Sorry for the delay in this week’s news wrap, but without further ado, here’s your week of California burning, Berkeley’s weekend rally and fallout, courtroom updates and some weird shit to do with Burners on your day off. Berkeley rally: public versus the police The result of Sunday’s much anticipated

Which rich and famous a**holes will you see turnt up at the turnkey camps of Burning Man 2018?  Based on public comments, social media posts, and history of going to Burning Man every year because they can afford to, we’ve determined which famous assholes will ride in private jets to

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

This randomly came across my FB feed this morning so I figured I’d share it with you all. An attendee of Burning Man decided to jump into the Burning of the Man yesterday in the Black Rock Desert. He was airlifted to a burn unit but is feared dead. According

This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column in the SF Examiner  By now the dust is doing anything but settling in Black Rock City. Minds and other flammable things are exploding while a sense of all out revelry, exploration and wonder descends on some 70,000-plus people. In a way,

If there was ever a weekend to do things that are normally TOO crowded with locals, this is the weekend.  Here’s a big old list of fun, mostly free, outdoorsy things to do in SF & OAK with your non-burner friends, but also think about that thing you always wanted to do, but it was always way too full to do.  Do that, this weekend.  And I’ll see yas out there!

Who are the rich and famous a**holes you’ll see turnt up at the turnkey camps of Burning Man 2017?  Based on their public comments, social media posts and history of going to Burning Man every year because they can afford to, we’ve determined which famous assholes will ride in private

  By Lucie Duffort Bring La Victrola Back to Burning Man, 2017!  Donate Here It’s July now. In under two months there will be swarms of people leaving the city for a desert in Nevada. Burning Man means a ton of things to a ton of people, a chance to go full

  Black Rock City, NV The new ephemeral architecture of Burning Man   Published by Real Paper Books, Black Rock City, NV, showcases the vernacular architecture of Burning Man. Filled with 200 color photographs by author Philippe Glade, this hardcover book explores the broad diversity of dwellings built to accommodate precarious living