San Francisco

Alt-Right Frat Boys Descending on Oakland Tonight. Local Businesses Fighting Back.
The Proud Boys, everybody’s favorite Alt-Right frat boys, have planned a meet-up in Uptown Oakland tonight. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center the Proud Boys are anti-muslim misogynists, and that “rank-and-file Proud Boys and leaders regularly spout white nationalist memes and maintain affiliations with known extremists.” Don’t they just sound lovely?

As San Francisco Goes, So Goes Oakland
The last time San Franciscans talked this much about Oakland was in 1906. The City was ablaze and 100,000 residents fled across San Francisco Bay, many never to move back to San Francisco. They say the population of Oakland doubled in roughly 72 hours.

The Viral Videos of Lip-Syncing Cops are Incredibly Tone Deaf
Guest Post by Logan Hesse When I woke up this morning, I went through my daily ritual of checking my phone for overnight Tinder matches (nope), further batshit craziness from the current administration (*sigh* – yep) and videos of cats acting like humans (always – thankfully). And there, between comedians’

Patron of the Week: Becky Robinson-Leviton
I love any opportunity to support the folks who support me, which is why I’m so excited to be doing this Patron of the Week series. From art to activism to non-profits, so many of the people who support Broke-Ass Stuart on Patreon do other really wonderful things as well.

All the Rad Things Going on in the next 7 Days
Rad Upcoming SF Events FEED YOUR PEOPLE: BIG-BATCH, BIG-HEARTED COOKING THU. 7/19 | 6:30PM @ OMNIVORE BOOKS Sharing a meal is one of life’s greatest pleasures and a powerful and intimate way to create community.Starting with an introduction to big-batch cooking, this book features dishes by Alice Waters, Bryant Terry,

This Week’s News from the Bay and Beyond
We have locals kicking gentrification arse, the shakeup of a landmark publication, the best possible outcome in the Permit Patty situation and a president that just went balls-deep in diplomacy destruction. Let’s go. Around the Bay Hasta Muerte Puts Down Oakland Roots The building Hasta Muerte Coffee leased from was

‘Showgirls’ Show Celebrates 20th Anniversary With #MeToo Realness
This year’s annual Showgirls production is a response to the alleged real-life sexual misconduct of a Saved by the Bell star. Marking the 20th anniversary of Peaches Christ’s original 1998 Midnight Mass screening of the awful but enduring movie Showgirls, this year’s live musical homage I, Nomi opens Thursday night

The Things We Endure to Live in San Francisco
We decided to walk around the Tenderloin instead of go through it. I had my computer, Gene has his bike, and Sabrina had a bag of things I’m sure she didn’t want taken from her as well. We were coming from my weekly Wednesday gig at Monarch where I used to do a coloring book happy hour.