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Divisadero’s Mojo Bicycle Cafe is Closing
When Mojo Bicycle Cafe first opened, Divisadero was a rapidly changing street. The Western Addition had been seeing an influx of young white people for a number of years by that point and to reflect this, realtors started calling the neighborhood NoPa. When I lived in the neighborhood back in

Max’s Garage Press: Berkeley’s Hidden Treasure
Guest post by Amanda Davis At the age of two Max Stadnik tripped and fell on a Tinker Toy, lodging a rod a few centimeters into his brain and practically taking out his eye. Little did he know that the $20,000 his mother won in a settlement against the toy

Amy Farah Weiss Announces She’s Running for SF Mayor
Amy Farah Weiss just announced that she is officially running for mayor of San Francisco. If you recall Amy, Francisco Herrera, and I ran on a ticket of 1-2-3 to Replace Ed Lee in 2015. The idea behind it was that with ranked choice voting one of us could actually

Funeral for the Mission District This Weekend
I just got this press release today and figured I’d share it with you all. A few years ago Morgan Fitzgibbons and I talked about doing a Funeral for San Francisco to protest all the shady shit the greed mongers had done to this town, but we got sidetracked by

10 Homebrewing Gift Ideas for The Holidays
Whether new or experienced when it comes to homebrewing, it can be difficult to find the right holiday gifts for your favorite brewster. The equipment sounds like something that should be in a mechanic’s shop or a mad scientist’s lab, and the ingredients, while slightly familiar, are often beyond the

Keeping Christmas Creepy, One Tradition at a Time
Growing up, my mom collected nutcracker dolls. She had a couple that looked like Santas, some that looked like toy soldiers, one commemorating the 1988 winter Olympics, and two that were truly special. They were large. At four feet, they were about as tall as I was as a kid.

You Can Help Stop Unfair Evictions
Come help stop unfair evictions in SF! Join us on Saturday at 11AM at 350 Alabama at 16th for a signature-gathering mobilization for No Eviction without Representation! Folks have been showing up in droves, but we need YOU if we’re going to get all 17K signatures we need to make