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Bay Briefing: Controversial S.F. school renamings on hold
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Abraham Lincoln High School was one of the institutions the San Francisco Board of Education voted to rename.Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, Feb. 22, and help is in the works for COVID “long-haulers.” Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Under fire, S.F. board pauses school renamings
Facing intense pressure on several fronts, including school reopenings and a recent decision to halt merit-based admissions at Lowell High School, San Francisco’s school board president signaled Sunday that the board is pausing controversial efforts to rename 44 district schools.
Last June, a San Mateo City Council member of Asian and Jewish heritage had a rock thrown through her window at home. The incident, which is still under investigation by police, came after the coronavirus pandemic sparked a slew of anti-Asian signs and slogans, some reading “F China,” “Chinese Disease” and “Thanks China.”
Eight months later, violence and racism directed against the Asian American community in the Bay Area has spread, reaching new levels, particularly involving the elderly. Incidents include a string of attacks in Oakland’s Chinatown, as well as the killing of an 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco.
Last June, a San Mateo City Council member of Asian and Jewish heritage had a rock thrown through her window at home. The incident, which is still under investigation by police, came after the coronavirus pandemic sparked a slew of anti-Asian signs and slogans, some reading “F China,” “Chinese Disease” and “Thanks China.”
Eight months later, violence and racism directed against the Asian American community in the Bay Area has spread, reaching new levels, particularly involving the elderly. Incidents include a string of attacks in Oakland’s Chinatown, as well as the killing of an 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco.
Rampant burglaries plague S.F. businesses, compounding hurt of pandemic
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It had been two days since someone smashed the windows of her Castro district hardware store when owner Terry Asten Bennett woke up to an alert on her phone in early January: The store’s burglar alarm was going off, again. The one-two punch wound up costing her nearly $7,000.
Weeks later, Patrick Russell, a manager at the now-closed B8ta electronics store in Hayes Valley, was held at gunpoint before the assailant took off with two laptops. The store permanently closed the same day the robbery occurred.
On Feb. 2 in Union Square, James Dong, owner of outdoor gear store Last Minute Gear, looked at scattered glass on the pavement, remnants of the store’s front glass encasement, which had been smashed early that morning. It was the second such incident since he relocated from the Mission District in September.