California is awarding $1.5 million apiece to 10 lucky Californians who’ve gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. The cash drawings start this Friday, June 4, where 15 vaccinated Californians will win $50,000 apiece. Then next Friday, June 11, shit gets real real when another 10 Californians win $1.5 million each, as the

You already know that Republicans are trying to restrict voting rights in pretty much every state of the nation, and their attack on abortion rights is in the news this week too. But there’s another scary — and deadly — Republican movement quietly slithering through state legislatures across the country,

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

COVID-19 vaccine eligibility is about to open up like mad, and the fabulous weather forecast right now means you will definitely be having Spring Fever soon. You are probably going to get your vaccination appointment in April, if you don’t have it already, which begs the question — when can

It’s been over twenty years since there’s been smoking and non-smoking sections in California restaurants. Smoking was banned in the state back in 1998 and New York followed suit in 2003. These days, smoking in a restaurant is as unlikely as acid washed jeans making a comeback or a successful

It’s great to see so many people posting their shots of themselves getting the vaccine shot (though seriously, don’t show any personally identifiable information on your vaccination card). But people, you are not instantly immune to COVID-19 once you get the vaccine, and it takes two full weeks for the

The nation breathes a collective sigh of relief, as living national treasure and drag queen icon Dolly Parton has been administered the COVID-19 vaccine. Dolly herself posted the video below of her getting the vaccine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Tuesday, and as a bonus, she does a

The Dolly Parton COVID-19 Research Fund is a thing that actually exists, as Dolly shelled out $1 million of her own money in April to help find a cure. Dolly’s bet on a team of scientists at Vanderbilt University paid off with a jackpot, as CNN reports that Dolly Parton’s

Johnson & Johnson kicked off U.S. human safety trials for its COVID-19 vaccine Thursday after releasing details of a study in monkeys that showed its best-performing vaccine candidate offered strong protection in a single dose.  When exposed to the virus, six out of six animals who got the vaccine candidate