The Berkeley Police Department and City Council released a joint statement on Monday afternoon condemning hateful messages left on the doorsteps of houses in the north Berkeley hills. According to the statement, “hundreds” of neighbors found plastic sandwich bags on their doorsteps on Feb. 20 that were “filled with hateful,

Hey San Francisco, and happy Presidents’ Day. I finally got out to see the Magnificent Magnolias at the Botanical Garden on Saturday. If you haven’t been, it’s worth a visit. If you get your tickets online ahead of time (they’re free for SF residents), you can bypass the line at

Just 5 years after being purchased by 11-West, one of our most vibrant and imaginative artist communities in Oakland will be emptied out by this summer. The community of large scale industrial artists, fabricators, builders, and makers at American Steel in West Oakland is readying themselves for an upcoming eviction.

If you bought cigarettes from a certain grocery in Excelsior, there’s a decent chance they came from China.  Two brothers were sentenced today for illegally importing over 2,700 cartons of illegal Chinese cigarettes and selling them at D&K Herb and Grocery. There is a lot of taxes associated with cigarette

We love live music and we know you do too! That’s why we’re hella pumped to be partnering with Noise Pop 2022 to send you to see the one and only Azealia Banks live in concert at the Warfield on Sunday, 2/27! You can get tickets to the show right

We’re super excited to team up with our pals at Noise Pop 2022 to send YOU to some amazing shows and parties! Next up, we’ve got a pair of tickets to see Quasi at the Rickshaw Stop (previously planned to be held at the GAMH)! They’ll be joined by Man

Get ready to dance your face off at the party of the century! We’re partnering with Noise Pop 2022 to send one lucky winner to He.She.They at Public Works on Saturday, 2/26! With a bevy of amazing DJs, dancers, and performers, it’s shaping up to be THE show to check

I moved to San Francisco in 2002, a time I like to call “between gold rushes.” The fervor and swagger of the first dot com boom had not so much burst as it had flown around the city like a balloon with the air let out, taking down everything it crashed into. San Francisco had ridden the dot com monster into the 21st century on a wave of optimism and massive change, and not unlike the original gold rush that created this place, more than just a handful of people ended up with obscene wealth. And then like anything too good to be true, it ended with a whimper, causing those who hadn’t managed to strike a vein of digital ore, left to pick up the pieces and create something of their own.