Oakland Nonprofits You Should Know
I am constantly inspired by all the amazing organizations and community movements in Oakland....
How Do I Tell a Friend They Have a Drinking Problem?
When it comes to good advice, Jessica Lanyadoo has it in spades. The Mission’s resident psychic/astrologer/badass gets booked months in advance by San Franciscans seeking help with everything from figuring out their love lives to communicating with their pets....
Nine Things I Hate about Tinder
I just went on my seventh Tinder date in six weeks last night. This afternoon, as the dude texted me, I realized that I’m over it....
Free Pints of Three Twins If Your Name is Ed Lee!
In September 2011, a four-alarm fire ravaged the block of Fillmore at Haight Street and several businesses were shuttered due to the damage....
San Francisco Is Vanishing
A little over a year ago, I found myself awake in the middle of the night, unable to shake a troubling conversation....
Who Gets to Live in San Francisco?
Thornley cites blight and neighbor complaints as reasons for the expanded ban. I am interested in learning more about the hardships our hardworking, properly-housed citizens have been experiencing....
10 Facts You Might Not Know About Coffee
We are a city of coffee fanatics, but most of us don’t know that much about the drink we’ve become addicted to....
Barbie’s Phone Hacked, Leaked Photos NSFW
When Barbie’s tiny phone was hacked earlier this week, we all braced ourselves for the inevitable scandalous photos to hit the internet, and here they are!...
Rare Photos from Abandoned SF Pool House
Unlike the better-known ruins of Sutro Baths, the abandoned Fleishhacker Pool lay in relative obscurity at the other end of the Great Highway, off to the side of the San Francisco Zoo parking lot....
These Photos of SF’s Gay Community in the ’80s Are Amazing
Photographer Thomas Alleman moved to San Francisco from Michigan in 1985. A year later, he began working for the San Francisco Sentinel, a “scrappy, very design-y, very political” gay weekly....
Will New Urinals Help the Dolores Park Pee Problem?
It’s hardly a secret that when the weather’s nice, you can find a lot of San Franciscans at Dolores Park....
Stop Telling Women to Smile Hits Oakland
I used to think I was the only one who was stopped by random men and told to smile....