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Another Volleyball Fight Brews in Berkeley
Berkeley residents filed a lawsuit against the university Friday to stop plans to build a 14,000-square- foot volleyball beach complex at Sports Lane and Dwight Way. This is not the first time the city has been embroiled in a battle over a volleyball court. Hundreds of residents from four neighborhood

Young Politicians of Color You Should Get To Know
By Arbed Marie Cancel We can all agree that under this current Trump administration a lot of unfortunate truths have come to light. The increase of hate crimes and racial attacks, for one, are notable factors in today’s America. These issues have sparked more intrigue in politics for average Americans

Hallmark Cards to Grandparents Now Subtly Mention Inheritance
It’s nearly Valentines Day again, and America is gearing up for a lovely day full of candy, chocolate, & romance. Holiday Card makers Hallmark are also gearing up for a very busy week of business, but it’s not all hearts and cherubs at company headquarters this year. It turns out Hallmark’s

Meet The Hip Hop Drag Queen Of Boston and New York
There is no shortage of drag queens in NYC. You can’t throw a rock without hitting some twink in a dress who thinks he’s got what it takes to shantay down the runway just because he’s seen every season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race while practicing YouTube makeup tutorials. There’s a difference,

The Pleasures and Pains of Having a Dog in San Francisco
One of the many weird things about San Francisco is that even though it’s not a particularly dog friendly city there are still more dogs here than children.

Bake Muffins & Feed the Homeless on National Muffin Day
Do you know the Muffin Man? If you are ever on Market Street, in the Tenderloin, in the Mission, on Haight Street, or near the Civic Center, you might have seen him around, distributing delicious home-baked muffins to hungry folk. For the past five years or so, Jacob Kaufman has

Why to You Should Watch More Mainstream Asian Films
Guest post by Peter Wong Why should you watch the more commercial Asian films? Let’s paint some word pictures: *Because you’ll see some terrified passengers crawl along the car’s luggage rack to avoid the zombies which have packed a train’s passenger car (“Train To Busan”). *Hong Kong action cinema legend Chow Yun-Fat