Should we talk less shit about Marin County? No, but hear me out: A recent study has placed Northern California firmly in the spotlight for its charitable generosity, with six Bay Area counties ranking among the top 10 most giving in the state. The analysis, conducted by financial technology firm

Anchored in West Oakland, The Crucible is a nonprofit industrial arts school that is known to specialize in welding, glass blowing, woodworking, and blacksmithing classes. First established in Berkeley in 1999, The Crucible moved to its current location 4 years later to Oakland in 2003, nearly 20 years ago. Within

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

If you’re hankering for a cookie fix, look no further than Troop 6000’s Girl Scout cookies.  Troop 6000 is a Girl Scout program designed to serve houseless girls in the New York City Shelter System. The troop meets weekly in shelters across the city, led by community volunteers and women

What do you associate with Bill Gates?  He’s the founder of Microsoft and one of the richest men alive. Nevertheless, you may think of him as a philanthropist. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s largest private charitable entity, after all.  When you think of Bill Gates, do

I spent last Wednesday delivering food for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. There are thousands of San Franciscans who can’t leave their homes due to COVID, so the food bank is now delivering tens of thousands of bags full of groceries to those in need.

On December 29th, 2019, Levi Beckett initiated Project You Matter, a GoFundMe project to spread some kindness and holiday cheer in the Bay Area.

When you divorce Jeff Bezos, it can create some predicaments.  You might ask yourself questions like ‘what do I tell the press my husband owns?’ or ‘will this news hurt the stock of the fastest growing company in history, that my husband owns’, or, ‘what do I do with my

Win a chance to dunk local dignitaries into the pool at the Phoenix Hotel! In fact, everybody into the pool! That’s a welcome invitation for some of San Francisco’s leading luminaries, who’ll dunk for dollars at the 26th Annual Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) Pool Toss. The ever popular pool-party-with-a-purpose