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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

We’ve had a lot of these nights as of late, where warm days unfold into breezy, not-quite cold nights, the familiar summertime fog scattering to the burning plains in the east. My button-down is wet down my back and under my arms with the usual accompanying fragrance as I hustle

Burning Man 2015 – Who are the rich and famous a**holes you’ll see turnt up at the turnkey camps of Burning Man? Based on their public comments, social media posts and history of going to Burning Man every year because they can afford to, we’ve updated last year’s Which Famous Assholes are Going to Burning Man list to determine which famous assholes will be arriving in private jets to plug-and-play at the the Burning Man 2015 festival.

“Our beloved city is in crisis. The people we care about are being pushed out, and the local businesses and cultural institutions we cherish are suffocating under rising rents. The time to take a stand is long overdue. The People’s Campaign is a new approach to politics built on our collective solidarity and the understanding that the time is now for each and everyone one of us to say ENOUGH! Ya Basta!”

As I start typing this out, I am already feeling the anticipatory phantom vibration from my phone going nuts with texts from friends bitching at me for blowing up their spots. But you know what? Don’t care. Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this list of the hidden treasures of Oakland.

  The ‘Comedian You Should Know’ series highlights funny people performing in San Francisco.  We’d simply like to give some dedicated press to people who make us laugh.  You can catch Drew opening for James Adomian at Doc’s Lab August 6th. We first got to see Drew perform on the Kinda

On Sunday, August 2, the San Francisco tech community attempted to make amends for the disastrous press they received last week from the mess left behind during a startup’s confetti filled party at Dolores Park. The official Facebook event was titled, ‘Startups Clean Dolores Park, and was intended for those within the

An anti-gentrification philosophical tantrum by performance artist and poet Gómez-Peña reflects on the dangers of the ultimate “creative city,” and what it means to become a foreigner in his own neighborhood, waiting for the much touted eviction notice.