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Filipino Cuisine Pops Up in Oakland Pop-up: Chef Yana Gilbuena
Filipino chef Yana Gilbuena thrives on traveling and cooking Filipino food. In 2014, she embarked on a 50-week pop-up dinner tour across the 50 U.S. states, and wrapped up the Canadian provinces in 2015. She started the Latin America Tour in January 2016 but has to postpone due to
Planet Booty is Playing an Epic Show at the Starline Social Club
You know Planet Booty. They are by far one of the most excellent party bands in the Bay Area. You’ve seen them interviewed on this site. You’ve seen them play the New Parish, and now you get to see them at The Starline Social Club for this epic show. What’s
Why We Should Get Rid of Court Ordered Debt for Low-Income People
Imagine you’re a single parent working as a mechanic and making regular installment payments to the SF court on a couple of traffic tickets you got a couple years ago for speeding and jaywalking. A few months into the payments, your child is diagnosed with a medical condition.
I Gave up OJ Simpson for Lent
Lent. Up until a day year ago I thought it was just one vowel off from the shit you can find in your belly button. As time has gone on, however, I’ve learned that it’s so much more than what I did with my sweater. It’s the commemoration of the period before
SFMTA Offering Refunds on $6.1 Million in Overcharges
The SFMTA has given notice of approximately $6.1 million in unclaimed funds for overpayment and duplicate payments received for parking and transit citations issued between January 1, 1995 and June 30, 2012. The deadline to fill out a claim is March 3, 2016! After that any unclaimed funds will become the property
Open Letter to Justin Keller
Dear Mr. Justin Keller,
Thank you for your letter voicing your concern over the current problems facing our fair city, San Francisco. I read that you’ve been here over 3 years, so I can imagine how hard it must be for you to see the city change from the clean, quiet tourist destination of 2013 to the vile, riffraff-saturated hovel of 2016
What to do When Someone is Having a Mental Health Crisis on the Street
Justin Keller’s absurd, entitled, whiny, anti-homeless rant got me thinking about this. Not long ago I was walking near Church and Market and suddenly there was a bunch of hubbub behind me. You know what I’m talking about, it’s not loud and raucous but there’s some kind of disturbance that sets