COVID-19
SF Supes Extend Covid-19 Worker, Renter Protections
Guest post by Wesley Wells We’re sitting through the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meetings and breaking them down for you so you don’t have to! Here’s the mini minutes for the Board of Supervisors held Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Full minutes are available right here. Video and transcript are
A Recipe for Revolution When Government is Willing to Let Us Starve
By Sunny Dell People talk of revolution like they make New Year’s resolutions. They all sound so committed and serious at first, and then the idea fades away as the days tick by and inconvenience settles in. But what happens when it’s more inconvenient to not revolt, when we have
The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!
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
Nurses Protest Unsafe Working Conditions Across US
Thousands of nurses across the United States put down their stethoscopes and picked up protest signs on Wednesday, August 5th to address the lack of protective gear (PPE) and unsafe staffing levels in their hospitals. A shortage of PPE (Personal protective equipment) for both patients and hospital staff has been
The Utterly Exhausting, Infuriating State of Covid-19
Life as we know it came to an abrupt halt across the Bay Area on March 17. At the time those sweeping shelter-in-place orders were issued, most people understood that the benefits far outweighed the inconveniences. After all, we didn’t want a repeat of the traumatizing scenes we’d just witnessed
DoorDash Paying SF Delivery Drivers A Mere 78 Cents In Hazard Pay During The Pandemic
Some companies are offering generous hazard pay for front-line essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery service DoorDash is offering hazard pay too — but just a measly 78 cents per day, and only in San Francisco, and only because the government forced them to. As we see above
Frat Party Virus Outbreaks Force UC Berkeley to Start Fall Online Only
University of California, Berkeley officials sent a letter to students Tuesday saying the school has made the “difficult decision” to offer only online classes at the start of the fall semester, which begins Aug. 26. The move to remote-only instruction was announced a day earlier by Chancellor Carol Christ in
The Legendary Cliff House Restaurant is Closing…Temporarily
Over the last 157 years the Cliff House has survived a lot. First constructed in 1858, it’s been rebuilt five times due to various calamities like fires and dynamite exploding shipwrecks. Unfortunately, it may not survive COVID-19. Earlier today KRON 4 reported, via local wire service Bay City News, that the
Reopening Schools: How Partisan Politics Put Our Children at Risk
The current battle over children and reopening schools in the throws of a growing pandemic is both complex and dangerous. There are valid concerns on both sides of the argument, but hyper-politicization is preventing the nation from having a productive debate, leaving our children hanging out there as pawns. In