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‘Exposed to all the Ruins’: a Fitting End to Et Al Gallery’s Decade in Chinatown
In a small basement tucked between two convenience stores in Chinatown, there is a room filled with flowers beside walls covered in eclectic pairings of photos. It’s for the final show anyone will see at Et Al, a staple gallery in San Francisco’s Chinatown for the past eleven years.
Record Number of Californians Visiting Emergency Rooms for Dog Bites
Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern.
The latest California data shows increased rates of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and deaths from dog bites, with new records set after covid lockdowns. In 2022, there were 48,596 ER visits for dog bites in California, or 125 visits per 100,000 residents, a 70% increase in the rate of visits from 2005, according to the state Department of Health Care Access and Information.
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
The Time I Had to Deal with a Vaccine Denier While Getting a Vaccine
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been used to the idea that vaccines simply are part of life. The youthful fear I may have indulged in as a toddler notwithstanding, I’m pretty sure that before I was ten I found that their practical application made sense. Moreover, on more than one occasion throughout my life, my mother related her experience of catching scarlet fever as a very young girl in the 1940s, back when such a thing was commonplace. In fact, her older sister, who was infected at the same time she was, nearly died of the disease.
Get Ready to Dance: ESG is Playing Great American Music Hall!
by Nico Simonian There are two kinds of people: those who love ESG, and those who have not yet heard ESG. The band’s particular blend of funk, post-punk, and dance music sparks immediate and infectious joy to everyone who hears it. And whether you know them or not, you now
California’s Confusing Primary Voting Process Explained
Welcome to one of the most confusing parts of the election process in California: the Closed Primary.
Glamorous Euphoria in Spite of it All – The Top 100 Songs of 2023
BY SAYRE PIOTROWSKI AND NICO SIMONIAN Our Official 2023 Playlist, “Glamorous Euphoria in Spite of it All” is HERE! It is that time of year again! 2023 is the fifth year running that BAS has convened a group of the most passionate music nerds in our midst to compile a list of the
The Digital Age Killed the Lost Art of the Mix Tape
There was a feeling of slow courtship with a song or album, compared to current days of a “swipe left, swipe right” music listening experience.
In 2024, All Immigrants in California May Qualify for Medicaid
By Bernard J. Wolfson Milagro, a Peruvian immigrant in Riverside County, California, has had spotty access to health care in the two decades she’s been in this country. The 48-year-old, who works as the office manager at a nonprofit, can get emergency care through a narrow set of benefits the