Guest post by Christian Utzman For the longest time my gasoline bill used to be $20 a month, but these days it’s more like $200. What changed?  Residential Parking Permits (RPP) came to my neighborhood.  RPPs are stickers for your car that allow you to stay parked for longer than

Welcome to Brain-Throbs & Blow Jobs, a new column that highlights the great minds and perspectives of Bay Area sex workers through interviews and photo portraits. Come support your local sex workers this Saturday at the Sex Worker Justice Now rally in downtown Oakland. June 2  is International Sex Worker’s Day,

This week harnesses all the uncertainty of negotiations with North Korea and a stock market tanking over the threat of new sanctions, but we’re pretty clear on a few things: racists, basketball, Puerto Rico and righteous love for Tower of Power. Racists and the “in” crowd Far be it for

This article is specifically designed to be helpful for the thrifty young married couple who wants to have a honeymoon and is willing to make a few sacrifices to be able to afford it. Utilizing these strategies, my husband and I were able to have a whirlwind 2 week vacation in Europe, visiting Barcelona, Florence, Venice, Rome and Naples

Eric Barry Writes is a new podcast featuring pieces of writing, from poetry to short stories and all the bizarre-in-between, all presented in audio form. Think of it like short-form audiobooks with some flare. In this week’s episode, a woman struggling with life inside and outside the bedroom finds the answers

Kyle Dunnigan has earned an Emmy nomination for his work, he’s also contributed on-air comedic pieces for The Howard Stern Show. He recently sat in the “Artie Lange Chair” for several shows which nobody else has done for years. Kyle continues to grow his online following with his weekly podcast Professor Blastoff

This originally appeared in my Broke-Ass City column for the SF Examiner  (The short version: You can circumvent all the algorithms for my stuff right here.) Facebook announced earlier this year that it’s completely changing its algorithm — a move that will reduce the amount of actual news provided in

San Francisco is a thieving-ass city. It steals hearts. It takes away breath. It captures people’s imaginations after just a single visit. But it’s also larcenous in more concrete ways. Shattered car windows cover sidewalks all over town, sparkling like ill-begotten street diamonds.