2024’s fire season is already underway.  A wildfire roughly sixty miles east of the city near Tracy, has burned about twenty square miles of grassland. The fire consumed homes and vehicles as it approached Tracy, although no lives have been lost as of Sunday. Ample warning gave residents sufficient time

2020 started with the impeachment of Donald Trump, the first attempted presidential ousting since Clinton twenty-two years prior. A volcano in the Philippines erupted, killing thirty-nine and leaving many without homes. LA Lakers player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Maria-Onore died in a helicopter crash. A novel SARS virus

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

Arrowhead bottled water is not a company in and of itself. Arrowhead bottled water is one product from Nestlé, the world’s largest multinational food and drink processing conglomerate. And Nestlé is making this year’s California drought and fire season a hell of a lot worse by using 25 times the

The Cow Palace has been the site of an unfathomable variety of events. Concerts for The Rolling Stones, Nirvana, and Elvis? Check! The Great Dickens Christmas Fair? Check! Roller Derby, Heavyweight Boxing Championships, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? Check, check, check! The original intention behind building the  Cow Palace

Fire, lightning, rain, a scorching sun and thunderous clouds. It’s hot, sleepless nights and air thick enough with smoke to chew on. It’s the constant threat of power blackouts. It’s having nowhere to escape the heat — malls, movie theaters and indoor restaurants still all shuttered in the midst of