Hawaii

17 May 2023

5 Reasons Why We Should Boycott “The Flash”

Discovery/Warner has been advertising their new Flash standalone film starring Ezra Miller a lot lately. And it makes sense, as they’ve spent $220,000,000. What many people don’t know is that doesn’t include advertising costs. I do find it funny that the ads seem to focus a lot more on Micheal

Sonny Curtin 0
30 Nov 2022

Mauna Loa Ends Thirty-Eight-Year Silence

After months of seismic unrest, Hawai’i’s largest volcano Mauna Loa began erupting.  At 11:30 PM Sunday evening, the floor of Moku‘āweoweo, Mauna Loa’s enormous caldera, split open. Lava soon flooded the crater and spilled out on the mountain’s broad, rocky slopes. Scientists familiar with the truly massive volcano (33,500+ feet

Jake Warren 0
08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

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

BAS Editorial Team 0
05 Dec 2017

I Investigated The Bay Area Pog Fighting Underground

By Kelly O’Grady It was midnight and I was being patted down for weapons outside a nondescript warehouse in Hayward. I was about to enter the gritty underworld of the Bay Area Pog fight scene. Once inside I saw a circle drawn in chalk at the center of the floor

Guest Writer 0
15 Nov 2016

An Artist You Should Know: Josh Wendler and Luana Coonen

Bay Area goldsmiths and jewelry designers out to make the planet a better place.

Rae Bathgate - Down and Out and Overseas 0
15 Mar 2011

A Few Things Learned From A Trip to Hawaii

A Few Things I Learned From My Short Trip to the Big Island of Hawaii: [disclaimer: as much as I joke about my broke-ass situation (which is still very much the broke-ass case), I’d like to acknowledge that I appreciate that I’m also pretty gosh dang lucky that I was

Jessica Longo - Two-Bit Reporter 0
07 Feb 2011

Big Books to Impress Strangers in Public

After it was announced recently that Kindle books are outselling hardback books on Amazon, I knew it was only a matter of time before kids would start asking, what are those weird “liebarys” things and when are robots going to start doing my homework? Yes, we live in a digital

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0
11 Sep 2010

Hawaii Poke Festival and Spam Musubi Eating Contest

Get your very own slice of Hawaii and celebrate the beginning of San Francisco Summer at the Hukilau‘s 9th Annual Poke Festival and Spam Musubi eating contest! Spam Musubi, for those of you unawares, is a block of rice topped with a slab of grilled Spam and wrapped in seaweed.

Alison Lambert - Half Price Headliner 0
19 Jan 2010

The Not So Slow Decline of MTV’S Real World

If there’s anything on TV that’s guaranteed to make me feel old, it’s MTV’s The Real World. I used to watch the show and think to myself, one day I’m gonna grow up, get a piercing and befriend lots of lesbians. Now I just feel like I’m watching a free

Laura S - Spendthrift Scribe 0