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What your BART Station says about you (PENINSULA/SOUTH BAY EDITION)
The Bay Area is a big place with a lot of cities, and every city in the Bay can be a little different. But one thing that is synonymous with the Bay Area experience, is BART. The Bay Area Rapid Transit, with its loud trains, lateness, general sketchiness and insanity
UC Berkeley Strips Hall of Controversial Name
University of California at Berkeley officials on Tuesday stripped another hall of its name, the fourth in a year’s time. Kroeber Hall, which honored anthropologist Alfred Kroeber, was unnamed because he continues to be associated with the ideas of exclusion and erasure of Native Americans. Kroeber is remembered as the
The ‘Recall Gavin Newsom’ Effort Is Basically Just 5 Guys
The media is being largely hoodwinked about the “Recall Gavin Newsom” movement, which is currently operating under the name Rescue California. The New York Post calls it “a grassroots recall effort.” Fox News claims the movement is “picking up steam.” Newsweek insists that the effort has “gained traction,” and reprints
Someone Is Trying To Sell ‘COVID Vaccinated Breast Milk’ On Craigslist
This website has had all manner of fun enjoying a good laugh over some crazy things we’ve seen posted on Craigslist over the years. But no post could be more bizarrely 2021 than this currently live SF Bay Craigslist post trying to sell you supposedly “COVID vaccinated breast milk” for
Airplanes Are Packed, So Why Aren’t Restaurants?
Restaurants across the country are struggling because of the pandemic, but the amount of struggle depends on the city or state that the restaurant is in. New York City doesn’t have indoor dining as an option at all, so restaurants there are totally empty depending completely on takeout and those
Madam Secretary: Who Is Janet Yellen and Can She Save Us From Economic Demise?
Janet Yellen was sworn in Tuesday as the 78th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In the hallway of portraits depicting every person who’s held that title, beginning with Alexander Hamilton, Yellen’s will stand out as the first woman on that esteemed wall. The 74-year-old Brooklyn-born economic phenom is no stranger
Trump Pardons Were Mixed Bag of Accidental Good, Intentional Bad and Absolute Absurdity
By Ian Firstenberg During his term, former President Donald Trump pardoned 89 people and commuted 117 sentences. The volume and late-stage flurry is thoroughly average compared to past presidents. Some of Trump’s pardons are distinctly more political, like the four Blackwater guards convicted for murdering Iraqi citizens, while some are
