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This Week’s News from the Bay and Beyond
We have locals kicking gentrification arse, the shakeup of a landmark publication, the best possible outcome in the Permit Patty situation and a president that just went balls-deep in diplomacy destruction. Let’s go. Around the Bay Hasta Muerte Puts Down Oakland Roots The building Hasta Muerte Coffee leased from was
‘Showgirls’ Show Celebrates 20th Anniversary With #MeToo Realness
This year’s annual Showgirls production is a response to the alleged real-life sexual misconduct of a Saved by the Bell star. Marking the 20th anniversary of Peaches Christ’s original 1998 Midnight Mass screening of the awful but enduring movie Showgirls, this year’s live musical homage I, Nomi opens Thursday night
The Wildest Things Ever Seen at Folsom Street Fair
We asked our readers what was the wildest thing you’ve ever seen at Folsom Street Fair?…And this is what they came up with. Not impressed? Leave your own wildest observations in the comments!
Anonymous Millionaire Gives Entire Fortune to SF Nonprofit
An extreme act of charity has hopes of remaking the San Francisco social services landscape. One businessperson has just donated their entire fortune — and all their possessions — to a philanthropic nonprofit dedicated to helping San Francisco’s neediest and homeless residents. The individual has to remain anonymous until various transactions
Digital Drama: When a ‘Like’ Is More Than Just a ‘Like’
By Rachel Fogletto Whenever drama pops up online, you can never hear enough times, “It’s ONLY the internet!” This is a toxic attitude and it has to stop before we bury each other in existential graveyards of screenshots, emoji flirts, gif battles and read message receipts. Humans are adaptable and
Meet the Little Girl Who #PermitPatty Called the Cops On
The 8-year-old-girl racially profiled by #PermitPatty had a party thrown for her Saturday, complete with donations of more than $8,000 pledged from Bay Area cannabis companies. You see the young entrepreneur Jordan, above, surrounded by friends at Saturday’s celebration and fundraiser that added to her current GoFundMe campaign. Saturday she received
How a Dope Music Festival Should Be: Mo Pop
Why Your Festival Should Be Like Mo Pop If you haven’t been to a music festival you’ve either been captive, super broke, or living under a rock in a country without music festivals. For the rest of us, even if you’ve just been to one, you know that some aspects