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How You Can Apply For a Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Music Relief Grant
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival is of course an online livestream this year, a scaled-down, three hour affair happening Saturday, October 3, from 2-5 p.m. PT. (Though you can still make it a three-day watch party with their 20 years of archived shows.) But the festival is also giving back
Halloween Not ‘Canceled,’ But SF Says Lay Off The Parties And Trick-Or-Treating
The cancelation of events wrought by COVID-19 has been both heartbreaking and financially devastating, even knowing that the 211,000 dead Americans (and counting) makes this entirely necessary. But few cancelations are as painful as Halloween, not just because it’s a month of kick-ass San Francisco parties, but more because the
Muni Fare Inspectors Are Back, And In Different Uniforms
One of the sweet upsides to our six-and-a-half-month shelter-in-place has been that Muni has sidelined its fare inspectors. But people, the free rides are coming to an end. The SFMTA announced in a blog post that Muni Transit Fare Inspectors are returning to duty, though with new and somewhat less
Is It ‘Geary Street’ Or ‘Geary Boulevard’? Let’s Settle This Once And For All
Geary is San Francisco’s longest east-west street, but is it really a ‘Street’? Some people call it “Geary Street” and others call it “Geary Boulevard,” and even Geary’s most well-known landmarks disagree on the street’s surname. For instance, the Fillmore Auditorium lists themselves as being located at 1805 Geary Boulevard,
Trump v. Biden: Why the Debate is Almost Pointless
Former Vice President Joe Biden faces President Donald Trump Tuesday night on the debate stage, but voters hoping for any level of substantive policy discussion are almost guaranteed to walk away disappointed. Trump’s debate performance in the 2016 campaign was all insult where intellect should be, and nothing in the
42,000-Acre Glass Fire Rages Through Already Scorched North Bay
The raging fire in the North Bay has destroyed at least 80 residences since it began Sunday near St. Helena. The burn zone has since stretched across more than 42,000 acres in Napa and Solano counties, both areas already weary and damaged by fire seasons only increasing in intensity and
Emergency Tips: Recent Fires, Earthquakes Remind Us to Be Prepared
A group of earthquakes hit just above Santa Clara County Tuesday morning, located about 6 miles northeast of Milpitas. The quakes, ranging from magnitudes of 1.3 to 3.3 struck in the course of under one hour with the latest, and largest, at just before 9:30 a.m. A swarm of very