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How To Catch a Car Thief
In our little 7×7 town of San Francisco, we have experienced a 49 percent jump in auto burglaries and a 18 percent increase in vehicle thefts in the first two months of 2015 alone! My Smart car was burgalirized twice in two months and recently stolen! However, because I had a GetAround car
San Francisco’s Top 10 Classic Cheap Eats
A few years when GQ Magazine said that San Francisco was experiencing the nation’s most exciting food movement, it just solidified what most people already knew: San Francisco is a food lover’s paradise.
All Over Coffee By Paul Madonna
Paul Madonna writes and draws All Over Coffee, the weekly series published in the San Francisco Chronicle and on theRumpus.net. His stories and drawings have been published internationally and exhibited in galleries and museums. He is the author of two books, All Over Coffee (City Lights 2007), and Everything
Root Division Has a New Mid-Market Home For Art!
San Francisco’s Root Division provides studio space, arts education, art exhibitions and helps to foster and build the creative community in our city. Through the kind donations from Bay Area residents and organizations they are opening amazing new digs in Mid-Market, and throwing cool art filled events to celebrate. Check out
The Burning Man of Europe is a Trip : Nowhere
If you live in San Francisco, chances are that you’ve heard of the Burning Man festival. If you haven’t been, chances are that, come August, you take a sabbatical from social media and stop talking to half the city to avoid hearing the word “dust” too many times. If you
Mailbag!: BAS Readers Respond to Stuart’s “Poop Plan”
Hello dear readers in broke-itude! Well, it’s been a busy week here at BAS and even more so for our esteemed Editor-In-Cheap, as he sallies forth on the campaign trail. Stuart’s article in last Wednesday’s Examiner, in particular, elicited an overwhelming response in regards to our city’s lack of urgency
San Francisco Has Been Complacent About Corruption for Too Long
We’ve gotten complacent in San Francisco. Sure we’ve got the nation’s highest minimum wage. Sure we fought for marriage equality and won. Sure we had universal healthcare before nearly every other city in the US. But the same way the Bush administration used social issues to justify turning the country