Alex Mak - Managing Editor

06 May 2021

All MUNI Train Lines Back in Service May 15th!

All the MUNI trains will be back in surface above and bellow ground starting Saturday May 15th according to MUNI! You  may have seen ghost trains roaming around the city the past few months, mostly empty, or maybe with some Government employees on them.  Well, finally the trains above and

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06 May 2021

New Fund To SAVE Bay Area Independent Performance Venues

There’s a new fund to help keep Bay Area music & performance venues alive via micro donations, which sounds like music to our ears.  They call the project #SubscribeToLive, and here is their message: Independent Venue Preservation Initiative (IVPI), a new project of nonprofit The Giving Back Fund, launched Subscribe

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06 May 2021

SpaceX Lands Rocket without It Blowing Up. Yaaaay.

This week SpaceX finally landed a rocket that did not blow up, on their fourth try.  NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to develop a Starship to land astronauts on the moon.  Why they are calling a rocket designed to go a moon, a ‘starship’ is beyond me, but

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29 Apr 2021

Woke Creator, Writer, Cartoonist Keith Knight

Artist Name: Keith Knight, Gentleman Cartoonist Site: www.keithknightart.com   Instagram: @iamkeithknight Medium(s): ink and paper What’s your most recent favorite project? Woke–My TV show streaming on Hulu Tell us about your involvement with Woke. I co-created it with Marshall Todd (co-writer of the original Barbershop film). Co-wrote the pilot.  Executive

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29 Apr 2021

‘Dago Bagel’ to Open in North Beach. No Big Deal.

The Fremont born darling of San Francisco pizza is now opening a bakery and bagel shop in North Beach.  But you might not want to say the name out loud, because you’ll sound like a bigot from the 1920s. ‘Dago Bagel’ is the new North Beach bagel brand, started by

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22 Apr 2021

After 19 years, Van Ness Construction Project Nears Completion!

Van Ness street, the construction project that lasted a generation, is “near completion” according to MUNI this week, and by ‘near completion’, they mean ‘buses can use it probably some time in 2022’.  Ah, San Francisco…in less than a year you oversaw the planning and construction of over 300 parklets,

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22 Apr 2021

New CA Bill to Make Parklets Permanent, Outdoor Drinks Too

Senate Bill 314 and 793 both help remove red tape, lengthy turnaround times and permit redundancies of the bar and restaurant industry, and they both passed through state senate committee this week with unanimous votes.   They still need to be voted on by state legislature but here’s what they are

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22 Apr 2021

City Offers SF Music Venue Grants, $3M on the Table

San Francisco’s $3 million Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund opened for applications on 4/21, and the deadline to submit is May 5. The grants will be distributed in amounts of at least $10,000 to shuttered concert venues, clubs and other live entertainment venues. The fund is also accepting donations

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