EDITOR'S NOTE: See full profiles of the seniors interviewed by clicking links within the story. A panoply...
Walk through the doors of Gus’ Discount Fishing Tackle, and you’ll likely be greeted before you even...
Thanks to Alberto Campos, students at City College of San Francisco’s Mission Campus can get an affordable...
Sara Seims, an 18-year-old British girl, walked into the admissions office at New York University and knocked...
At 15, K.D. Sullivan was homeless, hungry, and sleeping on park benches in Honolulu’s Aina Haina neighborhood....
As she strolls toward the smallest park in San Francisco, Bonnie Wallsh calls back to the group...
In college, Bob Britt worked as a night auditor at a roadside Holiday Inn in Southern Illinois....
Jon Insco has been a go-getter most of his life — always hustling for his next adventure....
SF SENIORBEAT GUEST COLUMN – There’s a corner of Gen Z internet culture that has popularized the...
Sharon Yow’s father drove a truck and tried his hand at farming. Her mother worked a switchboard...
Caroline Dahl has never forgotten the glamorous, red-haired woman in a sequined dress she saw at a...
Tina Martin SENIORBEAT GUEST COLUMN – I love San Francisco, and I love to walk. So when...
Juliet Rothman was living in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1992 when her 21-year-old son Daniel attempted a double...
WRITER'S NOTE: Arthur Indenbaum died on November 28, 2025, with his wife and daughter by his side....
EDITOR’S NOTE: See full profiles of the seniors interviewed by clicking links within the story. A panoply of health issues, including slow-moving Parkinson’s, and kidney disease, prompted Jody Reiss, a retired therapist and AIDS educator, to move into an assisted living facility – at the relatively young age of 68. Most residents are 75 or ...
Walk through the doors of Gus’ Discount Fishing Tackle, and you’ll likely be greeted before you even reach the counter. That’s how Stephanie Ernst-Scott learned to do business from her father, Gus Ernst, who opened the Outer Richmond shop more than 60 years ago. “You say hello to somebody when they cross your threshold,” said ...
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 ...
Sara Seims, an 18-year-old British girl, walked into the admissions office at New York University and knocked on the office door of the Dean of Students. It was 1966 and she wanted to attend. The dean invited her in and listened intently to her story. Seims had arrived in New York from the East ...
At 15, K.D. Sullivan was homeless, hungry, and sleeping on park benches in Honolulu’s Aina Haina neighborhood. In one of her most vulnerable moments, she was penniless, sitting huddled near a McDonald’s she frequented, when the owner of a nearby restaurant noticed her and invited her inside, offering the girl a bowl of Hawaiian noodle ...
As she strolls toward the smallest park in San Francisco, Bonnie Wallsh calls back to the group of tourists behind her: “How many of you have had a park named after you?” They are standing by a tiny swath of land on Bush and Octavia Streets named the Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park. It’s dedicated ...
