The best tiki bar I’ve ever been to is Smith’s Union Bar in Honolulu’s Chinatown. It’s a shitty little tiki dive bar with even shittier karaoke. It’s also the oldest bar on the island. The night I was there it was is was full of Navy dudes, punk chicks, gay guys, and a big hulking, transgendered Pacific Islander.

Word just came in that another long time favorite SF dive bar is closing forever. Not only that, the entire building is being torn down. BAS reader Tyler Harbaugh sent me a tweet that came from the Hemlock Tavern’s instagram account. As you can see below, there is no ambiguity.

For families and friends of the 36 Ghost Ship Fire victims, the road to justice has been long and fraught with disappointment. A surprise ruling made Friday tipped the scale and offered those grieving a small sigh of relief, but that relief may be short-lived. Here, we dig into the

Sorry for the delay in this week’s news wrap, but without further ado, here’s your week of California burning, Berkeley’s weekend rally and fallout, courtroom updates and some weird shit to do with Burners on your day off. Berkeley rally: public versus the police The result of Sunday’s much anticipated

Sorry, but you cannot watch Outside Lands online in 2018. The San Francisco music festival will not have a free online stream this year, so if you really want to see it, you can still get tickets or try to find a cozy spot outside the fenced area. We’ve confirmed

If you live in the Bay, you know as well as I do that the Oakland art scene is dope.  Oakland is famously creative, diverse and hungry, it’s got a rebel soul, a musical heart, and activist arms.  Last summer, following the incredible success of Black Panther directed by Oakland

Actor, producer and comedian Jamie Kennedy’s recent work includes starring roles in the latest installment of the Tremors film franchise for Universal, Chris Carter’s (The X-files) Amazon drama pilot The After, and now NBC’s new medical dramedy, Heartbeat. He is also voicing multiple characters on the new Comedy Central animated

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