San Francisco

Gov. Brown Gives Clemency to 250 People in Attempt to Right Old Wrongs
In one of his last moves in his last of four terms as California governor, Jerry Brown granted clemency on Christmas Eve to 250 people throughout the state – 35 are from here in the Bay Area. These second chances come in the form of full pardons or commutations, but

Last Minute Gift Ideas For The Racists (I Mean “Trump Supporters”) In Your Life
Seeing your family for the holidays can be stressful. It’s even harder if the people you’re exchanging gifts with are Trumpers. What kind of gift can you get the dad who loves his MAGA hat so much he wears it to bed? Lucky for you I’ve put together a list

The Labor Crisis Happening in the Bay Area’s Mental Health Profession
Guest post by Sarah Dardick, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Social Work and Counseling Master’s students typically spend two to four challenging years in graduate school. During this period of study, students are referred to as “trainees” or “interns” and are required to complete one or two full years in

Everybody Gets a Penny Marshall Shirt
WANNA STAY UP ON ALL THE FREE SHIRTS WE GIVE OUT? MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE EMAIL LIST! Penny Marshall did immense work in broadening the possibilities for women in Hollywood. Starting with her performance in the TV show Laverne & Shirley and then as

We wanna send you plus one to spend NYE with Mayer Hawthorne!
GRAMMY nominated singer, musician and DJ, Mayer Hawthorne makes that timeless, soulful, baby-making music. It’s what people listen to when they want to get sentimental. Raised by hippie parents in Ann Arbor, Michigan, smack between the Hash Bash and the car factories – Hawthorne’s old man taught him to

We wanna send you and a friend to see Hot Snakes on NYE!
Hot Snakes streamlined Jehu’s complex compositions and emerged as bona fide downstroke warlords. They made 3 studio albums of high-velocity, slash-your-face, piss-punk: 2000’s Automatic Midnight, 2002’s Suicide Invoice and 2004’s Audit in Progress. Now, after a 14-year hiatus from the studio, Hot Snakes have kicked down the door back into our lives

Ghost Ship: Demolition and a Long December
Wednesday’s news that the Ghost Ship warehouse may be soon headed for demolition prolongs an already emotional month for the family and friends of the 36 people who died there. Dec. 2 marked the two-year anniversary of the Oakland warehouse tragedy that has become simply known as the Ghost Ship
London Breed Uses Mayor Power to Request Brother’s Prison Release
San Francisco Mayor London Breed wrote Gov. Jerry Brown a letter that has people questioning her use of power. The fact that she has a brother doing time in prison isn’t the problem, it’s only human to have a complicated a family story. It’s not wrong that she wants her