The best way to set the officer at ease, is to already be ready when he approaches your vehicle: windows down, dome light on, engine off, radio off,
hands on the wheel at 10 and 2, take a deep breath and do not make any sudden movements.

At sixteen, Lola Kirke discovered Gram Parsons and the Cosmic American genre he defined. In spite of being a New Yorker by the way of London, Kirke felt a strong connection to his Country-Rock sound. “For whatever reason, I thought I could resolve all my problems by just becoming him.”

An Oakland Police Department officer and once-Rookie of the Year “slapped” a child and the city is about to foot the legal bill. Add that to the other four settlements payed out for police misconduct and vehicle accidents in this year alone, and OPD is really batting a thousand. The

Contra Costa County was the last stubborn hold-out without a ban on styrofoam in the Bay Area, but that all changed Tuesday night when the county’s Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to kick the health and environmental hazards to the curb. Styrofoam, a form of polystyrene, has been a take-out

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Today is the very last day you can get your hands on this badass, limited edition, signed BAS poster. That’s right, after today it will be gone! All you gotta do is become a member of the $15 tier on my Patreon page. That said, as we’ve seen so many