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Levi’s accused of culturally appropriating indigenous designs

However, the company did collaborate with a Oaxaca collective

 

by the El Reportero‘s news services

 

A large clothing company has once again been accused of appropriating indigenous Mexican designs, but it did collaborate with a collective that employs Mazatec women from Oaxaca.

The Mexican subsidiary of Levi’s released a premium collection of jeans and jackets that incorporate “embroidered elements belonging to the Mazatec culture of the community of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz,” the federal Ministry of Culture said in a letter to the company.

San Felipe is located in the northeast of Oaxaca near the border with Veracruz and Puebla.

The Culture Ministry wrote to Levi’s México and the Draco Textil collective, which collaborated on the manufacture of the Levi’s Premium Original Trucker Jacket collection, to denounce their use of Mazatec designs without obtaining permission from the community first.

It sought an explanation from both Levi’s and Draco and said that “fair economic reward” must be paid to the rights holders of the designs, which are protected by law.

“We invite you to develop respectful work with the indigenous communities within an ethical framework that doesn’t undermine the identity and economy of the [indigenous] peoples,” the Culture Ministry said.

Levi’s México announced its new collection, and the opening of its first store in Oaxaca, in a social media video earlier this month, while a group of female Mazatec and Cuicatec artisans called Texturas de Oaxaca issued a statement last Thursday denouncing its collaboration with Draco Textil as “another exercise of cultural appropriation and concealment of the people and communities behind the embroidered pieces.”

“The companies and visual artists behind the project are named but the names of the artisans that did the embroidery work are omitted,” the women said.

Two days later – the same day the Culture Ministry sent its two letters – Draco said on Facebook that it was “grateful” to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Levi’s and thanked its team of Mazatec embroiders by name.

“We want to take the opportunity to mention that the intervention of these embroideries took place in our workshop in Oaxaca,” the collective said, adding that it was very proud of its all-female workforce.

Levi’s México hasn’t publicly responded to the Culture Ministry letter.

Among the other designers and clothing companies that have been accused of plagiarizing or appropriating indigenous Mexican designs are Zara, Anthropologie, Patowl, Zimmerman, Isabel Marant, Carolina Herrera, Mango and Pippa Holt.

The Culture Ministry held an event in Mexico City last week to support indigenous textile creators and fight cultural appropriation, but Texturas de Oaxaca said its members were not invited to participate.

Truckers forever – will the US follow their example?

by Jon Rappoport

 

The Canadian convoy of many, many trucks, now in Ottawa, and the many, many people supporting it, can’t be written off as some strange breakout group.

This is a popular movement.

A wave.

A reader suggested it’s time for thousands of doctors and health workers, from all over the world, to step up to the plate and issue statements of strong support.

Absolutely.

BUILD the wave higher.

Show the world what this is: freedom from government tyranny; freedom from a phony medical dictatorship.

Imagine your life depends on a choice you make:

The government is coming to save us.

The truckers are coming to save us.

Which way do you go?

We trust the trudeaus of this world.

Or:

We trust the truckers.

“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.” Thomas Paine, December 13, 1776.

Who embodies that statement? Trudeau or the truckers?

Some credentialed sold-out medical quack who serves as a COVID advisor and public health bureaucrat, or the truckers?

A demented fascist who demands vaccine passports, or the truckers?

In the US, the FDA, about to approve the poisonous COVID vaccines for six-month-old BABIES…or the Canadian truckers?

The numerous Canadian officials who are calling the truckers terrorists, or the truckers?

The big tech censors of true COVID facts, or the truckers?

“Well, you see, it’s true that in the US, the federal database contains more than a million reports of injuries from COVID vaccines; and it’s true that this number is a gross understatement; but the solution is more vaccinations and more boosters…”

Do you trust the experts who are telling you THAT, or the truckers?

Who should be in prison, Fauci or the truckers?

If you have to point to a spot and say THIS IS THE HILL WE’LL DIE ON IF WE NEED TO, who do you want on that hill …Bill Gates or the truckers?

