Legendary rest stop and gloriously tacky amusement park The Nut Tree is indeed still around in Vacaville, and now celebrating its 100th birthday. Generations of northern Californians have known the Nut Tree as their halfway stop on I-80 between the Bay Area and Sacramento, and we remember its glory days

Some people are history buffs, some people are transit nerds, and then there’s that rare kind of person who is strangely fascinated by both local history and public transportation. That is the kind of person who will spend hours clicking and scrolling through a just released set of more than

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

Well, that was a fun seven weeks acting like the worst of the pandemic was over. But the San Francisco Department of Public Health just announced that the indoor mask mandate goes back into effect on Tuesday, August 3 (technically midnight tonight). San Francisco is one of seven Bay Area

Fireworks season is over, so your pets are coming out from under the covers or couch again. And just in time, because cable network TBS is reviving the old David Letterman segment “Stupid Pet Tricks” as a full-fledged TV show — with none other than Sarah Silverman as host.  It’s

Burning Man is cancelled this year, but there’s still some end-of-August awesomeness lined up to satisfy your dusty jones. A satirical musical entitled Burning Man: The Musical will premiere August 27 on streaming platforms to replace mutant vehicles with musicals, and we’ve got the trailer and some words from its

Here we go again. The California Department of Public Health just released a 12 Noon Wednesday update recommending that everyone wear masks indoors again — even  if you are fully vaccinated. JUST IN: In major change, California recommends everyone wear masks indoors again https://t.co/IXqbqXU38h — San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) July

69% (nice) of San Francisco residents are fully vaccinated, and 76% have their first shot, so most of the city has received the COVID-19 vaccine. But that means 26% of the city’s population is still unvaccinated, and one workforce development nonprofit wants to get that percentage of San Franciscans higher

Infantile “immersive experience” and sprinkle pollution scofflaw the Museum of Ice Cream arrived in San Francisco in 2017. But nearly four years to the day after its arrival, the SF Museum of Ice Cream is in the can. The SF Business Times reports that the San Francisco Museum of Ice