Alex Mak - Managing Editor
Slim’s to be Replaced by ‘YOLO’ Nightclub Douchefest
For over 30 years Slim’s hosted live music from every genre in San Francisco. Punk, rock, R&B, to blues, jazz, folk, and rap performers played this SOMA institution. It shut forever in March. And now, perhaps as a sign of the times, Slim’s was bought by San Jose club owners
The Race for a Vaccine Between Russia, China & the West
There are more than 160 different vaccines under development across the world, all of the labs are racing to find the cure to a virus that shutdown an entire planet and has killed 750,000 people world wide as of this morning. Whoever creates a safe, deliverable, vaccine for COVID 19
SF Artists Create ‘Thank You’ Posters for Healthcare Workers
Life is strange. This week nurses across the nation, including many cities in the Bay Are, had to hold protests demanding they be provided the proper safety equipment and staffing they need to continue saving lives. As the pandemic continues, and we shelter in place. It’s important that we support
Nurses Protest Unsafe Working Conditions Across US
Thousands of nurses across the United States put down their stethoscopes and picked up protest signs on Wednesday, August 5th to address the lack of protective gear (PPE) and unsafe staffing levels in their hospitals. A shortage of PPE (Personal protective equipment) for both patients and hospital staff has been
Arsonist Attempts to Set Fire to Black Church in Berkeley
The Way Church in Berkeley, which has a racial justice advocate as a pastor, was targeted by an arsonist. Pastor Michael McBride, who leads the LIVE FREE gun violence prevention campaign and who co-founded the Black Church PAC, received a call from one of his ministers the morning of July
Promising ‘Monkey Data’ Moves COVID Vaccine Trials to Humans
Johnson & Johnson kicked off U.S. human safety trials for its COVID-19 vaccine Thursday after releasing details of a study in monkeys that showed its best-performing vaccine candidate offered strong protection in a single dose. When exposed to the virus, six out of six animals who got the vaccine candidate
Cain Caught Covid at Trump Tulsa Rally, & Now He’s Dead
RIP Herman Cain. The former Republican presidential candidate and pizza CEO, died this week due to complications from COVID 19. The virus that he clearly caught while attending Trump’s ‘super spreader’ Tulsa rally in late June. The rally was widely regarded as a massive failure due to its attendance of
Folsom Street on Fire this Morning 6 Buildings Burn
The fire was first reported on the side of the Central Freeway in the area of 13th and Folsom streets shortly before 7 a.m. Anyone driving on the 101 through SF saw massive plumes of smoke this morning. 9 AM: Massive fire at 14th off the 101 in SF this