The US Dept. of Homeland Security has just issued a bulletin, “Summary of Terrorism Threats to the Homeland (February 07, 2022).” It’s a classic piece of logic-dodging horseshit:

“The United States remains in a heightened threat environment fueled by several factors, including an online environment filled with false or misleading narratives and conspiracy theories, and other forms of mis-dis- and mal-information (MDM) introduced and/or amplified by foreign and domestic threat actors. These threat actors seek to exacerbate societal friction to sow discord and undermine public trust in government institutions to encourage unrest, which could potentially inspire acts of violence.”

Translation: We at DHS have the power. Private citizens are asserting their own power and freedom, so we have to discredit and silence them and call them terrorists. When we say “they seek to undermine trust in government institutions,” that’s our inside joke. If we weren’t the government, we wouldn’t trust the government as far as we could throw it.

Do you rely on DHS Jokers or the truckers?

Are you a totalitarian or do you want freedom?

Would you rather cling to fascist Authorities like barnacles, or stand up like humans alongside the truckers?

Would you rather stay silent and hope for the best, or make your voice heard?

Here is one solution: Don’t worry, everything is normal. It’ll always be normal. Our only course of action is no action. Just wait around. The situation will resolve. Watch the news for updates. Stay calm. Two months from now, everybody will forget about the truckers. Get tested. Take the vaccine and all the boosters. Earn your wellness passport. Worst case, if you wind up in the hospital after the shot, the doctors will take care of you. The surgeons are performing miracles these days. It’s quite possible the most important indicator the vaccine is working is death.

How do you like that solution?

Let me clue you in on a secret. Shh. Behind the vaccine passport governments are forcing on people, there’s a much older passport. It called CARD-CARRYING CITIZEN. It indicates: “I follow orders. I trust the experts. I do what everyone else does. I’m normal. No one can accuse me of stepping out of line. When a group breaks away from Normal, I turn my back on them. That group must be wrong. If they’re fighting for freedom, they’re REALLY wrong. I know that because I don’t have freedom. Censor that group. Stop them. I’m already a card-carrying citizen, so earning my vaccine passport is easy for me. It confirms what I already am.”

Is that what you want to be, or do you want to support the truckers?

Here’s another secret we all know. We know it so well, it’s become a cliché. Every single day, whether you make a choice or don’t make a choice, you’re making a choice.

Truckers forever.

Jon Rappoport is the author of three explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed, Exit From The Matrix, and Power Outside The Matrix.

The sweetest remedy: Need help falling asleep or managing your weight? Try consuming honey before bedtime

Share/by Rose Lidell

 

02/03/2022 / Honey is a versatile ingredient often used in desserts. Raw, unprocessed honey, in particular, is a healthy, natural alternative to sugar. This amazing superfood also offers many health benefits. Consuming a bit of honey before you go to bed can help improve sleep quality and aid in natural weight management.

Honey is considered a top-tier superfood because it has laxative and antibacterial properties. It is also believed that honey can help calm a person, thus inducing sleep naturally.

Benefits of consuming honey before bedtime

Honey is often used as a sleep remedy because the sweet superfood is a natural relaxant. It can help soothe your mind, making it a great choice if you are looking for a natural treatment for insomnia.

If you’re having trouble sleeping, make a honey remedy. Pour some warm water into a glass, add the juice from the two halves of a lemon, then add honey.

Don’t add honey while the water is boiling because this will destroy the superfood’s natural goodness.

It can aid digestion

Drinking warm water and honey before bed can help eliminate toxins in your digestive system.

Honey contains antimicrobial agents that can kill harmful pathogens in your gut. At the same time, raw honey’s prebiotic content helps feed the “good” bacteria in your colon.

You can also drink the honey mixture in the morning to promote faster digestion and detoxification.

It can stop midnight hunger pangs

Some experts say that it’s best not to eat anything after 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. But if you feel hungry late at night, you can relieve your hunger pangs with a bit of honey.

Honey can give your blood sugar levels a little boost, prompting the release of the amino acid tryptophan. This then gets converted into serotonin, a hormone responsible for the relaxation of the brain, which can help induce sleep.

It can promote weight loss

It can be difficult to lose weight if you love processed foods or sweet treats. If you want to lose more weight, try consuming some honey before bed. Since honey is fat-free, you don’t need to look any further for a guilt-free snack.

