Alex Mak - Managing Editor

How to Buy Your Favorite Bar a Drink, During the Crisis
The kind of joints who have owners that work behind the bar themselves, the kind of businesses that have actual character built over years of serving a certain neighborhood.

Bay Area Curve Stays Flattened, UCSF ER Stays Quiet
As confirmed cases of COVID-19 surge in other cities in the US, the Bay Area is experiencing an incredibly low rate of new cases by comparison. For example, as of March 30th, New York City has 33,768 confirmed COVID-19 cases while San Francisco has 340 confirmed cases. John Hopkins University

Study Finds PDA is 47% More Annoying During a Pandemic
A new study shows that people who put on Public Displays of Affection are on the hot seat this week. As scientists have proven that ‘PDA’, while annoying in a normal year, has become 47% more annoying during a pandemic. “Social distancing is a serious thing,”said scientist Dr. Sara Adans.

Man Furious to Find Other People Enjoying Park During Quarantine
Despite the government’s shelter in place order, directing citizens to stay at home unless they need to “PROVIDE OR RECEIVE CERTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES”. People still seem to be taking walks in parks periodically, and still seem to be walking their dogs and exercise outside their homes. Local man Kenneth Buttress

How to Safely Eat Your Pets During a Food Shortage
It’s day eleventy-thousand of quarantine, and if you are like me, you’re starting to think about eating your pets. Not because you have anything against your wife’s Pomeranian named ‘Penelope’, but because your government is asking you to shelter in place, and to conserve supplies, and you have mouths to

UCSF ER Relatively ‘Quiet’, Flattening the Curve is Working in SF, For Now
We spoke with a UCSF Emergency Room Doctor in San Francisco during his shift at the UCSF Parnassus.

Call to Artists: Submit your work for the COVID CREATIVE CONVENTION
“Because Pandemics suck, but the art you own doesn’t have to.”

Open Letter from a Mother with Coronavirus in the Bay Area
This is an open letter from a Mother in the Bay Area who has lived with Covid-19 for weeks now. She, understandably wishes to remain anonymous, but we have spoken with her on the phone, and verified her story. What she says is the truth, and it is important. It