Alex Mak - Managing Editor

The Best Beer Drinking Patios in the East Bay
One of my favorite jobs as a journalist is trying out bars and restaurants in order to write our Beer Passports. This past year nearly every weekend I explored 2-3 new drinkin’ patios in the Bay Area, while asking friends and patrons where their favorite spots to drink were. Oakland

The Tomorrow War, Today’s Dumbest Summer Movie
The “Expert Film Critic series” is neither a series nor conducted by experts. It does focus on films that you’ve probably already seen, and simply want to know if “experts” also hated it. *Spoilers ahead. The Tomorrow War, Today’s Dumbest Summer Movie A straight to Amazon streaming alien invasion/time travel film that

SF is Averaging More COVID Cases this Summer than Last Summer
When we compare the average new cases of COVID 19 in San Francisco this July (2021) versus July last year (2020), we see that new daily cases have increased this summer.

When the Lights Come Up in the City: Bayview Strong
Broke-Ass Stuart tours three neighborhoods in partnership with heresaymedia and MEAGHAN MITCHELL to learn how businesses and community leaders pivoted to success during the pandemic. First up: the Bayview.

How to get your Digital Vaccine QR Code
With some 500 San Franciscan bars looking to screen for vaccine, it can’t hurt to have your “Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record” on your phone. Most of you probably have a photo somewhere of your actual vaccine card or still have the physical card itself, but the CA Department of Health

The Doggle Movement has Hit San Francisco
Every now and again you discover something that is innately good for the world. I’m not talking about antibiotics, microchip technology or even pizza. No, I’m talking about ‘doggles’. San Francisco’s favorite pack of wandering photogenic dogs, in costume, were found posing in the Mission on Wednesday. Their owner is

SF’s New $20k Trash Cans, Even Garbage is a Rip-off in SF
San Francisco has had filthy streets for as long as I can remember, part of the problem were the poorly designed and easily pilfered green trashcans in our city. You know the ones, the green monstrosities that are commonly overflowed, or just ripped open, with the oddly designed ‘recycling’ compartments.

Former 49er Richard Sherman Arrested for Burglary, DUI, Hit & Run
Former Seahawks & 49er cornerback Richard Sherman was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing his black Mercedes sedan and then trying to force entry into his in-laws’ Seattle area residence, according to Washington State Patrol. Sherman, 33, was booked in Seattle County Jail on investigation of domestic-violence burglary at 6:08 a.m.