Holly J. McDede

This Saturday is National Library Day. And before we celebrate these public institutions, let’s find out - what exactly defines a library?

In this final installment of "In Harm's Way," we learn about a program that's become a way for many people with lived experience with addiction to enter the workforce.

In the third installment of the series, 'In Harm's Way: Workers Battle the Overdose Crisis', we take a look at the national staffing crisis among substance use disorder counsellors across the state, and spend time with a supervisor who started out as a group counsellor making $19 dollars an hour.

In the second installment of the series, 'In Harm's Way: Workers Battle the Overdose Crisis' we meet West Oakland Punks with Lunch, a group that's been providing sandwiches, cookies, syringes, and lifesaving services for unhoused residents in the community.

Months after a one-stop-shop for people in San Francisco to receive basic services and use drugs shut down, nonprofit staff say some of the guests they saw every day are now back on the streets.

Five years ago, a group of activist went on a hunger strike after a series of fatal police shootings. They were called the Frisco Five and their goal was to force out the city's police chief.

Nearly 700 people died from drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020. That’s more than the number of people who died from COVID-19 in San Francisco in the same year. Some people blame San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin for not being tough enough on the people selling drugs.

Nearly 700 people died from drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020. That’s more than the number of people who died from COVID-19 in San Francisco in the…

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin charged a former police officer with homicide last year. This was a milestone in a country where police are…

District Attorney Chesa Boudin is not a bland bureaucrat who flies under the radar. He’s gotten national attention as the top prosecutor in San Francisco…