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Bay Area Braces for Wet and Wild Winter Storm
The storm brewing overhead will deliver desperately needed rain throughout the region, but it unfortunately comes in the form of an atmospheric river that will create as much damage as it does benefit. The winter rainstorm quickly descending on the Bay Area has prompted widespread evacuations in the Santa Cruz
Mayor Breed Announces Outdoor Dining Can Return, Salons Can Reopen Thursday
On the heels of Monday morning’s announcement that California has lifted its stay-at-home orders, Mayor London Breed just announced Monday afternoon that outdoor dining can resume on Thursday, January 28. She also added that hair salons and nail salons can also resume indoor business Thursday, as long as mask and
Harriet Tubman $20 Bills Are Finally Coming, After Trump Trashed The Plan
Historic news today for those of us who want to see someone other than slave-owning white guys on American dollar bills. New White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday morning that the US Treasury would restart plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The Obama administration announced
Gavin Newsom Has Lifted The Statewide Stay-At-Home Orders
Those outdoor dining parklets could be rocking again, and sooner than you think. In a Monday morning announcement reported by CNN, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health announced they are rolling back the statewide stay-at-home orders. These are the more severe orders that Newsom put into
The Songs That Helped Us Get Through 2020
One year ago we assembled a group of our most plugged-in friends from in and around the music industry to compose a 2020-minute playlist documenting the past decade. This year we’ve tasked a smaller team with a much smaller task. 100 songs from the most extraordinary year of our lives.
San Francisco May Have a New Office of ‘Drag Laureate’
Well this is absolutely delightful! San Francisco is considering creating the office of Drag Laureate. Yesterday on SF Gate, Peter-Astrid Kane (also a contributor to this website) wrote that the “Bay Area Reporter noted the idea was one of many in S.F.’s ‘LGBTQ+ Cultural Heritage Strategy,’ a 2018 report that was revised
With All This Empty Commercial Space, Maybe it’s Time to Start Squatting
With the money running out and the uncertainty of the eviction moratoriums, I’m sure many San Francisco renters are wondering where they will go when it all comes crashing down. Those with a good grasp of history will find inspiration from the past, and in San Francisco, that past is
