The 43-year-old pediatric oncologist and neurologist at Stanford University is one of 25 MacArthur Fellows in 2021 and won a $625,000 "genius" grant to continue her work to improve patients with brain cancer. Treatment of children. "I really hope this award will help me push the boundaries and make further progress," she told Channel 7 News. Since 2011, she has been leading the Monje laboratory and her focus is on developing new treatments for young people with a deadly disease called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). The scientist from the Bay Area was a competitive figure skater when he was young. He attended high school in Danville, received his undergraduate degree in Vaasa, and then received his medical and doctorate degrees in Stanford. Married to Stanford University neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth, the mother of four recently tweeted: “As long as I work in neuro-oncology, losing a patient has never been easier. Sometimes there is no choice but to let the patient in. warmth."

The husband-and-wife chefs are behind Marlena, a Bernal Heights restaurant that opened in 2020 during the pandemic-first offering a fine picnic, followed by a seasonal four-course tasting, which recently earned them a Michelin star class. The tour guide said to the couple: “Their culinary pedigree is obvious in cooking, and they cleverly combine simplicity with exquisiteness.” Fisher, who is in charge of savory dishes, and Chow, a native of San Mateo, who makes sweets, are in New York. Pearl & Ash met while cooking. Their first joint venture offers specialties such as kampachi with melon, cucumber and lovage; pork tenderloin with apricots, kale and chickpeas; pistachio cake with rhubarb jam, strawberries and jasmine cream. The couple’s "Dream Restaurant" is located in the Victorian era near Precita Park. The environment is as attractive as the food. "This is a very typical San Francisco building. If we want to truly embrace the high-end cuisine influenced by California, what better place to do it," Chow told Eater SF.

Playing at the border: Yo-Yo Ma’s story is the latest picture book by Bay Area educators, designers and mothers. His January 2021 debut, "Kiss in the Corner", appeared on the New York Times bestseller list shortly after its release. List. Ho's parents are immigrants from mainland China and Taiwan. She said that she wrote "Eye" because it is difficult for her to find an inclusive holiday book for her newborn son, and because she believes that "all children need to see themselves in the book And others." She told the website KidLit411 that she dedicated this book-this book was inspired by her childhood jealousy and insecurities about her appearance-to her daughter, she said, "I hope Never doubt your beauty.” The author is also a high school vice principal, chocolate chip cookie lover, outdoor explorer, and reader of diverse writers. He also has two picture books in the works, and one that will be Youth novels published in 2022.

The actor is known for his outstanding four-year stage, television and film career, including roles in Spike Lee movies (Malcolm X, Crooklin, Clock, and Da 5 Bloods in 2020). He will play in Mark Hopkins College received the annual alumni honor of San Francisco State University and stayed at the hotel on November 12th. The Oakland resident was born in London and was 69 years old this month. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in film, which he obtained by taking a correspondence course under a pseudonym. This year, in a speech to the new graduates of the film school, he said: “If you can accept challenges and use them for constructive purposes, then that is where miracles can happen.” I feel happy and happy working during the pandemic. Thankfully, his recent projects include the Western movie "The Hardship of Their Fall," starring Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King and Lakis Steinfeld.

The artist born and raised in San Francisco, also known as Sage Stargate, is one of the three winners of the $10,000 San Francisco Artadia Award in 2021, and is called the "Dream Chaser" by independent curator Ashara Ekundayo. However, Cain who uses the pronoun "they" is also a political figure. "I'm thinking about how to use the material as a power tool," Cain said in an online video provided by the city's African Diaspora Museum, which reopened in October with Cain's solo exhibition "refuted." Cain grew up in Fillmore and owned a studio at the Hunter Point Shipyard. He used dyes, lithography, graphite and chalk to create "as a symbol of impermanence and transformation" on paper. The artist said that these works turned stories of suffering into memories of the evolution and healing of people of African descent. Cain's latest projects have been exhibited at SOMArts, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco Art Council, and African American Art and Culture Complex, combining research based on their family genealogy, while examining the displacement caused by urban renewal.

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