SF Bay Area

The Story of San Francisco’s Birthday as a City, in 1850
San Francisco was a city of just a few thousand people in the 1840’s, but once gold was discovered in Sacramento, California’s Golden Gate grew exponentially.

The Famous San Francisco Night Chalker, Strikes Again
The “Artist You Should Know” series highlights Bay Area artists who are doing incredible work, it’s our way of supporting the creative community and helping to keep San Francisco a strange and wonderful place. Late at night when the city is dark and empty, the street lights cast long, quiet shadows

San Francisco Moves Forward with Drug Sobering Center
San Francisco city officials on Wednesday announced plans to move forward with opening a drug sobering center under a pilot program for people under the influence of drugs such as methamphetamine or fentanyl. Efforts to open the center are part of the city’s Mental Health SF plan, an initiative to

Some Bay Area Counties Pause Use of Johnson and Johnson Vaccine Over Blood Clot Concerns
A “rare and severe” blood clot condition, medically known as a thromboembolic event, has emerged in six people who have received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the U.S., prompting the federal government to call for a pause in its use until further the issue can be further investigated. The

The All Women Art Show at the Voss Gallery Took Me to Paradise
By JC CARLSTON It was a brisk Friday night in the Mission as I walked along Valencia up to 24th in a haste as to not be late for my 7:30 covid safe time slot for the Paradise art show at Voss Gallery. The Mission was abuzz with live music,

SF School District to Reopen Some Schools on Monday
San Francisco Unified School District announced Saturday that multiple early education, elementary and county school sites will reopen Monday for in-person learning. Superintendent Vincent Matthews said 11 early education preschool sites, 22 elementary schools and three county schools will open their doors. All 107 schools in the district are expected

SFSX (Safe Sex) is the Sci-Fi Sex Worker Comic Book You’ve Been Waiting For
Welcome to Brain-Throbs & Blow Jobs, a column highlighting the great minds and perspectives of Bay Area sex workers through interviews and photo portraits by Maxine Holloway. I wouldn’t be the perverted queer whore I am today without San Francisco. The City by the Bay made living outside the lines a

Map Of SF’s New Murals!
San Francisco art organization ‘Paint the Void’ has commissioned well over 100 murals across San Francisco and the East Bay during shelter-in-place. There are more than 95 Bay Area artists beautifying our city under this project. Turning many of our empty, commercial corridors into actual art walks. Recently a artists