Alex Mak - Managing Editor

02 Sep 2017

What you can do to support homeless people during this weekend’s heat wave

Guest Post By:  The Staff of Street Sheet  Yesterday, San Francisco broke an all-time high in temperature records and hit 106 degrees. It was hot, really hot—and it still is. The heat wave continues on this weekend, with Saturday slated to reach up to 93 degrees and Sunday, 83 degrees.

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31 Aug 2017

Poor But Still Pouring: The Best Spots for Happy Hour in Oakland

By James Gage Oakland is a town that knows how to get boozy. If its yeasty, fizzy, salt-rimmed, or citrus-infused, there’s a dimly lit hole-in-the-wall bar or glitzy cocktail spot in Oakland to enjoy it. This week, Bwe’re bringing you a comprehensive list of the best places to imbibe during

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29 Aug 2017

Anheuser-Busch & MillerCoors Can Drinking Water for Hurricane Victims

When big disasters strike in America, big beer stops beer production and instead cans drinking water for the Red Cross.  Anheuser-Busch/InBev (owners of Budweiser/Stella/Shocktop etc.) are delivering over 155,000 cans of emergency drinking water to help communities in the Gulf Coast area in response to Hurricane Harvey.  The water will

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26 Aug 2017

The Anti-Fascist Rallies in San Francisco Today & The Sad Alt-Right Showing at Crissy Field

It was a beautiful day to march around and squash fascist ideology in San Francisco.  While the much touted white supremacists cowered in their hotel rooms and presumably in their meth labs, San Franciscans rallied and marched all over our city in the name of love, equality, and human rights. There were

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15 Aug 2017

San Franciscans Plan to Dance in Face of White Nationalist Rally

The Bay Area is bracing itself for two white nationalist rallies planned to take place in San Francisco and Berkeley August 26th and 27th.  And there are few things more San Franciscan than promoting love and inclusion in the face of ignorance and bigotry.  Some citizens are planning to dance and party

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15 Aug 2017

A Brilliant Way to Fight The White Nationalist Rallies in Berkeley & SF

Activist and thought leader Elizabeth McLaughlin made an excellent suggestion on facebook addressing how to peacefully combat racist rallies like the one in #charlottesville.   Specifically, there are white supremacist rally planned for Crissy Field in San Francisco on August 26th and in Downtown Berkely on August 27th.  McLaughlin referenced a great, non-violent tactic to combat these hateful

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09 Aug 2017

Music Lessons for Everyone in the Heart of San Francisco

This article is brought to you by the fine folks at SF’s Community Music Center, providing music for everyone since 1921. Enrollment for Fall classes just opened up! Do you sing in the shower? Tap beats on your knee?  Do you wish you could sit down at any piano and

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