Sixth time’s the charm if you’re the five guys trying to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. As of Monday, the “grassroots” effort surpassed the 1.5-million signature threshold to force a special election. Californians will now have to deal with this circus at the ballot box sometime between this summer and late

Van Ness street, the construction project that lasted a generation, is “near completion” according to MUNI this week, and by ‘near completion’, they mean ‘buses can use it probably some time in 2022’.  Ah, San Francisco…in less than a year you oversaw the planning and construction of over 300 parklets,

Senate Bill 314 and 793 both help remove red tape, lengthy turnaround times and permit redundancies of the bar and restaurant industry, and they both passed through state senate committee this week with unanimous votes.   They still need to be voted on by state legislature but here’s what they are

San Francisco’s $3 million Music and Entertainment Venue Recovery Fund opened for applications on 4/21, and the deadline to submit is May 5. The grants will be distributed in amounts of at least $10,000 to shuttered concert venues, clubs and other live entertainment venues. The fund is also accepting donations

The venerable San Francisco Green Film Festival became a casualty of the coronavirus pandemic shutdowns in 2020.  But Bay Area filmgoing audiences who fear there will no longer be a local showcase for films speaking for the trees, the birds, and other parts of the ecosystem needn’t worry.  The folks

There’s a sick and twisted thing making its way around social media, and like a lot of things that trend like wildfire, it doesn’t seem to be at all real. But that doesn’t make it less disturbing to see words like “National Rape Day.”   Things allegedly started with a TikTok

This is a different kind of 4/20. For a second year in a row, the pesky pandemic has decimated the celebration vibe. There are no plumes of sweet skunk billowing over Golden Gate Park, no baked masses huddled together on hills and there’s definitely no passing to strangers. Weed has

I’m no card player, but I will show up regularly to the game of life. And I’m not referring to the Milton Bradley pastime either. I’m talking about real life, the one that’s chock full of the good, the bad, and the “you’re kidding, right?” I’m not telling you anything