Consume a bit of honey before bed to help manage your weight. Add a teaspoon of honey to a glass of warm lemon-infused water. The drink will help promote weight loss and naturally control coughs or other symptoms of asthma and bronchitis.

Using honey to improve sleep quality in children

Coughing at night is a common occurrence among children, and it often disturbs their sleep. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, many cough-related medicines contain codeine and dextromethorphan, two ingredients linked to long-term health issues in children.

Codeine may cause side effects like difficulty urinating, headaches or stomach pain.

Dextromethorphan is linked to the following adverse effects:

– Dizziness

– Drowsiness

– Lightheadedness

– Nausea

– Nervousness

– Restlessness

– Stomach pain

– Vomiting

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends natural ingredients like ginger, honey and lemon to cure the symptoms of cough. Because these ingredients are also full of nutrients, they are safe for children and can also promote sleep naturally.

In one study, researchers worked with 105 children in Pennsylvania. One group was given dextromethorphan, while the other group was given honey and a third group was given no treatment at all.

Out of all the young participants aged two to 18, the ones who were given honey did better than those who were given dextromethorphan. The children who consumed honey before bedtime had fewer occurrences of coughing and slept more peacefully than those who took dextromethorphan.

Honey is a superfood that can help boost your overall health. Consume a bit of honey before your bedtime as a natural sleep aid and to get rid of those late-night hunger cravings.

$500 monthly stipend proposed for low-income Cal State students

by Suzanne Potter

 

A bill will soon be introduced in the California Legislature that would grant low-income students at five California State University campuses a stipend of $500 a month for basic living expenses. The idea is to provide a universal basic income, so more students can afford to stay in school.

State Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San Jose, said the pilot program would serve about 14,000 students, or about 11 percent of the campus population, “because that’s roughly the percentage of students who are essentially in abject poverty. They’re either homeless or severely at risk for being homeless.”

To qualify, the student would have to have a household income below $20,000. The program would cost the state an estimated $84 million a year. Opponents of universal basic income criticize it as a government handout that could be squandered. However, Cortese said data from two such programs, launched in Stockton and Santa Clara County, do not support that concern.

Many campuses in the state already provide housing referrals, food banks and other resources to students in need, but they vary widely. Cortese said if the bill passes and the universal basic income program ends up working successfully to reduce poverty and dropout rates in the Cal State system, it could be expanded.

“If it is effective, you’d want to be doing it on all campuses,” he said, “and probably extend it to community colleges as well.”

The specific schools that would take part in the three-year pilot have not been announced. The legislative deadline to file bills is a week from Friday.

 

In other non-related news in Mexico:

 

Mexico City government criticized for providing ivermectin to treat COVID

Some 200,000 people were treated with the unapproved medication

The Mexico City government has become engulfed in scandal due to its distribution of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to people who tested positive for COVID-19, its alleged completion of an unauthorized study on the medication’s efficacy and its publication of a paper detailing its supposed benefits.

The government spent just under 29.3 million pesos (US $1.4 million) to buy 293,000 boxes of the drug – usually used to treat conditions caused by intestinal parasites, head lice, scabies and other skin infections – as well as significant quantities of aspirin and azithromycin, an antibiotic.

The medications are not approved by the federal government or the World Health Organization for the treatment of COVID but the administration led by Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum nevertheless distributed them to some 200,000 people who tested positive, according to an investigation by the news website Animal Político.

The drugs were distributed in medical kits handed out at Mexico City testing stations starting in December 2020. They continued to be distributed until September 2021.

The Mexico City government as well as the federally-run Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) announced last year that they had carried out a “quasi experimental” analysis that found that people who received the ivermectin distributed in the capital were 68% less likely to develop serious symptoms that required treatment in hospital.

 

US turns up heat on AMLO’s energy reform on eve of climate meeting

Embassy warns against promoting dirtier, outdated and more expensive technologies

 

by Mexico News Daily

 

The United States has once again criticized the federal government’s proposed electricity reform, warning that the continued use of fossil fuels will hurt both consumers and the economy.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico published a statement Tuesday that noted that the U.S. government has repeatedly expressed concern about the energy sector proposal, which would guarantee 54% of the electricity market to the fossil fuel-dependent, state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and thus limit the participation of private renewable firms.

