Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, that ends mandatory minimum jail sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Wiener said Senate Bill 73 will help end mass incarceration and what he called the state’s war on drugs. “Our prisons and jails are

By Olivia Wynkoop San Francisco Police officers arrested a man linked to seven robberies and hate crimes against Asian women, police announced Tuesday. Over the course of six months, 20-year-old O’Sean Garcia allegedly targeted Asian women in the city’s Bayview and Ingleside neighborhoods. In the latest incident, reported on September

The Mutiny Radio Comedy Festival is in its 6th year, and this is the most ambitious ever with 24 shows in 7 days at 6 venues all over San Francisco. Coming Oct 10th-16th with 75 comics from all over the US, along with the Bay Area’s favorite underground comedians, you won’t want to miss special weekend afternoon outdoor shows all day long at Asiento, Atlas Cafe, El Rio, Milk Bar and The BAR on Dolores, and weeknight indoor performances at Milk Bar in the Haight and OMG! downtown.

By Eli Walsh Roughly 90 percent of eligible Napa County residents have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose as local case and hospitalization data trends down, the county’s public health officer said Tuesday. Unvaccinated residents continue to make up at least half of those being hospitalized due to COVID-19

By Ian Firstenberg  Last week, Assemblymember David Chiu was appointed to take on the role as San Francisco’s city attorney after 20-year incumbent Dennis Herrera announced he will leave to head up the embattled Public Utilities Commission.  Chiu is expected to step down on Oct. 31. The vacancy requires Gov.

Blunderland is finally coming to San Francisco. The LGBTQ+ loving variety show which has wowed audiences in New York City, New Orleans, and Adelaide now comes to our beloved City by the Bay for an extended weekend’s worth of performances at Chinatown’s Great Star Theater. From October 7-10, 2021, San

A physiology professor from University of California, San Francisco has won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for work on pain sensation. David Julius is professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at UC San Francisco and the Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine. Juluis shares the award

Watching short indie films: fun.  Getting drunk with friends: Also fun.  Put the two together, and you’ve got the filmgoing world’s version of chicken and waffles: the Drunken Film Festival (hereafter DrunkenFF)! DrunkenFF returns for a 4th edition after a horrible year of involuntary bar closures.  From October 3-8, 2021,