Ellen Finn
Reporter / ProducerEllen (she/her) has a background in oral history, communication studies, and music. For the past two years, she has worked as a homelessness case manager in South Minneapolis. As a social worker, she got to hear compelling stories from her clients every day and is driven to amplify personal narrative as a source of empowerment and change. In her free time she bikes, plays double bass, and does queer stuff.
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CrosscurrentsSan Francisco’s celebrated poets and leaders honored Janice Mirkitani after her death at age 80 on July 29, 2021. Through Janice’s own poetry, the poets tell the remarkable story of Janice’s life from Japanese internment and abuse to becoming a hard hitting civic leader to serving as San Francisco’s poet laureate. -
It’s been two months since Santa Clara County’s water district declared a water shortage emergency. So far, preliminary data reveals that residents are heeding the warnings. -
CrosscurrentsNuns have worked their way into our collective imaginations through pop culture and the news. Sister Rita Jovick has been a nun in San Francisco for almost 65 years and busts stereotypes about what nuns do for work. -
The city of Oakland began construction this week on a tiny home village to house 65 homeless people on Lake Merritt. -
California's power grid operator requested that residents reduce their power use to prevent power outages on Wednesday. -
The California DMV announced on Monday that they’re offering a free upgrade to REAL ID for those who renewed their ID during the past year.
