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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

30% of People Say They’re “Rubbing One Out” More Often During Quarantine
I get way too many press releases. Most of them are for bands I don’t care about or travel destinations I’m not that interested in. But sometimes a true gem makes it my way and I feel the need to share. Earlier this week I got one from the folks

Fox News Pushed Coronavirus Misinformation 253x Between July 6-10
In a new report by Media Matters, they list the 263 times that fox anchors and guests peddled misinformation concerning coronavirus. Media Matters is an organization obsessed with documenting the misinformation spotted on Fox News each night, “Laura Ingraham is Top Coronavirus Misinformer, Fox’s The Ingraham Angle is Responsible for

Rock Photographer Turned BLM Photojournalist: Chris Tuite
Chris Tuite is an EastBay photographer who you have probably seen in front of the barricade at any number of the concert halls in and around SF.

The Beauty & ‘Beef’ in San Francisco’s Street Art Scene
You’ve seen their work all over the city, on boarded up storefronts and hanging in windows, you’ve seen it on walls, garage doors, and mailboxes. Street art in San Francisco a reflection our city’s culture, politics and creativity. The great majority of art hanging in SF’s museums, is not by

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

What Do Anti-BDS Laws Tell Us About America’s Future?
By Ian Firstenberg On Monday July 13, Republican Governor Mike Parson of Missouri signed an executive order prohibiting the state from doing business with companies that support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions, or BDS, movement that calls on international lawmakers to end “support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.” Missouri is the