announced a Free City College proposal on