SF Bay Area
Curbside Concerts Let’s You Hire Musicians to Play in Front of Your Home
The shuttering of live music venues across the country due to COVID, has made things incredibly difficult for musicians and bands. It’s been over five months since live music has become verboten, creating a situation where millions of performers can no longer make a living. Luckily the folks at Curbside Concerts
Arsonist Attempts to Set Fire to Black Church in Berkeley
The Way Church in Berkeley, which has a racial justice advocate as a pastor, was targeted by an arsonist. Pastor Michael McBride, who leads the LIVE FREE gun violence prevention campaign and who co-founded the Black Church PAC, received a call from one of his ministers the morning of July
Details From This Week’s Board of Supervisors Meeting
Guest post by Wesley Wells We’re sitting through the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meetings and breaking them down for you so you don’t have to! Here’s the mini minutes for the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. The full agenda can be accessed on the BoS website.
Folsom Street on Fire this Morning 6 Buildings Burn
The fire was first reported on the side of the Central Freeway in the area of 13th and Folsom streets shortly before 7 a.m. Anyone driving on the 101 through SF saw massive plumes of smoke this morning. 9 AM: Massive fire at 14th off the 101 in SF this
A MAP OF SAN FRANCISCO’S NEW STREET ART 2020
San Francisco art organization ‘Paint the Void’ has commissioned something like 100 murals across San Francisco and the East Bay during shelter-in-place. 84 different boarded up storefronts got covered with art by Bay Area artists. Turning many of our empty, commercial corridors into actual art walks. Visit the interactive Paint
Protest Against Trump’s Fascist Federal Thugs in Oakland!
Trump announced that he’s ramping up the fascism by sending a “surge of federal officers” to various Democrat led cities in the US. If you’ve been paying attention, their dry run has been Portland, Oregon where brave anti-fascists, including a Wall of Moms, have been standing up against these federal
Schaaf Disappoints ‘Defund’ Advocates in Tie-Breaking Vote Against OPD Budget Cuts
The world turned its attention to Oakland when Oscar Grant was murdered by a BART police officer in 2009. The Black Lives Matter movement would not formally organize for another four years, but Grant’s death sparked a national dialogue and amplified calls for police reform. In that way, Oakland is
Frat Party Virus Outbreaks Force UC Berkeley to Start Fall Online Only
University of California, Berkeley officials sent a letter to students Tuesday saying the school has made the “difficult decision” to offer only online classes at the start of the fall semester, which begins Aug. 26. The move to remote-only instruction was announced a day earlier by Chancellor Carol Christ in