You know how at Christmastime there’s that channel that’s just a Yule log burning for a like a week straight? Well, local artist Shalaco has created one for Burners who are missing the Playa this year. Titled “Burn Barrel on Open Playa Burning Man Style ASMR” and running for 40 minutes

Here’s something to be excited about: an outdoor, socially distanced, art walk is going down in North Beach tonight (9/4)! Working with the City, the folks from North Beach First Fridays have secured permits to partially close Grant Avenue and Green Street for tonight’s event from 5pm-9pm. As Romalyn Schmaltz, one of

The first part of this September on Netflix is bursting with lots of good stuff.  There’s an acclaimed drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan.  There’s another chance to binge the cinematic adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown.  Or try a Slamdance award winner about an aspiring filmmaker’s return

Due to shelter in place orders, indoor use of gyms as well as hair salons and barbershops have been banned since March for the public, but not for government employees. This week we saw a very vocal ‘shelter in place’ advocate on the national political stage, caught getting her haircut

Firefighter explains how fires are named in California, and what the acronyms, and the ‘complexes’ are about.

Great news! Despite being listed as permanently closed on Yelp and Google, and having the phone number disconnected, it looks like Tommy’s Joynt may not be shut down after all! Chris Henry, owner of Tommy’s Joynt, just emailed me saying, “We’re not permanently closed! We’re temporarily shut down due to covid and

By Ian Firstenberg A consultant affiliated with Scott Wiener’s campaign helped prop up an advocacy group claiming to support San Francisco renters.  “San Francisco Renters Alliance” sent out a standard questionnaire last week to San Francisco residents asking for personal and other routine political organization information. The small print at

UPDATE: Looks like Tommy’s Joynt may not be shut down after all. Despite all the evidence presented below, I just got good news! Chris Henry, owner of Tommy’s Joynt, emailed me saying, “We’re not permanently closed! We’re temporarily shut down due to covid and mandatory closure from government.” I reached out