Tag: Janna Velasquez

Whistleblower Releases Evidence of Serious Health & Safety Violations

December 7, 2022January 31, 2023 The Guardsman #BlockCorporateSalmon, aquabounty, genetically modified animals, GMO, Janna Velasquez

A report released by #BlockCorporateSalmon on Oct. 25 exposes AquaBounty for committing numerous worker, consumer, animal, and environmental safety and health violations.

COVID19 Culture

SF Indie Fest Returns to the Roxie

February 18, 2022 The Guardsman Janna Velasquez, SF Indie Festival, Roxie, Jeffrey Nash, Francois Truffaut, Jeff Ross, justin mazzola

The 24th annual SF Indie Festival returned to the Mission’s historic Roxie Theater on Feb. 3, with films screening daily through Feb. 13. After switching to a fully remote event last year, SF Indie is offering a hybrid experience in which fans can stream films from home or return to the traditional big-screen experience.

Community News Board of Trustees

Trustees Seek Security for SF Cantonese Speakers at Risk of Further Alienation, and the Program’s Last Lecturer

February 1, 2022February 10, 2022 The Guardsman Janna Velasquez, Sacramento City College, JT Wildfeuer, Grace Yu, board of trustees, Professor Gordon Lew, academic senate, San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium, Chinese Hospital, Alan Wong, College of Alameda, Diana Garcia-Denson, cantonese

Yu says she was told by Chair Garcia-Denson that there is not room enough in the budget for more than three classes per year, a state of affairs which could prove to be a meaningful roadblock to meeting state certificate standards, or requirements for certificates for transfer to state universities.

Bay Area Culture

Mission Murals

November 3, 2021November 12, 2021 The Guardsman Janna Velasquez, Mission Disctrict, SF Art, san francisco, community, Murals

Stories are Shared and History Celebrated Through the Powerful Images of the Murals in the Mission

Bay Area Culture Events Calendar

Lit Night Gets Lit At Ocean Ale House

October 20, 2021November 16, 2021 The Guardsman Janna Velasquez, Ocean Ale House, Miles Escobedo, sfsu, MFA, festival, Ingleside Light, Alex Mullaney, reading, Michelle Simotas, Tehmina Khan, Julie Zigoris

Lit Night has returned to Ocean Ale House, where one a month writers from across San Francisco gather to read their latest works.

Bay Area COVID19 Culture

Crowds Long for Live Entertainment, but Barriers Remain

September 8, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman Ben Bleiman, San Francisco Playhouse, music, performing arts, film, venues, madeline mueller, Julie Zigoris, theater, Janna Velasquez, cinema, Jennifer Bielstein, Patricia Miller, Mina Morita, Vaccines, A.C.T., vaccination, Crowded Fire Theatre, Health Order

With operations that draw together large and mostly indoor crowds, theaters and music venues have suffered enormously since the pandemic’s onset. And now entertainment establishments struggling to get back into business face fresh uncertainties with the Delta variant surging in San Francisco.