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San Francisco’s Astrology Chart & What it Says About You
BY REBECCA M. FARRAR When I first moved to San Francisco, a homeless man on the bus told me everyone who resides here was once a part of Atlantis. At the time it was a stretch for me to imagine all of us existing in a now mythical underwater colony,

Teaching Young Women How to Rap and Produce in Oakland
WIth a curriculum that combines beat-making and coding, she noticed similar gender dynamics in two male-dominated fields: tech and music production.

How Climate Change Affects The Bay Area
Written By Deborah In just a few short days, San Francisco has gone from the hottest weather we’ve seen in over a year to damp and rainy. While variety is the spice of life, this is a troubling sign of things to come. The early stages of climate change is

Life In Southern California From A Bay Area Native’s Perspective
Written By Sabrina Monet: I never felt comfortable waiting for the ferry back to Vallejo. The crowds were too much. I would rather hang out at ACME bakery or somewhere similar. I’d even risk missing the ferry all together to prolong the delusion that I wasn’t just another person in

Historic Punk Venue ‘Mabuhay Gardens’ Becoming Underground Comedy Hotspot
The Bay Area is well known for its rich history in the arts… as a local comedian, I sometimes find myself humbled, getting to perform on a stage, or in a room where you can almost feel the presence of performances that have long been over, a lingering energy that intoxicates and lets you know, this place… is sacred.

What Bo Burnham’s “Inside” Made Me Realize About Life In The Bay Area
Written By: Aaron T. Mellieon Bo Burnham’s “Inside” was an existential masterpiece that perfectly illustrated the shared pains of the millennial experience. His special reflected what many of our generation, and people in general were feeling during the pandemic. Towards the end of the special, Bo starts to lose his

A Yoga Studio Used My Blackness to Lie About Diversity
By Naomi Bradley When I started yoga teacher training, I hoped my presence in the predominantly white space would help Black women feel more comfortable participating in it. But I never anticipated my body would be used as a marketing tool for the studio I trained with. Throughout the training,

What It’s Like To Be From The Western Addition
Written By: Reese Wong I was born and raised here in the Western Addition, right around Fillmore and Geary St. I even went to high school nearby and used to skateboard around the neighborhood in my free time with a couple of friends that I grew up with here.