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Actor and San Francisco native Danny Glover honored on Juneteenth by local union
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 2:12AM
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A San Francisco native, Danny Glover is an actor and a film director, as well as a political activist. On Monday, ILWU Local 10 honored Glover. Union leaders say Glover is a humanitarian and has been a part of a lot of social justice actions.
Glover has been active since 1968 when he was a student at San Francisco State University, and also worked as a casual on the waterfront during the strike. Former ILWU Local 10 Board member and retired longshoreman, Clarence Thomas said Glover has been a part of many rank and file struggles.
In the past, ILWU Local 10 has also named Angela Davis and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. as honorary members.
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Taking Care of One Another a Week After SF Pride | KQED
While many people now experience less severe symptoms thanks to the COVID vaccine and booster shots, this recent spike in cases worries many peoplewho are immunocompromised or especially vulnerable to illness.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health experts estimated the incubation period for COVID — that is, the amount of time between getting exposed to COVID and testing positive for the virus — was around five days. But researchers have told KQED that as more COVID variants pop up, it’s getting more complicated to estimate when exactly someone will develop COVID symptoms, as our bodies respond to each variant differently.
Now that a full week has passed since Pride celebrations, check in with yourself and friends if anyone has felt symptoms this week. According to the CDC, this is the full list of the possible symptoms of COVID-19:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
If you took an at-home COVID test and tested negative even though you feel symptoms, you may want to test yourself again tomorrow. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF told KQED earlier this year that when you experience symptoms, that means your body’s immune system is working to get rid of COVID. For a lot of people who have already been infected in the past, their immune system is getting better at forming an immune response to COVID-19, even when the amount of virus in our body is low.
When your body detects a burgeoning coronavirus infection now, Chin-Hong told KQED, “your whole immune system just gets agitated and active, and you begin to get sick sooner, but you actually don’t have as much virus in your blood yet.” But there needs to be a specific amount of coronavirus in your body for an at-home COVID test to show up positive (even if the virus is already in your system).
Talk about sexual health
If you met someone new during Pride weekend and were sexually active with them, public health officials recommend that you take some time to check in with yourself about any potential risks from that encounter. A few questions to ask yourself:
- Did you get screened for STIs beforehand? Do you know if they did?
- Did you talk with them about safe sex practices beforehand?
- Did you use a condom?
- Did you — or your partner — take HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (HIV PrEP)?
If you are unsure about some of these questions, that is okay. What matters now is checking in with your healthcare provider and letting them know that you had a new sexual partner and want to take some extra steps to know if you were potentially exposed to any STIs.
Public health experts point out that there are now multiple ways to prevent an STI — even after a potential exposure. Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (or DoxyPEP), an antibiotic taken after sex, can help prevent infections like chlamydia and syphilis. “We’ve shown through research that that strategy is very effective at preventing bacterial STIs,” said Dr. Stephanie Cohen, director of HIV and STI prevention at the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH).
In 2022, cases of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) increased following SF Pride. And while officials have not yet detected a similar outbreak, it’s important to remember that getting a first shot of the monkeypox vaccine after you’ve been exposed to the virus can both help prevent the disease from developing and reduce symptoms if it does develop. Timing here is critical and you can get a free mpox vaccine in San Francisco — you don’t need health insurance to get this important protection.
Looking for an HIV test but don’t have health insurance? Several cities in the Bay Area participate in TakeMeHome, a program created by several public health groups, including the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. TakeMeHome sends eligible participants a free at-home HIV test that you can later mail-in to get your results. Check if you qualify.
Keep seeking out community
Pride is so much more than what happens in downtown San Francisco the last weekend of June.
“Pride is really all year-round for us,” said Miguel Raphael Bagsit, associate director of communications at the SF LGBT Center, which in partnership with other groups, organized a very thorough line-up of community events during June.
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Kanye West and Bianca Censori Explore San Francisco Science Museum
Kanye West and Bianca Censori popped up at a California science museum on Independence Day — and the couple, as usual, caught everyone’s eye — but it was Ye who really stole the show as he looked totally out of this world!
KW and BC strolled inside Exploratorium in San Francisco on the Fourth of July to take in some of the cool exhibits, which include the “Cafe Wall Illusion,” “All Eyes On Me,” and “Fog Bridge.”
One photo captures Kanye seated across from Bianca at a mirror exhibit.
We’re told the famous lovebirds were totally engaged with each other as they walked around like ordinary citizens eyeballing the various displays. Other people, of course, recognized the two, but stayed away — not wanting to intrude in their space.
Our sources say Bianca was her regular sexy self, wearing white see-through leggings with a blue strapless top and heels. For Bianca, the only shocker was that her body was almost completely covered — a rarity for her.
Kanye, on the other hand, took the top prize for his outfit, donning something resembling a white, baggy spacesuit with matching sneakers. Going to the moon, Ye?
TMZ obtained several photos of the pair enjoying their little outing … In one image, the two were seen holding hands as they maneuvered through the museum.
Another snap shows Bianca on a red phone listening to scientific facts near the entrance of the building.
What’s next? Nasa?
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San Francisco shootings in Tenderloin, Potrero Hill leave 2 injured
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco police are investigating two separate shootings that left two people injured on Friday, officials said.
The first shooting happened in the Tenderloin. Officers responded to the area of Ellis and Hyde streets at 8:37 a.m. on the report of a shooting. A man was found lying on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound. The victim received first aid and was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
No arrests have been made.
Another shooting was reported at around 9:50 p.m. Officers assigned to the Bayview station responded to the 1100 block of Connecticut Street where a man was found lying on the ground suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Officers rendered aid. The victim was taken to a local hospital for life-threatening injuries.
No arrests in this case have been made.
No suspect information was provided by police in either of these shootings.
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