“Promoting the use of dirtier, outdated and more expensive technologies over efficient renewable alternatives would place both consumers and the economy in general at a disadvantage,” said the statement, published on the eve of U.S. climate czar John Kerry’s meeting with President López Obrador.

“We will listen to the points of view of the Mexican government on a range of energy issues, while we consult with United States private sector companies in order to better understand how to achieve our energy and climate objectives.”

The statement, which summarized Ambassador Ken Salazar’s visit to Baja California Sur on Monday and Tuesday, also said that “Mexico has abundant wind, sun, water resources, geothermal energy and essential minerals that provide big opportunities to lead the clean energy revolution.”

“… By partnering with the United States and Canada to design green energy technologies, and offering clean, accessible and reliable energy that companies increasingly need, North America can become the world’s clean energy power,” it said.

The statement quoted Ambassador Salazar, who has come under fire in recent days after contradicting the Biden administration by saying last week that López Obrador is “right” to seek energy sector reform.

“As the solar and wind facilities that we visited in Baja California Sur show, we can achieve incredible results by deploying the most recent technologies to advance to energy transition needed to combat climate change,” he said.

The United States’ renewed criticism of the proposed reform comes three weeks after U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited Mexico City and conveyed “real concerns” about the constitutional bill.

Ana López Mestre, general director of the American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico (AmCham), also raised concerns about the government’s plans at an “open parliament” forum on Tuesday, warning the reform would jeopardize investor confidence, the transition to clean energy and the operation of North American supply chains.

Although López Obrador has championed the continued use of fossil fuels, he said Tuesday that Mexico would ramp up its clean energy production if the United States supports the endeavor by providing low-interest loans.

“… It’s a matter of reaching agreements with the United States government,” the president said.

“… Receiving low-interest loans … would be an injection in favor of the environment. The only thing we want to do is strengthen the CFE because it dispatches energy to domestic consumers and guarantees that prices don’t go up excessively,” he said.

López Obrador, Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard and other federal officials will meet Wednesday with Kerry, the United States special presidential envoy for climate, who is in Mexico for the second time in less than four months.

A statement issued by the U.S. Department of State Monday said he would “engage with government counterparts and accelerate cooperation on the climate crisis.”

Any loans provided by the United States could be used to fund the modernization of CFE’s aging hydroelectricity plants.

López Obrador said Wednesday that the United States’ funding of anti-graft group Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) would also be a topic for discussion in his meeting Wednesday with Salazar.

“… Today when I see the ambassador I’m going to remind him to tell us why the United States government gives money to [businessman] Claudio X.González’s group,” he said.

The federal government sent a diplomatic note to the United States last May, asking it to explain why it has provided funding to MCCI, a civil society organization that has been critical of López Obrador and his administration.

AMLO has complained about not receiving a response, although the U.S. government published a memorandum last June that outlined its commitment to tackling corruption and its intention to increase support to international partners committed to its elimination.

During a meeting with López Obrador the same month, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly asked him to not interfere in the work of NGOs such as MCCI and press freedom advocacy organization Article 19, both of which have drawn the president’s ire.

At his Wednesday morning press conference, López Obrador railed against MCCI president Maria Amparo Casar and journalist Carmen Aristegui, who he recently accused of misleading people during her long media career.

He accused Amparo of defamation and labeled Aristegui “dishonest.”

“[There are] dishonest journalists like Carmen Aristegui, journalists who are not just dishonest but also corrupt and mercenary, capable of inventing any situation, like [Carlos] Loret de Mola,” he said.

MCCI and Loret de Mola recently collaborated on an investigation into the living arrangements in the United States of AMLO’s 40-year-old son. Their exposé contrasted the luxury in which José Ramón  López Beltrán apparently lives with his father’s exhortations for people to live a life of austerity.

With reports from Milenio and Reforma 

 

Why single payer died in the California Legislature, again

by Alexei Koseff

 

February 1, 202 – Despite, or perhaps because of, an aggressive last-minute push by progressive activists ahead of a crucial deadline, legislation to create a government-run universal health care system in California died Monday without coming up for a vote.

The single-payer measure, Assembly Bill 1400, was the latest attempt to deliver on a longtime priority of Democratic Party faithful to get private insurers and profit margins out of health care. Because it was introduced last year, when it stalled without receiving a single hearing, it needed to pass the Assembly by Monday to continue through the legislative process.

