We’re super excited to partner with SF-based nonprofit When the Music Stops to send ten lucky winners to the 2nd Annual WTMS Summit! WTMS is an organization which offers mental and emotional support to all through music, connection, and love. Founded by suicide survivor Josh Donaldson, WTMS aims to provide

What’s the best show you’ve seen at The Independent? I’m honestly having a hard time picking just one favorite. Was it Charles Bradley? Maybe The Devil Makes Three? Or was it Richie Cunning? Hell, I even had my my mayoral campaign kickoff party there. I LOVE the Independent! So I’m very excited

Hi and welcome to the BAS Weekend Wellness Column! My name is Erynne Elkins and I’m a Well-Being Advocate and Certified Breathwork Facilitator. Every Friday I’ll share a holistic wellness modality available here in the Bay Area. Cheers to good health! How Going Round in Circles Pays Off This just

It’s no secret that California is in a very serious drought. Fifty of the state’s 58 counties are now in a drought-related state of emergency and the reservoirs that hold our water supply are at record lows. One town is literally going without water. This is of course helping fuel what

According to SFO passenger arrival data comparing May 2021 to May 2020, passenger traffic to SFO is up 506% over what it was for the same time period.  You can image that this escalating trend is only increasing for June and July. International passengers in particular are up 843.7%  over

If there’s one type of event that San Francisco loves more than any other city, it’s a good old-fashioned sing-a-long. It’s been quite a while since we could gather to belt show tunes together at the Castro Theatre, or blast “Bohemian Rhapsody” at The Mint. Luckily, tomorrow night at Oasis,

The number of wildfires and amount of land burned California so far in 2021 is much greater than in the same period in disastrous 2020.  Remember 2020…when the fucking sky turned orange? in January 1, 2021 through July 4, 2021 there were 3,856 fires, with 18,499 acres burned according to

The California Geological Survey released NEW UPDATED Tsunami maps of the CA coastline, so we can see in greater detail whose house will be underwater when big wave finally gets here.  You can even search your own address if it’s in the urine colored Tsunami zone.