Alex Mak - Managing Editor

11 Oct 2016

Lobbying Loophole Gets Ed Lee $100k in Travelling Expenses

A current loophole in our law allows lobbyist to bundle contributions and use go-betweens to pay San Francisco politicians.  For example, companies like Airbnb & Uber paid for Ed Lee to go on a trip to China in 2013, and since he’s been in office he’s flown all over the world

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11 Oct 2016

Modern Times Bookstore Collective Closing in SF

Modern Times Bookstore Collective in San Francisco: Serving Radical Progressives and the Mission District For 45 Years.  It really does signal an end of an era. From Modern Times: On November 15, Modern Times Bookstore Collective will be closing on the 45th anniversary of doing business in San Francisco’s Mission

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27 Jan 2024

The San Francisco Beer Passport is Here!

Step into a world of adventure with the San Francisco Beer Passport. There’s no better way to explore San Francisco than to literally drink it in. This passport is amazing! Each one contains 27 coupons to buy one beer, get a second beer FREE at 27 of the finest locally

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10 Oct 2016

Everyday Icons from San Francisco’s Streets

Anyone who’s been downtown San Francisco will understand this work instantly. Ryan Malley, an artist you should know

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05 Oct 2016

Places & Things to Burn When the SF Giants Win The World Series Again

*Warning.  This post is satire.  It lampoons the past behavior of idiots who’ve disrespected our city by destroying things in times of celebration. It also acknowledges the fact that the SF Giants have been the absolute best team in baseball in the last decade.  Go Giants!  And now back to the list of things

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30 Sep 2016

Trump’s Twitter Rant Shows Why He Can’t be President

Trump took to Twitter at around 2am (PST)  this morning, in order to attack the credibility of a former beauty pageant contestant.  The same woman he famously called “Miss Piggy” years ago. If you watched Monday’s Presidential debate you know that Hillary brought up Trump’s history with former Miss Universe Alicia

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28 Sep 2016

5 Ways to Kill Bed Bugs on the Cheap

Everybody by now has heard a nightmare story about bed bug infestation or lived through it themselves. If you live in a city, chances are you know someone whose had to call an exterminator, or even had to move out of their place all together because the little bastards have

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27 Sep 2016

Things Too $hort Taught Me About Sex That Turned Out to be Wrong

Since I was 11 years old and knew nothing about hooking up, or about ladies, I took every word of the album very seriously. But what I would later learn, is that everything that Too $hort taught me about sex turned out not to be true.

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23 Sep 2016

Artists are Openning Their Studios in San Francisco

San Francisco’s 41th annual Open Studios kicks off this weekend!  Hundreds of SF local artists will opening up their work space to hangout with you for several weekends!  Weekend 1 takes place at the massive Hunters Point Shipyard where large buildings next to the bay play home to thousands of pieces of art.

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