Is your neighborhood Starbucks closed?  According to local news reports, several Starbucks locations are struggling with “staffing shortages.” Considering that we’re still in the midst of a global pandemic, this seems plausible. But there’s a larger story at play here that’s not making headlines.  Last December, employees at the Elmwood

The last three years have been hard. Dr. Dre knows this. Despite the fact that he is not a licensed medical practitioner, he somehow gave us the medicine we needed: West Coast Gangsta Rap nostalgia.  The pandemic made us all long for a time when we could breathe next to

Amidst the roses, romantic dinners and candy, danger lurks on Valentine’s Day and other days, with romance scams on the rise across the Bay Area, FBI officials said Friday. Victims in the FBI’s San Francisco division lost more than $64 million to romance scams in 2021, compared with $35 million

My name is Alex Mak, I’m the managing editor and co-owner of BrokeAssStuart.com. You may recognize my byline as I’ve personally written over 1,000 articles for BAS, and I’ve edited and published 3 times that many by independent writers from our community. What many of you already know about independent media,

If you’re hankering for a cookie fix, look no further than Troop 6000’s Girl Scout cookies.  Troop 6000 is a Girl Scout program designed to serve houseless girls in the New York City Shelter System. The troop meets weekly in shelters across the city, led by community volunteers and women

I know for a lot of Bay Area natives, even the mere mention of Bitcoin, Etherium or Blockchains makes you want to roll your eyes. I understand. Tech bros in the Bay Area are insufferable. I am now working in tech, specifically in digital assets, so allow me to be

San Francisco is home to the biggest Two Spirit Powwow in the country, organized by the Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits (BAAITS). Due to the continued fuckery of Covid-19, the 11th Annual BAAITS Two Spirit Powwow will be livestreamed on their YouTube page on Feb. 12. The powwow includes

ESPN Films announced this week that production has started on a multi-part documentary on Colin Kaepernick, with Spike Lee on board to direct. The project was announced last year as part of Disney’s overall ‘first-look’ deal with Colin Kaepernick’s production arm Ra Vision Media. Spike Lee and Colin Kaepernick are courtside