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Books Not Bans is Sending Banned Books Where They’re Needed Most
Books Not Bans, a local organization, is making a nationwide impact by sending books, including queer and banned titles, to places where people don’t have access to them, and is planning a book giveaway party in Birmingham, Alabama.

Where 12 Bay Area Food Industry Experts Head for Coffee
In the Bay Area, where coffee’s history and future alike percolate through the years, it’s a decently hard question: Where should one head for a latte? For the San Francisco Standard I asked some of the buzzier chefs and owners in San Francisco proper for their takes. I wanted to

Hulu’s November Releases: Historical Dramas, True Crime, and Underrated Films
Hulu is releasing a variety of highly acclaimed series and films in November, including Juliette Binoche’s historical drama of food and romance, an adaptation of a National Book Award-winning novel, and a docuseries about bad behavior around the holidays.

I Didn’t Cry in the Bar When Trump Won This Time
Despite the disappointment of Trump’s victory, the we must continue to fight for the rights of working class people and push back against their exploitation by corporations and billionaires, as the GOP has already taken the White House and the Senate and is planning to take the House of Representatives.

Best Bay Area Events 11.5-11.25
Unstaged. First Thursdays. Live on Mid-Market Join us November 7th from 4-7 pm for the final UNSTAGED event of 2024. UNSTAGED is a free, interactive, live performance experience on Market Street between 5th and 6th. November’s UNSTAGED is going out with a bang, adding more new acts and welcoming back returning

Why California’s Election Results May Take Weeks to Finalize
California’s statewide elections often take several weeks to be finalized, with the 2024 primary results not being called until two weeks after the election, and the 2022 general election not being called until December 2.

California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It
California’s Industrial Relations Department has stated that it does not have jurisdiction to handle Prop. 22-related wage claims, leaving the state attorney general to enforce the law, which mandates better wages and benefits for gig workers.