But even the threat of losing the party’s endorsement in the upcoming election cycle was not enough to persuade the Assembly’s Democratic supermajority to advance the bill for further consideration, effectively killing the effort for another year.

After several tense hours Monday afternoon, during which a scramble of meetings took place just off the Assembly floor, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, the San Jose Democrat carrying AB 1400, announced that he would not bring up the measure for a vote.

Kalra declined multiple requests to discuss his decision and whether he would seek another path forward for his proposal. Following the floor session, he waited on a members-only balcony outside the chamber until a group of reporters was told to leave by a sergeant-at-arms.

“I don’t believe it would have served the cause of getting single payer done by having the vote and having it go down in flames and further alienating members,” Kalra said on a Zoom call with disappointed supporters later in the evening, in which he shared that he believed the bill, which needed 41 votes to pass, was short by “double digits.”

Stuck between powerful interests 

The political obstacles to such a radical restructuring of the health care system remain enormous, even in a state as putatively liberal as California.

The influential California Chamber of Commerce, which represents business interests in the state, labeled AB 1400 a “job killer” shortly after it was reintroduced in January, indicating it would be a top priority to defeat. Its lobbying campaign — joined by dozens of insurers, industry groups and the associations representing doctors and hospitals — included social media advertisements and a letter to members denouncing the “crippling tax increases” that would be needed to pay for the system. After the bill stalled Monday, the chamber declared it would be ready if ideas from the “dangerous proposal” resurfaced.

Republicans were eager to make it into an election issue this year. Though Kalra’s bill was largely conceptual, with a separate measure introduced to address the financing, they attacked it as a massive tax hike on Californians. (Kalra proposed a series of taxes on businesses and high-earning households to fund the single-payer system, estimated by legislative analysts to cost between $314 billion and $391 billion annually.) A 4,000-page petition signed by voters who opposed AB 1400 sat in the back of the chamber on Monday for Assembly Republican Leader Marie Waldron of Escondido to use as a prop in a floor debate that never happened.

Democrats also faced a squeeze from the left flank of their party. Activists with the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus said last week they would push to withhold endorsements from members who did not vote for the bill. That ultimatum generated fierce anger in the Assembly caucus from members who felt cornered, though many refused to speak publicly about their frustration.

Backlash from activists

The decision not to bring up AB 1400 for a vote on Monday may have been about protecting members from having to take a position one way or the other on the bill, as Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon did with the last single-payer measure in 2017.

Legislation to move the state toward a government-run health care system passed the state Senate that year, but was held by Rendon without a hearing because the bill included no plan to pay for it. That put him in the crosshairs of single-payer supporters, who blasted him on billboards.

This time, Rendon said he supported the effort, but he was not closely involved in rounding up votes for AB 1400. He declined to answer questions after the floor session on Monday and, in a statement, he pushed the blame onto Kalra.

“The shortage of votes needed to pass this bill out of the Assembly indicates the immense difficulty of implementing single-payer healthcare in California,” he said. “Nevertheless, I’m deeply disappointed that the author did not bring this bill up for a vote today. I support single-payer and fully intended to vote yes on this bill.”

The explanations are unlikely to assuage the measure’s most enthusiastic proponents.

The California Nurses Association, the main sponsor of AB 1400, slammed Kalra for “providing cover” for his colleagues by not holding a vote.

“Nurses are especially outraged that Kalra chose to just give up on patients across the state,” the association said in an unsigned statement. “Nurses never give up on our patients, and we will keep fighting with our allies in the grassroots movement.”

Amar Shergill, chairperson of the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus, said he would continue with plans to pull endorsements from Assembly members who did not publicly support the bill.

During the Monday night call, he and other advocates repeatedly criticized Kalra for setting back their movement and urged him to name the members who were opposed. “We are protecting them from negative scrutiny of a ‘no’ vote,” Shergill said.

Kalra said it would give him more time to work on winning over colleagues who were on the fence about AB 1400 and try again next year.

Where was Newsom?

One prominent Democrat who did not express support for AB 1400 was Gov. Gavin Newsom, who ran for office in 2018 on a platform to create a single-payer system in California but has since distanced himself from that pledge.

