norcal

24 Sep 2024

Sundays Are For San Francisco

San Francisco is a city of relationships. It’s not a place you just visit even when visiting. Nor is it a town you’re forced to commute to for work even if you work there. San Francisco is a city of sensation, it’s a place you can feel. No one has

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
Hobbit hut.
11 Sep 2023

Why Geyserville Is A Gorgeous, Weird Must-Visit in the Bay Area

I got married in Half Moon Bay at the end of August and my wife (!) and I drove due north a week later for a mini-honeymoon. We didn’t know what to expect when we arrived at our AirBnB, the Isis Oasis Sanctuary, other than a hobbit hut with our

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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
Two guys.
24 Jul 2023

Here’s Where to Start Surfing in NorCal Before The Apocalypse

As the world gets hotter and hotter each year, tides rising quick enough to make Kevin Costner’s Waterworld-ass head spin, it’s hard to see any silver linings. That’s because there aren’t any silver linings. Not sure Joan Didion could write a wry yet deeply insightful essay out of all the

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20 Dec 2022

Why Did(n’t) MyShake Warn Me?

The noise woke my partner first. I heard it distantly, still ascending from the depths of a REM cycle. Its robotic voice, preceded by a red-alert siren, warned of impending shaking. Knowing that it’s safest to stay in bed if an earthquake strikes at night, we looked at each other

Jake Warren 0
16 Jul 2014

California Community College Enrollment and Survival: Advice to the Independent Financial Aid Student

Next month – most classes start August 18 – most of you ugly mugs will descend like locusts upon community college campuses with hopes of receiving your certificate in being an assistant to a nurse’s assistant. But, you haven’t enrolled in your classes yet. You’re sleepin’ and you’re a dummy. ENROLL NOW.

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