The Oakland Tax Raiders: Why Professional Sports Teams Should Be Publicly Owned
Team owner Mark Davis blackmailed the city into coughing up money for the team time and time again at the expense of Oakland’s citizenry....
Stop Being Scared of Your Microwave
Or: How to convince your conspiracy-minded friends that their microwave will not give them cancer, kill nutrients or spy on them....
Introducing: The Debunker
A new series in which we consider the Bay Area’s status as a haven of conspiracies, and then debunk them....
Why You Must See the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
It’s a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Here’s a guide to why, how and where to see the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse....
Shall We Call It Cirque du La Bay?
Some days, living in the Bay Area can seem like a noisy, gray heap of fog and an empty bank account....
The Day I Killed Someone
I stood there on the Napa River Bridge, gripping the railing for what seemed like the longest time, trying to figure out what had just happened, as a fireball engulfed the wreckage of crunched metal to my right....
If California Adopts Universal Health Care, It Will Be a Model for the Whole Country
As with gay marriage, what California does with health care may set a course for the rest of the US....
Meet the Beatboxing Street Performer Who Invented His Own Bagpipes
Legendary among San Francisco street musicians, the Canadian creator of the “Heartpipes” tells how he got here....
Raider Revolution: How Oakland Could Use the 5th Amendment to Keep the Raiders
If Oakland were to use this constitutionally approved means of keeping the team, it could start a populist revolution in the NFL....
I’m a Stand-Up Comic Who Stutters—and It Doesn’t Impede My Career at All
This is who I am....
Photos from San Francisco’s Holi Celebration, the Indian Festival of Colors
On Saturday, April 1, hundreds converged upon the California College of the Art’s campus to participate in San Francisco’s largest Holi celebration, the Indian festival of colors that marks the arrival of spring....
We Tested Uber’s New Discount “Ride Sharing for Clunkers” Subsidiary, “Püber”
The ride-sharing giant thinks consumers will jump at the chance to save money by riding with unvetted drivers in older cars....