During a press conference in January to unveil his budget proposal, Newsom reiterated that he believed “the ideal system is a single-payer system,” but dismissed questions about Kalra’s approach.

“I have not had the opportunity to review that plan, and no one has presented it to me,” Newsom said at the time.

As AB 1400 marched toward defeat, the governor remained mum. His public remarks in recent weeks focused instead on several of his own budget proposals that he said would bring universal health access to California, including an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for the poor, to all residents regardless of their immigration status.

Kalra said Newsom’s stance undermined the bill. He told the Mercury News on Tuesday that “it hurts when you’re trying to garner votes for a policy that the governor is brushing aside despite a prior commitment to it.”

The distinction Newsom has drawn between universal access to health insurance and an actual universal health care system has also infuriated the nurses’ union, one of his earliest endorsers during the 2018 campaign, who accused him of flip-flopping on single payer. It seems unlikely to cause him much trouble in his upcoming re-election campaign, however, where he has yet to draw a significant challenger.

Long time Salvadorian resident in SF passes away, he will be missed

Tears still flow from the pupils of his family and friends after his departure

 

The family of Chris V. Matal Sol’s are suffering the departure of this beloved son of El Salvador, who came to the US at the age of 18 looking for better economic opportunities. Born on Nov. 29, 1958, he surrendered his soul to his Creator on Jan. 27, 2022. He was 63.

On the latest days of his life he suffered from multiple illnesses.

Mr. Matal Sol was the son of Cristo Salvador Matal Sol and Tomasa Aparicio Matal Sol. He met his wife Urania in S.F through mutual friends.

His family described him as a hard-working man who worked for the City & County of San Francisco for over 20 years.

“Chris was a very funny, humble and down to earth man who loved his animals and enjoyed nature,” said his daughter Isabella. “He was a smart man who loved to read and could’ve very well been a teacher or a lawyer as he was a very giving person who cared and always thought of others before himself.”

Mr. Matal Sol adored and loved his two children dearly and his wife, said a family member. He once said that if he came to the U.S, was not only for a better opportunity for himself, but also for his children. He wanted them to be born in the great city of S.F.

A big sports fan of the SF Giants and 49ers, Chris was a strong believer in his spirituality; he was raised as a Catholic. His faith was and meant everything to him.

Mr. Matal Sol is survived by his wife Urania Campos and his two adult children Isabella Matal Sol & Cristo Matal Sol.

Services will be a mass with a celebration of life ceremony, which date will be announced later.

 

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As they meet, they will look at YOU and collect your opinions,
ideas and concerns about the boundaries of your District and the impacts on our
communities.
● Visit the website to view the meeting schedule: https://
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2022 Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival

Compiled by the El Reportero‘s staff

 

Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival Street Fair is coming! Write it on your calendar and make sure you don’t miss it!

After pressing the pause button on the New Year event in 2020, with the love and sharing of our community we are bringing back the Street Fair this year!

Boba tea, mocha ice cream, Asian BBQ, coconut pudding, fresh popcorn, mini donut… 20+ food vendors offer you amazing delicious food!

Custom face painting‍, cute bounce houses, fashion clothing, fortune talking… and more fun vendors adding tons of joy to the event!

On top of that, free Covid testing, kids zone, live performance and firecracker show will blow your eyes and ears!

Come support our local vendors and share a fresh start with love at downtown Millbrae,

Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 – 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Cost: FREE 300-400 block of Broadway.

 

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

 

Every Saturday, the de Young offers free general admission to the permanent galleries to Bay Area residents. Please note that admission to any special exhibits is not included nor discounted and will require the full admission price.

Saturdays feature engaging art experiences for the entire family, including art-making, gallery guides, and tours with discussion and sketching in the permanent galleries.

Saturday, February 5, 2022 – 9:30 am to 5:15 pm | Cost: FREE*
de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA

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Essential and Frontline Workers Discount

We are pleased to offer free general admission for essential workers — including emergency services, health care, grocery stores, city operations and maintenance, social services, public transit, and delivery services — to receive a $15 discount on tickets to special exhibitions, through December 2021. This discount can be redeemed on-site with your work badge.

