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How I Saved My Soul, At Sutter Station Tavern
By Craigory Sparks That day came Wednesday. The day I always knew would come. The day when I would arrive at that giant glass door to the office high rise in the Financial District of San Francisco. That office high rise full of J. Crew bros and SoulCycle girls mucking

5 San Francisco Bars You Didn’t Know Existed
It’s hard think of anything in today’s San Francisco as undiscovered, especially bars. That said, The City still has plenty of watering holes that really do feel local and underrated

Occupy ICE is Blockading ICE Headquarters in San Francisco
Guest Post by Lia Russell In response to the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of separating families from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border, thousands across the nation have mobilized to “occupy” their nearest ICE facilities and in response to the mass roundups and detentions that have become the norm under

Ghost Ship fire defendants enter no contest plea, sentencing to follow
Guest Post by Nevin Long The only two defendants charged in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire, which killed 36 people on December 2, 2016, entered pleas of no contest in Alameda Superior Court Wednesday. Max Harris, 28, and Derick Almena, 48, agreed to sentences of six and nine years, respectively,

Legendary Punk Nerds Rocked Oakland w/ Fred Armisen
Devo Diaries at Burger Boogaloo By Jordan Latham It was a warm, apocalyptically dark pink night when I showed up at Mosswood Park Saturday, the “Mad Max” skies courtesy of another fire season off to a hellacious start. The Burger Boogaloo has become an annual pilgrimage of mine since The

These are the Kinds of Women who get Abortions
Before studying public health, I worked for Planned Parenthood for six years. Six of the best years of my life. And I’ll share something I learned in those six years: You know who has abortions?

How to make a tattoo at home by yourself
The ink culture is becoming more and more popular nowadays. Both young and adult people want to decorate their bodies with ink pictures to express themselves, and some even experiment with DIY tattoos. But let’s be honest. You won’t make a permanent high-quality tattoo at home until you’re a tattoo

A Hella Gay Pride Show at Bottom of the Hill
Guest post By Rob Hagle On the Lyft ride to the venue my driver exclaimed, “Bottom of the Hill! How have I never been there?” Exactly Mark, whose “favorite music is trap,” exactly. It struck me that this club had become so legendary that it’s reputation was known even to