I look towards the stage where a tall curvy woman stands, her cold unblinking gray gaze matching hers despite the lights ...

Originally published in Synapse on October 9, 2008. Members of the UCSF community gathered in an auditorium last week, chowed down on free burritos — a meal of distinctly Mexican American flavor — and ...

Originally published in Synapse on October 3, 1977. For the past decade, vitamin C — or ascorbic acid — has been touted for the cure and prevention of everything from the common cold to cancer. Now, a ...

[First place Synapse Storytelling Contest Winner for photography.] Maestra Rocio Morales, a Zapotec healer and community leader mourns the dispossession of earth-based healing practices and ...

Sutro Tower, as seen from Alta Plaza Park in Pac Heights. The westward setting sun blasts an orange columnated glow, warming a bare tree and a huddled couple. Late November 2022, the wind at this ...