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Shining Light on the Outer Sunset People Helping Us Get Through the Pandemic
I’m not sure if you’ve seen it yet, but I’ve teamed up with the folks at Here/Say Media to make something really special. It’s a new series called When the Light Come Up in the City and it’s a celebration of the people, places, and businesses that have helped us

A List of SF Bay Area Bars & Restaurants Requiring Proof of Vaccine
As you know by now the is Delta variant isn’t messing around. It’s far more spreadable than the original COVID-19 virus, and the fact that people are not getting vaccinated is allowing the virus to further mutate. At the moment, the City and County of San Francisco is considering an

The Low Water Levels of Lake Mendocino are Absolutely Frightening
When I was young, my father and I drove north to Lake Mendocino from the Bay Area two or three times a year. My sister would tag along sometimes with piles of homework on her lap while I studied some nerdy Final Fantasy videogame guide. Being kids, when Dad told

SF’s Newest Park was Originally built by prisoners from Alcatraz : A History of Black Point Gardens
It’s not everyday that our little peninsula gets a new piece of public land, but for the last four years the Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and a team of volunteers, have been restoring the gardens, walkways, stairs, and terraces of The Historic Black Point Gardens. The Black Point

The Best Beer Drinking Patios in the East Bay
One of my favorite jobs as a journalist is trying out bars and restaurants in order to write our Beer Passports. This past year nearly every weekend I explored 2-3 new drinkin’ patios in the Bay Area, while asking friends and patrons where their favorite spots to drink were. Oakland

Racist Lady Tells Black Man To Put ‘Black Chicks In Their Place’
Words of wisdom from a Black man recently dining in Contra Costa County: “Always keep a fully charged phone for Karen!!!! You never know when you gone run into one.” Indeed he did run into one at the Dead Fish crab house and bar in Crockett, and as we see

SF Considering An Indoor Vaccine Mandate, Just Like New York
The rule of thumb on San Francisco COVID-19 restrictions is usually that when you hear rumors they might be about to require something, they are definitely going to require that thing in the very near future. When we heard bars might require proof of vaccination, five days later bars were