“I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.” ~ Jack Johnson It was entirely abandoned. Bottles, covered in dust, were still on the shelves, bar stools were askew and sticky glasses rested on the tables. It was as though some mysterious

In 2015, I moved from San Francisco to Oakland. It was a big jump. I’d been living in Cole Valley and Lower Haight for about a dozen years, a whirling kaleidoscope of street festivals, loud bars, frenetic streets and the revolving cast of vagabonds always making their way through. I

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

Scott Wiener is attacked a lot, and most of it is unfair. There is no evidence that he is a groomer or a pedophile or any of the other nasty things right wing media has said about him. A lot of the attacks on Wiener are rooted in homophobia and

Back in 2009, a dude who lived on a block with a lot of illegal dumping decided to do something about it. What did he do? He got a Buddha statue. People who may not be familiar with the Clinton (or Funktown, or East Lake or Little Saigon depending on

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Gentrification is inherently a touchy subject in the Bay Area. Everyone calls everyone else a gentrifier all the time. Most people don’t actually know what gentrification is. So, first, let’s define it.  Gentrification: a process in which a poor area experiences an influx of middle-class or wealthy people who renovate

When you think of Richmond, California, what do you think of? Most people think of violent crime, poverty and pollution. But there’s a lot more to the City of ‘Pride and Purpose’ than negative headlines.  In the last 10 years, Richmond’s reduction in homicides and other violent crimes is nothing

For whatever reason, the last article that I did where I asked ChatGPT some shit about San Francisco did pretty well. I don’t know why, but people seem to be interested in what our robot overlords think. So, due to curiosity, and not at all laziness, I’ve asked ChatGPT to