Just 5 years after being purchased by 11-West, one of our most vibrant and imaginative artist communities in Oakland will be emptied out by this summer. The community of large scale industrial artists, fabricators, builders, and makers at American Steel in West Oakland is readying themselves for an upcoming eviction.

If you bought cigarettes from a certain grocery in Excelsior, there’s a decent chance they came from China.  Two brothers were sentenced today for illegally importing over 2,700 cartons of illegal Chinese cigarettes and selling them at D&K Herb and Grocery. There is a lot of taxes associated with cigarette

I moved to San Francisco in 2002, a time I like to call “between gold rushes.” The fervor and swagger of the first dot com boom had not so much burst as it had flown around the city like a balloon with the air let out, taking down everything it crashed into. San Francisco had ridden the dot com monster into the 21st century on a wave of optimism and massive change, and not unlike the original gold rush that created this place, more than just a handful of people ended up with obscene wealth. And then like anything too good to be true, it ended with a whimper, causing those who hadn’t managed to strike a vein of digital ore, left to pick up the pieces and create something of their own.

By Rose Eden. If you’ve lived in the city for a while, you’d know it’s that optimal time of year between seasons here that (if all goes well) signals winter ending just as quickly as the swimsuits begin popping up for sale at the Target on Masonic

The Stanford College Republicans said on Twitter this week that people opposing Pence’s visit to the campus have torn down flyers and a banner “in a desperate attempt to undermine the event.”

The “City Of Souls” aka the ‘Dead City’ aka ‘Silent Town’ is where San Franciscans go when they die, has a growing population of 1.5 Million ‘souls’.

Masks off, California.  As of today, California has lifted indoor mask mandates for vaccinated residents, with the exception of Santa Clara county.  Vaccinated residents can now shed their masks in restaurants, movie houses, and retail businesses. However, individual businesses can continue to request that patrons wear masks if locally preferred. 

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