San Francisco recorded 34 murders in 2024 while pedestrians made up over half of the 41 traffic-related fatalities, highlighting the need for improved pedestrian safety and infrastructure.

BY SAYRE PIOTRKOWSKI, NICO SIMONIAN & Others Our inaugural Favorite Albums of the Year article is here! Every year we publish a Favorite Songs of the Year article and playlist, like this year’s We’re Patterns in Repeat. This year, our contributors submitted their favorite album(s) of 2024 and wrote a little

Joseph Biden has issued a formal apology for the Indian boarding school era. In one sweeping statement the outgoing president scrubbed centuries of genocide, a “stain on our nation’s soul,” from its conscience. Biden’s remarks come 530 years after colonization began in earnest—too little too late for some. For others,

I need your help to keep BrokeAssStuart.com going. In 2024, we wrote over 800 articles and published over 4,000 social media posts serving the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve covered striking workers, fine artists, corrupt politicians, fantastic drag performers, colorful weirdos, cherished small businesses, and the vital news that the

A dive bar lives a thousand lives, sometimes in one day. But over the years, Zeitgeist was known for two things: delicious fried food and good live music. And then the inspection happened. Wait, before you freak – they passed all other parts of the inspection. But the outdoor kitchen

A neighborhood Safeway was narrowly (and temporarily) saved by a departing district supervisor and a handful of community activists. Can they prevent it from closing February 7th, 2025? The Recent Past In January, community members gathered for a rally near the truck loading area at the Safeway on Webster and

By Sayre Piotrkowski and Nico Simonian Our official playlist, “We’re Patterns in Repeat,” is HERE! It is that time of year again! 2024 is the sixth year running that BAS has convened a group of the most passionate music nerds in our midst to compile a list of the year’s