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24 Oct 2023

Targets Are Closing In SF, Oakland And Pittsburg… What Does That Mean For Each City?

Target is a perfectly fine place. I don’t have anything against Target or the people who shop there. I like their dog mascot with the red circle around its eye. I think it’s cute. And who doesn’t remember the “Blue Light Special?” Was that Target? I think it was. I’m

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The city and a person.
23 Oct 2023

On Finding A New Life in San Francisco

It’s not a facetious question to ask at this point: How many articles taking San Francisco and the Bay Area to task will we, the people who live here, suffer in the year of our lord 2023? The New Yorker is the latest publication to enter the fray, citing billionaires and chefs

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20 Oct 2023

Bingo & Beers: A Night of FREE Fun at The New Parkway

WRITTEN BY: SANDWICH If you’re looking for free fun, as in the free-space-in-the-middle-of-the-bingo-card fun, enjoy Bingo and Beer every Tuesday at The New Parkway Theater in uptown Oakland, conveniently located a few blocks north of 19th Street BART. Do something different. Go on a fun date. Yell Bingo.  It’s pretty

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20 Oct 2023

Oakland’s Golden Bull is Teetering on the Brink of Closure

Here we are, years after Covid started closing doors of favorite venues across The Bay Area and we’re still feeling the continued impact of the pandemic’s wrath. Today, we learned that a beloved Oakland venue, The Golden Bull, is on the brink of closure and are reaching out to us

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20 Oct 2023

WITCHFEST is Bringing Magic & Witches to Alameda This Saturday

This Saturday, a gathering of witches is happening in Alameda: the third annual WITCHFEST 2023. This magical event will bring together seven local Bay Area Witch shops, over 30 independent Magickal Vendors, and a multitude of Holistic and Mystical Practitioners in Alameda, California for one day only. This event will

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20 Oct 2023

SF’s Vintage Mall, Stuff, is Closing

San Francisco’s largest vintage shop, Stuff, has lost its lease and will be closing at the end of January according to an instagram post where staff explained the details behind their sad end. What’s unique about STUFF is that there are over 60 businesses who have their own little collectible

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A man.
20 Oct 2023

Meet the Traveling Writer Penning Strangers’ Poems

BY LAUREN PARKER Ben Bernthal would like to write a poem for you. You just have to pick three words.  “A lot of people don’t know they like poetry,” Bernthal says, now based in San Francisco and a regular presence near the Ferry Building and in the Mission. Set up

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