Written By: Ian Firstenberg Airports are Hell. Airlines are the Devil. To purge the evil, the government should use the same strategy it employed against the railroad: seize it. It’s unclear whether it’s the barrage of bright neon colored advertising, the prison cell sized workspaces, the perpetual delays or the

Over 1,500 janitors and hotel workers marched through downtown San Francisco on May Day in a protest for higher wages, affordable health care, and better workloads. Union contracts covering 5,000 janitors and 10,000 Bay Area hotel workers are set to expire this summer, and workers say the march was intended to show their employers that they are ready for possible labor disputes.

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

Written by: Ian Firstenberg Caution: Like the bottles of milk in your fridge, this is all spoilers In a semi-distant future, rife with partisan divide and automatic rifles, an eclectic foursome of reporters traverses suburban Appalachia to document the killing of the President. Two of five stars. That’s Civil War,

by Mark Pritchard My journey to see the eclipse this year was originally supposed to be a big road trip from the West Coast. But my beloved couldn’t come for various reasons, so I decided to fly out to St. Louis where my sister lives, borrow her car, and head into

By Bunny McFadden San Franciscans have a chance to check out some dope art from disabled artists for free at SFMOMA from April 6-October 6. The exhibition, titled Creative Growth: The House That Art Built, centers around 115 pieces of art procured from Creative Growth Art Center, an organization in Oakland

By Bunny McFadden There was a ton of press around Anchor Brewing closing their entire operation – including their taproom – a few months ago, but where has that in-house kitchen that made ambrosian quesabirria tacos landed? We caught up with Frank Grizzly’s chef-owners Kim Truong and Jorge Islas to see

BY TOUTA BAHER Touta Baher was a child actor who was taken out of the game by Shia LaBeouf on the set of a Skippy peanut butter commercial. That traumatic incident forced him into the archaic world of poetry, where he now sits in rooms full of white people and

Jim Carroccio was desperate. After decades of cognitive therapy, his struggles with PTSD and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder were as acute and debilitating as ever. So it was time to take a trip.

Literally and figuratively.