Bay City News
SF Officials Launch $11.4M in Grants to Help Small SF Businesses Recover
As we reopen and work to ensure an equitable recovery, we are also continuing to fund our Community Resource Hubs, which have filled essential needs for so many who have struggled so much during this pandemic.”
Elon Musk is Officially Buying Twitter
Elon Musk is buying Twitter, according to the company, which announced the transaction Monday. Musk will buy the company for $54.20 per share of common stock in a deal valued at about $44 billion. Twitter, which has its headquarters in San Francisco, will become a private company following the deal,
The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!
As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon
Report: Silicon Valley Residents Left in Droves During Pandemic
by Tran Nguyen Tens of thousands of people left Silicon Valley during the COVID-19 pandemic, but local housing and economics experts aren’t too worried about the mass exodus. The metro area encompassing San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale lost nearly 43,000 people between April 2020 and July 2021, according to recently released census data. That’s
Castro Theatre Burglarized Twice Last Week – Possibly by the Same Person
A spokesperson for San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre said Sunday that it was broken into twice in the same week by the same person. “This is both heartbreaking and galling,” said Mary Conde, Vice President for Bay Area small business Another Planet Entertainment, in a press release. “Why this individual
MONSTER ANTITRUST SUIT CLAIMS BIG OIL CONSPIRED WITH RUSSIA, OPEC TO LIMIT PRODUCTION
Two dozen individual consumers filed a massive lawsuit Monday in federal court in San Francisco alleging an antitrust conspiracy two years ago by big oil companies to curtail worldwide oil production in order to boost the price of gas. The defendants include Exxon Mobile Corporation, the world’s biggest oil company, Chevron Corporation, Phillips 66 Company, Occidental Petroleum, and a number of smaller oil companies.
SF Announces Behavioral Health Facility to Help Homeless People Exiting Jail
San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Wednesday announced the opening of a new facility in the city’s South of Market neighborhood for homeless residents transitioning out of the criminal justice system and in need of behavioral health services. The new transitional housing facility, called the Minna Project and located at
California May Become “Sanctuary” for People Fleeing Texas and Florida
By Emily Hoeven California’s Democratic leaders have a message for Texans and Floridians opposed to their states’ stances on abortion, LGBTQ rights and gun control: You’re more than welcome in the Golden State. The latest offering came from Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, who on Thursday announced
Mayor Breed Introduces Legislation to Permanently Close JFK Drive
By Katy St. Clair A section of John F. Kennedy Drive in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park could be moving closer to being permanently closed to vehicle traffic after Mayor London Breed introduced legislation Tuesday to authorize the change. The proposal to close 1.5 miles of JFK Drive came before