State and county fairs are known for their charming Americana competitions where judges award prizes to livestock, 4-H booths, crop art, and varieties of plants and produce. And here in California, the state fair is adding a new category of plants and produce. The California State Fair announced Tuesday that

Imagine being the kind of employee whose main concern is not your impact on society or the world at large, or the things your company or business accomplishes — but instead, your main concern is how your stock options are doing. Yet that is the case throughout much of Silicon

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

In San Francisco, the “Holiday Season” begins in the last full week of September, a.k.a. Leather Week, which officially started with Sunday’s Leather Walk. And while preparations are now underway for this coming Sunday’s “Folsom Street Fair,” which this year is calling itself Megahood 2021, preparations are also underway to

It’s the tail end of September, and you know what that means  — PG&E is shutting off power for thousands of California customers. About 14,000 customers in the East Bay lost their power on Sunday, and things will only get worse and more widespread on Monday, as the utility company

It seemed lovely news all around back in mid-August when the city of San Francisco announced plans to buy four hotels and convert them to housing for people experiencing homelessness. This will not solve San Francisco’s homelessness problem, which at last count was more than 8,000 unsheltered people, but 368

When Outside Lands tickets went on sale in April, they sold out in less than two hours. But if you are one of the many, many, many people who wanted Outside Lands tickets and didn’t get them, you have another chance. The festival just announced they are putting more Outside

The Recall Gavin Newsom election was such a blowout loss for the recall that the neworks all called the election a mere 37 minutes after the polls closed. They’re still counting votes, though, and according to the current numbers from the California Secretary of State, the recall failed by a

Multiplatinum recording artist and occasional Drag Race judge Nicki Minaj is getting dragged on Twitter right now, for the most bizarre “Dog ate my homework” excuse for not getting the vaccine in the entire world of pop stardom. She’s refusing to attend the Met Gala because they’re making it a