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

by Matt Barkin I spent most of the pandemic sick and rotting away in bed. It became my all-purpose piece of furniture. If you watched a sped up version of that time you’d see me there windmilling my arms around like a madman between my computer, phone, books, plates of

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

The CDC officially recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use in children ages 5 – 11 this week.  In the Bay Area, Santa Clara County was first to officially begin administering the vaccine to its population of 167,000 children, they already had shots going into arms on Wednesday morning according

OH GAWD, Brian. 1900s-era animated series Family Guy returns for yet another season this Sunday night, so in hopes of some free good publicity, Seth MacFarlane and the show’s creators did a three-minute, forty-second public service announcement encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It’s pretty funny (for Family Guy)

Multiplatinum recording artist and occasional Drag Race judge Nicki Minaj is getting dragged on Twitter right now, for the most bizarre “Dog ate my homework” excuse for not getting the vaccine in the entire world of pop stardom. She’s refusing to attend the Met Gala because they’re making it a

Last month on Fox News, obviously vaccinated country club rich kid Tucker Carlson went off on vaccine mandates. “American citizens should never be forced to take medicine they don’t want, period,” he ranted and raved. “Governments should never require people to submit to any medical procedure, whether that procedure is

As you know by now the is Delta variant isn’t messing around. It’s far more spreadable than the original COVID-19 virus, and the fact that people are not getting vaccinated is allowing the virus to further mutate. At the moment, the City and County of San Francisco is considering an

69% (nice) of San Francisco residents are fully vaccinated, and 76% have their first shot, so most of the city has received the COVID-19 vaccine. But that means 26% of the city’s population is still unvaccinated, and one workforce development nonprofit wants to get that percentage of San Franciscans higher