 

2022 Chinese New Year Parade + Fireworks (San Francisco)

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 – 5:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Cost: FREE*
Chinatown | Washington and Grant, San Francisco, CA

Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 19-20, 2022).

Fireworks! The parade will close with a 3-minute firework display finale.

Nowhere in the country will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, exploding firecrackers, and of course the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court.

A crowd favorite will be the new and spectacular 288-foot Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”). It takes a team of over 180 men and women from the martial arts group White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco.

Border communities focus of new exhibition at San Francisco Main Library

 

Submitted by the SFPL

 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2022 – For photographer David Bacon, the border region between the United States and Mexico is a land marked by life and death. Each year, at least 300-400 people die trying to cross into the U.S. in

The exhibition opens on February 12 in the Main Library’s Jewett Gallery, which is located on the lower level. The public is invited to the opening event, The Media, Art and the Border, which will feature Bacon in conversation with San Francisco artists and photographers about the way the border is represented in media and the arts.

February 12, 1 p.m., Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, Latino/Hispanic Community Room. Per the City’s Health Order, masks are required at all times in the Library.

On view at the Main Library, Jewett Gallery, Feb. 12 – May 22, 2022.

2022 Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival

Compiled by the El Reportero‘s staff

 

Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival Street Fair is coming! Write it on your calendar and make sure you don’t miss it!

After pressing the pause button on the New Year event in 2020, with the love and sharing of our community we are bringing back the Street Fair this year!

Boba tea, mocha ice cream, Asian BBQ, coconut pudding, fresh popcorn, mini donut… 20+ food vendors offer you amazing delicious food!

Custom face painting‍, cute bounce houses, fashion clothing, fortune talking… and more fun vendors adding tons of joy to the event!

On top of that, free Covid testing, kids zone, live performance and firecracker show will blow your eyes and ears!

Come support our local vendors and share a fresh start with love at downtown Millbrae,

Saturday, February 5, 2022 – 10:30 am to 5:00 pm | Cost: FREE 300-400 block of Broadway.

 

Free de Young Museum Day for Bay Area Residents (Every Saturday)

 

Every Saturday, the de Young offers free general admission to the permanent galleries to Bay Area residents. Please note that admission to any special exhibits is not included nor discounted and will require the full admission price.

Saturdays feature engaging art experiences for the entire family, including art-making, gallery guides, and tours with discussion and sketching in the permanent galleries.

Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 – 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. | Cost: FREE*
de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA

Golden Gate ParkSan Francisco

Essential and Frontline Workers Discount

We are pleased to offer free general admission for essential workers — including emergency services, health care, grocery stores, city operations and maintenance, social services, public transit, and delivery services — to receive a $15 discount on tickets to special exhibitions, through December 2021. This discount can be redeemed on-site with your work badge.

 

2022 Chinese New Year Parade + Fireworks (San Francisco)

Saturday, February 19, 2022 – 5:15 p.m. to 8 p.m. | Cost: FREE*
Chinatown | Washington and Grant, San Francisco, CA

Named one of the world’s top ten parades, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia. It was started in the 1860s and takes place the weekend of the Chinese New Year Community Street Fair (Feb. 19-20, 2022).

Fireworks! The parade will close with a 3-minute firework display finale.

Nowhere in the country will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, exploding firecrackers, and of course the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court.

A crowd favorite will be the new and spectacular 288-foot Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”). It takes a team of over 180 men and women from the martial arts group White Crane to carry this dragon throughout the streets of San Francisco.

 

Border communities focus of new exhibition at San Francisco Main Library

Submitted by the SFPL

SAN FRANCISCO, January 14, 2022 – For photographer David Bacon, the border region between the United States and Mexico is a land marked by life and death. Each year, at least 300-400 people die trying to cross into the U.S. in

The exhibition opens on February 12 in the Main Library’s Jewett Gallery, which is located on the lower level. The public is invited to the opening event, The Media, Art and the Border, which will feature Bacon in conversation with San Francisco artists and photographers about the way the border is represented in media and the arts.

February 12, 1 p.m., Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, Latino/Hispanic Community Room. Per the City’s Health Order, masks are required at all times in the Library.

On view at the Main Library, Jewett Gallery, Feb. 12 – May 22, 2022.

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