SF Bay Area
The Love Letters Written to Alameda
For the month of February, we’ve all been able to enjoy the Alameda Love Letter mailboxes. We even learned more about the project from creator themselves. Recently, the mailboxes have been taken down and put into storage. But, I know we’re all curious.. what did some of the letters say?
Activist to Project Ukrainian Art onto Palace of Fine Arts
Projection artist Alan Marling along with nonprofit Justice Murals have teamed up to project Ukrainian art onto the side of the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco this evening (February 22nd) in the wake of Russia’s threat to invade sovereign Ukrainian territory. Justice Murals contacted Ukrainian art center Arsenal
How San Francisco Extorts Construction Contractors – Matt Gonzalez Explains
Matt Gonzalez isn’t just a former president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, he’s also been the Chief Attorney in San Francisco’s Public Defenders Office, and more recently he has defended construction contractors in disputes with the city in private practice. In 2003 Gonzalez narrowly lost a mayoral race to
Hundreds of Anti-Semitic Messages Left on Berkeley Doorsteps
The Berkeley Police Department and City Council released a joint statement on Monday afternoon condemning hateful messages left on the doorsteps of houses in the north Berkeley hills. According to the statement, “hundreds” of neighbors found plastic sandwich bags on their doorsteps on Feb. 20 that were “filled with hateful,
Monday News Roundup: Election results, CA Approaches Endemic
Hey San Francisco, and happy Presidents’ Day. I finally got out to see the Magnificent Magnolias at the Botanical Garden on Saturday. If you haven’t been, it’s worth a visit. If you get your tickets online ahead of time (they’re free for SF residents), you can bypass the line at
American Steel Artists Speak About Billionaires Evicting Them
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.
SIBLINGS PLEAD GUILTY TO SELLING ILLEGAL CIGARRETTES IN SAN FRANCISCO
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
What San Francisco Felt Like at the Start of the Tech Boom
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.