Alex Mak - Managing Editor

Youth Activists to begin 266 Mile March to SF to Combat Climate Crisis
Young activists from Sonoma, Kern, and San Diego counties began marching 266 miles from Paradise to San Francisco to pressure Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein to support an ambitious and equity-focused Civilian Climate Corps. The CCC would employ thousands to combat the climate crisis and is the first piece of

What We Know About SJ Shooter’s Mental Health History, Nothing.
Yet another mass shooting occurred in California yesterday. 9 dead at the hands of a 57 year old gunmen in San Jose. Details on the gunmen’s life, mental health and motives are spotty. They usually are with mass shooters, these guys are typically loners, with no extensive recorded history of

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL IS BACK!
STERN GROVE FESTIVAL RETURNS WITH 2021 DATES! (no lineup yet) here is the official press release: — 84th annual outdoor music festival kicks off summer concert season on June 20 — SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 20, 2021) — Mayor London N. Breed today announced Stern Grove Festival, the longest-running free outdoor

Millionaires Protest Outside Jeff Bezos’ Houses, Demanding He Pay More Taxes
In perhaps the first in person protest led by actual millionaires, a group called Patriotic Millionaires rallied outside Jeff Bezo’s $80 million Manhattan apartment building on Tax Day, with a big mobile billboard and a megaphone, demanding Bezos pay his ‘fair share of taxes’. Today @es_indivisible @mkink @PatrioticMills, @CleanupCarl and

The ‘$ASS Coin Crypto Billionaire’ & the ‘Shit Coin’ Movement
Crypto currencies have truly gone mainstream these days, with over 10,000 different coins being traded anyone can become a ‘coin billionaire’. There’s no market regulation, but there is a ton of hype. This week Bloomberg News (you know the global financial news site) ran the story: “$ASS Coin Billionaire: Tales

States Offering Beer, Crawfish & Cash for First Shot
What do you when millions of Americans still won’t get vaccinated? In New Orleans they’re enticing people with 1lb of free Crawfish, “Get your first dose of Moderna or your one time J&J shot and get a free pound of crawfish!” This evening! Get your first or second-dose Moderna or

When Treasure Island Burned Down
Treasure Island was built by dredging and then dumping imported debris into the shoals of the north side of Yerba Buena Island in 1939. An island to help host and show off the Golden Gate International Exposition. A lot of the buildings were made of wood or plaster, built quickly,

Specs’ is Officially Reopening on May 20th!
Specs’ 12 Adler Museum Cafe, the western jewel of dive bars and our city’s home to philosophers, novelists, travelers, progressives, poets, punks, drunks and broke-asses, is finally reopening! Specs’ celebrated it’s 53rd birthday this past April 26th, now it’s going to celebrate its grand re-opening this Thursday May 20th! Hours