Robert Wachter is the doctor who oversees all the other doctors at the University of California, San Francisco. He’s also one of the country’s leading voices on artificial intelligence in medicine, as well as an author and YouTube host, a sports enthusiast, and a musician who plays Elton John on the piano. He’s published two ...
Thanks to Alberto Campos, students at City College of San Francisco’s Mission Campus can get an affordable breakfast, lunch or dinner. Lodged in what was originally designated to be a classroom, Café de la Mission sells breakfast burritos, sandwiches and ethnic meals for under $10. The menu caters to his customers’ needs and preferences; in ...
The difficulties that pregnant women face in impoverished parts of the world can seem overwhelming. But Stacey Ramirez, who has worked for years to improve those conditions on three continents, calls herself “a hopeless optimist.” “I have to believe that we can get to a place that is beautiful for all of us,” she said. ...
Juliet Rothman was living in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1992 when her 21-year-old son Daniel attempted a double flip from a diving board into a swimming pool and broke his neck when he hit the water. Both arms and legs were paralyzed. Not only could he no longer walk but couldn’t feed himself or talk. A ...
Lots of parents talk about juggling responsibilities when it comes to their kids. Not so many literally juggle their kids. Carlo Gentile is one of the few. With much experience as a juggler, clown, unicyclist and diabolo artist, Gentile is now booking and production manager for Circus Bella, a “fiercely homegrown” San Francisco-based circus, where ...
Peter Mundy wants nothing more than to educate, motivate, and mentor his young students — and to travel with them around the world. The 63-year-old Castro resident teaches seventh- and eighth-grade history at Cathedral School for Boys, where he’s worked for 27 years. He has taken his students on trips to Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, and ...
