Alex Mak - Managing Editor

Why San Francisco Police Don’t Care About Crime
The police staffing numbers we are being given are “a joke”. The crime stats being reported are also ridiculous. This, combined with terrible morale and culture problem within the department means very little is being done .

Tennessee Rep. Jones Urged Berkeley Students to Dismantle Systems of Injustice
Justin Jones, an activist and community organizer from Nashville, gained national attention when he was expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives for leading a gun control protest on the House floor. However, just four days later, he was reinstated to his seat by a unanimous vote from the Metropolitan

Big Win for Black Owned Real Estate & Black Artists in Oakland
Oakstop’s purchase of its campus building represents a big win for art, artists, entrepreneurship, and Black real estate ownership in the Bay Area. Oakstop not only provides very flexible rental spaces for businesses, non-profits, and artists, but they also make sure to feature the work of Black artists, using their wall space to exhibit their work and host artist-fueled events too.

Bold, New Fake Parking Ticket Scam Running in San Francisco
The scam is complete with fake parking tickets and a fake copy of the SFMTA website for payments.

Vacant to Vibrant: Artists to Fill Vacant SF Storefronts
Transforming downtown SF vacancies into vibrant communities, shaped by local participation.

World Goth Day Festival is Back in the Bay
All Day Subculture Dark Art and Music Festival that draws a merry band of nomadic, feral and cultishly-dedicated, awesomely awe-inspiring, anomalously aberrant, distinctively divergent and devient, as well as idiosyncratic and individualistic misfit artists from near and as far away as New York, South Carolina, Portland, and Los Angeles who regularly participate in the now, nearly 40, annual fantastical and festishized themed Curiosities Shows, Peculiar Pop-Ups, Residencies and Festival events projected for 2023.

The KQED & Noise Pop Block Party Looks Pretty Great
When two wonderful SF institutions get together to throw a block party your ears should perk up. KQED has teamed up with Noise Pop and is blocking off the streets in front of its storied SF headquarters for an all-day, live music-infused, street festival with delicious local food vendors, legendary Bay Area talent, and of course, your favorite KQED journalists and personalities.

SF’s St. Stupid’s Day Parade, a Wonderfully Idiotic Tradition
There is a ridiculous tradition each April Fool’s Day in San Francisco. It’s a celebration of all things illogical, a demonstration for the foolish by the fool hearty, a preposterous procession that celebrates above all one thing: human stupidity.