How the tiniest domestic violence survivors heal with the help of a San Diego preschool
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Photo by Adriana Heldiz for CalMatters/CatchLight |
Students perform a song during a graduation ceremony on June 11, 2025 at Mi Escuelita, a preschool in San Diego dedicated to students who have experienced family trauma, such as domestic violence.
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How the tiniest domestic violence survivors heal with the help of a San Diego preschool |
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Photo by Adriana Heldiz for CalMatters/CatchLight |
Students sleep during nap time at Mi Escuelita preschool in San Diego on May 5, 2025. The school offers on-site therapy and social-emotional learning to help students heal from trauma. Nap time can be particularly challenging, as many children remain on high alert and struggle to rest.
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Pigs fly at Dell’Osso Family Farm |
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Photo by Annie Barker for Stocktonia/CatchLight Local/Report for America |
Danette P. Holds a stuffed pig dressed liked Tinker Bell at the start of the pig races at Dell'Osso Family Farm in Lathrop on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025.
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Pigs fly at Dell’Osso Family Farm |
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Photo by Annie Barker for Stocktonia/CatchLight Local/Report for America |
People walk through the pumpkin patch at Dell'Osso Family Farm in Lathrop on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. The farm is open for the season until Halloween.
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Her majesty |
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Photo by Ximena Natera for Gazetteer SF/CatchLight Local |
Punk Majesty owner Alisha Amnesia outside her upcycled clothing and accessories shop in San Francisco’s Lower Nob Hill.
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Half a million young Californians aren’t in school or work. Most are men |
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Photo by Felix Uribe for CalMatters/CatchLight |
Jodeah Wilson sits on his bed while using his laptop in his off-campus apartment on Oct. 17, 2025. He is now looking for work to cover rent and other living expenses while continuing to pursue his education goals.
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Half a million young Californians aren’t in school or work. Most are men
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Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters/CatchLight |
Will Rose in a park by his home in San Pedro on October 16, 2025. He is wrestling with loneliness, a feeling many men across the country are increasingly experiencing.
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Queer and proud in the wrestling ring
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Photo by Gustavo Hernandez for KQED |
Vishnu Akali winces while tangled in the ropes as Sancho Dimera (in yellow) descends and Eliza Hammer (background) regroups during the Full Queer Wrestling event at Fluid510 in Oakland on Sept. 4, 2025.
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Queer and proud in the wrestling ring
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Photo by Gustavo Hernandez for KQED |
Richie Coy, the reigning PrinceX of Pride Champion, poses at Fluid510 in Oakland on Sept. 4, 2025, ahead of defending their title in the ring.
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The burning question of Big Art
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Photo by Tâm Vũ for Gazetteer SF/CatchLight Local |
Art critic Max Blue is one of several local artists who believe Big Art San Francisco’s large-scale art installations, like Marco Cochrane’s R-Evolution (above), are “remaking the landscape of public space in their own image.”
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