SF Bay Area
What California, and San Francisco, Meant to Mark Lanegan
by Paolo Bicchieri Given an ultimatum by the Seattle Police Department and court system, singer -songwriter Mark Lanegan moved to Los Angeles to pursue rehab near Pasadena. His time in King County was running out, and he knew he had to leave to make a serious go of getting clean.
Elon Musk Buys Twitter, Immediately Fires CEO
Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter. Musk paid for the San Francisco-based social media company just one day before the deadline to complete the $44 billion deal or face a lengthy battle in court. His first act was to fire several top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned
After Years of Delays & Well Over Budget, The Central Subway Opens
Just two and a half weeks away, the grand opening of a long-awaited project. The Central Subway will finally (tho not completely) be opened. An extension of the T Third Line route on 3rd Street, the Central Subway will extend through SOMA, the FiDi and Chinatown. Last week, the city
Glide Leadership Opposes Recognizing Employee Union
Earlier this month, Glide Foundation employees took the first step in unionizing by joining together to send a voluntary recognition letter to their CEO and President, Karen Hanraha. They drafted the letter to Hanraha and Glide leadership by working directly with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local
Shuggie’s Trash Pie – The Restaurant Making Dinner Out of Trash
by Lydia Sviatoslavsky Can environmentalism ever be a celebration of excess? It may seem absurd, but Shuggie’s Trash Pie + Natural Wine in San Francisco’s Mission District proves it possible. Co-owners Kayla Abe and David Murphy unveiled their “food waste paradise” in April, splashing the corner of 23rd Street and
The SF Leonard Cohen Festival Will Be Pure Magic!
The 2022 San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival Presented by Conspiracy of Beards Will Be Presented November 4, 5, and 6 at The Lost Church and Balboa Theater Presented each November by San Francisco’s Conspiracy of Beards, a choir of men that sing the songs of Leonard Cohen, the San Francisco
ArtHouseSF: A Nonprofit For Artists’ Housing and Venues
ArthouseSF starts with taking care of our creative community, but it offers a model that can be adapted for other nonprofit housing projects
Largest Bay Area Earthquake in 8 Years Strikes San Jose
Tuesday’s M5.1 was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the South Napa earthquake in 2014. That event, a M6.0, resulted in one death and dozens of injuries. The quake occurred on the Calaveras Fault, known among geologists as a “creeping fault.” It usually moves aseismically, or without producing