The East Bay has taken a spanking this summer with abnormally high temperatures and smoky air you can chew on like a snack. But those punishing daytime rays make for beautiful summer nights, nights that will quickly disappear. So grab your vaccinated peeps and hit up some trippy outdoor bars

Sunday was the first day of the “Renegade” Burning Man, the informal, loosely organized rogue replacement event for the officially canceled 2021 Burning Man. And Sunday night saw the first reported serious accident and injury of the affair, apparently involving a 4-wheel, all-terrain vehicle traveling at high speeds.  There are

The iconic San Francisco “space fork” known as Sutro Tower has become a recognized symbol for t-shirts and tattoos, but the 48-year-old radio and TV signal tower was the result of a hard-fought battle between local radio and TV stations. Some wanted it where it ended up being built near

You may have seen a recent onslaught of Facebook ads and advance publicity for a Banksy show coming to San Francisco, called The Art of Banksy (opening November 22, at a supposedly “secret location” in SF). That show is not to be confused with a rival unauthorized traveling Banksy show

The season of ticket giveaways and big concerts is back! We’re celebrating the reopening of one of our favorite Bay Area music venues, Oakland’s Fox Theater by partnering with them to give away two pairs of FREE tickets to each of five upcoming shows. We’ll be posting these giveaways over

Time for a little good news! A BAS reader named Sebastian Luke emailed to let us know that two Polk Street businesses with cult like followings have reopened. If you recall, just before the pandemic, the porn themed bar Kozy Kar shut down because the owner wanted to run off

The Short Version: Minimum wage is a joke in this country, even in California, which has the highest in the nation. So the folks at SEIU 2015 are fighting for a $20 minimum wage, starting with nursing home and homecare workers. These workers have been on the frontlines of the pandemic,