There’s a place on the other side of the Caldecott tunnel from Oakland called Lamorinda. It’s basically Oakland’s Marin County. It has beautiful rolling hills and rich people who don’t want you there. It also has Cal Shakes, a gorgeous outdoor theater where Bay Area stars like Zendaya made their

One of the benefits of living in the Bay Area compared to other parts of California is that we have a fairly temperate climate. Well, the inland parts of the Bay get hot as fuck, but if you’re on the shoreline everything should be fine. At least most of the

The Golden Gate Bridge is iconic. There’s no doubt about that. It’s basically our quintessential tourist attraction. It’s the Statue of Liberty of the West Coast. It’s the thing you’re most likely to see on a postcard in a gas station 50 miles away.  But besides its status as a

Public transportation is the backbone of any functional urban area. If it’s left in a state of decay, then the cities it serves will also suffer as a result. Back in 2019, BART was breaking ridership records left and right. The tech boom, for all the damage it caused, was

The hardworking people who ferry visitors to Alcatraz Island decided to rock the boat again on Saturday, launching another strike in the middle of an already long labor negotiation saga. The union, Alcatraz Workers United, announced they’d be picketing at Pier 33 until 10 p.m., almost two months after their

Rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, and his model wife, Bianca Censori, celebrated the Fourth of July in a unique way by exploring the Exploratorium. According to TMZ, the couple stood out among the usual crowd of schoolchildren and tourists, probably wondering if they’d stumbled into a reality show.

San Francisco is thick as fuck. As in it’s got hills, but if any city could be described as having a fat ass, it’s San Francisco. And sometimes when walking the streets of San Francisco, normal sidewalks simply don’t suffice. These staircases not only provide practical solutions for navigating the

What’s modern writing if not just a vehicle for relentless and insufferable self promotion? So this article is me engaging in that. I recently made my first ever podcast appearance on the SucioTalk podcast and had a blast. If you like my articles or any of the dumb shit I