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California’s Attorney General Is Ready To Fight Trump
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is prepared to challenge President-elect Donald Trump’s potential rollback of reproductive health rights and pursue a national abortion ban, using his personal experience and the state’s laws to protect women’s rights.
San Francisco’s Dog Obsession Has Gone Too Far
The other day, my husband sent me a video of our baby girl chewing on one of her favorite toys. We’re in the teething stage of parenthood, so she will chew on anything and everything these days—sticks, our noses, broken flower pots, the cage she sleeps in at night. Raising
Best Bay Area Events 11/12-12/2
“Lights, Camera, Bitch, Smile!”by Vanessa Gil, Arts & Events Editor It’s time to make small, joyful moments for ourselves. The company of friends, snuggling with pets, eating your favorite meal. While the world is not in the best place, there’s still happy moments to exist in. Here’s what I’m
Organized, Filthy & Fearless: The John Waters Christmas is here
One of my favorite days every year is when I get to interview John Waters about his upcoming Christmas Show at The Great American Music Hall. This year, it happened to be the morning after the election, and I wasn’t too worried (turns out I was in denial). I was
UC Berkeley May Have Just Solved Climate Change
UC Berkeley chemist Omar Yaghi and his team have discovered a powder called COF-999 that can potentially suck carbon dioxide out of the air, potentially saving the world from global warming.
How The Democrats Can Win Again
Kamala Harris’ speech in Detroit, Michigan, highlighted the hypocrisy of the modern Democratic Party, as they have transitioned from a party of workers to a party of hypocrites, and the need for the party to ditch condescension and hypocrisy in favor of becoming a party of the people.
My Daniel Lurie Wishlist
Daniel Lurie, the Mayor-elect of San Francisco, has a lot of problems to solve, including reversing the Tenderloin policy, rolling back policies that punish city residents, and making city streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
Musically Haunting: “Ghost Quartet” Gives us Life at Oakland Theater Project
If you could be any kind of dead person, what kind would you be? Spoiler: you want to be a ghost, the kind that goes “hoo hoo hoo all night long.” So says the lyrics in “Any Kind of Dead Person”, one of the many catchy tunes in Oakland Theater