Madilynne Medina

San Francisco

News Reporter at SFGate

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'They are not going to come back': The dark reality of SF's pharmacy crisis

4 days ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

Rabideau is not alone. Rather, he’s caught up in a snowballing pharmacy shortage in San Francisco that’s leaving residents with fewer health care choices. Over the past 10 years, at least 64 pharmacies have closed across the city, a sweeping trend that’s affecting all of the big chains. Walgreens, which used to have stores practically next door in some neighborhoods, now has only 29 locations in San Francisco, compared with about 53 stores in 2021.
‘Hard to fathom’: Sewage crisis at Calif. coastline can be seen from space

1 week ago | sanluisobispo.com | Madilynne Medina

A new study using satellite images from NASA shows that an environmental crisis at the Tijuana-San Diego border can be seen from space, prompting new concerns from experts. The image shows a wastewater plume just off Imperial Beach made up of toxic wastewater pollution from untreated sewage that's flowing into the Tijuana Estuary and Pacific Ocean for years.
Some parts of Bay Area may lose power this weekend amid potential fire weather

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

PG&E said it may shut off power for some parts of the Bay Area to prepare for looming fire weather conditions. In a Wednesday news release, the utility said the upcoming warm, dry weather and gusty winds are prompting the public safety power shutoffs, which could occur throughout California from Thursday through Sunday. In the Bay Area, some areas of Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties are “under watch.” All of the counties that could be affected are listed on PG&E’s website.
'Hard to fathom': Sewage crisis at Calif. coastline can be seen from space

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

Kim Prather, an atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a distinguished professor at University of San Diego, and her lab team have been studying the severe, toxic chemicals. She told SFGATE that the new NASA tool can help scientists figure out how far the pollution goes. “Now you can even see how massive it is from space," she said.
Calif. colleges' 'ghost students' may make getting financial aid more difficult

1 week ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it plans to crack down on financial aid fraud for the fall 2025 semester with a new process. Once finalized, everyone who fills out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid will go through an “additional screening process” to help federal officials identify possible identity fraud, according to the Federal Student Aid office. The crackdown comes after fraud rings became a growing concern since the coronavirus pandemic.
New image could help find Calif. baby abducted 45 years ago, officials say

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

Authorities hope a new image could help find a man who was kidnapped by a person posing as a social worker more than four decades ago, when he was just 17 days old. Kevin Verville Jr., who would now be 45 years old, was abducted on July 1, 1980, in Oceanside, a coastal city located near San Diego. The age-progressed image released by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in a Tuesday news release shows what Verville may look like today.
Yosemite set to open all campgrounds amid months of crippling uncertainty

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

Starting this month, Yosemite National Park will begin opening all of its campgrounds for the first time since 2019, park officials announced in a Wednesday news release. The park has 13 campgrounds, all of which require a reservation from April through October, according to Yosemite’s website. Once all of the campgrounds have opened, it will add an additional 500 campsites, park officials said.
'I got ripped away': Ex-SF private school teacher alleges he was wrongly fired

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

The defendant, Ted Curry, worked at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School in the drama department since 2000 before he was terminated on Feb. 11, the lawsuit states. He is seeking more than $10.5 million in damages, including for emotional and economical distress. “My mornings are still melancholy,” Curry said.
Thousands march up SF's Mission Street to protest Calif. ICE raids

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Olivia Hebert |Madilynne Medina

An estimated 9,000 protesters gathered for a rally and march that started at San Francisco’s 24th & Mission BART Plaza around 6 p.m. to protest the recent raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement across California. Tracks like YG’s “FDT” and Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” rang out on Mission Street, along with chants like “Move ICE, get out the way!” echoing through the crowd in a nod to Ludacris.
Bay Area bridge to partially close this week for repairs

2 weeks ago | sfgate.com | Madilynne Medina

On the lower deck heading in the eastbound direction, the second and third lanes of the bridge will be closed 8 p.m.-5 a.m. every day from Monday through Friday, Caltrans said in a news release. And on the upper deck heading in the westbound direction, the second lane will be closed starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and lasting until 5 a.m. on Thursday, the agency said. The closures will start at the toll plaza and end at the west side of the bridge in Marin County, according to the news release.