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 ...

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

[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 ...

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 ...