Alex Mak - Managing Editor

25 Jun 2019

Crystal Vielula : Artist You Should Know

The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place.  Meet Crystal Vielula, a dynamic and multi-faceted artist whose art often makes you stop and smile.  If

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24 Jun 2019

Bernie To Forgive All Student Debt & Make College Free for Everyone

“This proposal will make it possible for every person in America to get all the education that they need” – Bernie Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed to eliminating all $1.6 trillion of student debt held in the United States this morning.  And to make Universities admission FREE.  Why?  Because keeping

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24 Jun 2019

Bernie Wants Forgive All Student Debt & Make College Free for Everyone

Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressives introduce new college affordability bills. https://t.co/Hspc0iM5tK — TIME (@TIME) June 24, 2019 “This proposal will make it possible for every person in America to get all the education that they need” – Bernie Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) proposed to eliminating all $1.6 trillion of

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20 Jun 2019

SF Becomes 1st City to Ban E-Cigarette Sales Completely

In March of this year, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton proposed legislation that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes in the city and prohibit e-cigarette companies like Juul from occupying city-owned property in the future. This week, City Supervisors voted 11-0 in favor

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20 Jun 2019

Fast Food Chain Promises ‘Meatless Burger’ Will Still Cause Diarrhea

The famed ‘meatless’ burger has passed the testing stage and is now making its way into major fast food chains across America. Fast Food CEO and spokesperson Randy Hambuckler, reassured the press this week that, “although the meatless burger does not contain the fast food meat you’ve come to love,

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18 Jun 2019

San Francisco’s Long, Passionate Affair with Carmen

For over 92 years Georges Bizet’s Carmen has carried on a great love affair with San Francisco.  Carmen was our city’s first opera, debuting in 1927 at SF’s Civic Auditorium.  Over the decades, she’s continued to sing and seduce her way through some 192 performances in San Francisco, and through

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15 Jun 2019

The Fight to Save The Mezzanine & Nightlife in San Francisco

You may have heard that the Mezzanine, one of San Francisco’s beloved music venues, was being forced out of its home on 444 Jessie st.  The Mezzanine’s landlords threatened to raise their rent by 600% by year’s end, essentially kicking them out in order to convert the thriving nightlife venue

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