By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– The housing situation in the Bay Area and elsewhere in California is problematic. Market rents are too expensive for most longtime residents of…
By Assemblymember Phil Ting– Like many parents, I feel somewhat relieved. California has finally begun bringing back more students for in-person learning this month—thanks to AB 86, a compromise between…
By Paul Ellis– My coming out story is a good deal different from so many others. Let me tell you why. Sure, I grew up in a conservative town, Pittsburgh,…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun– Sister Dana sez, “Thank you to all the Republicans who unanimously voted for the COVID-19 Relief Bill. Nah.…
San Francisco’s Krewe de Kinque (KDK) charitable Mardi Gras club is gearing up for “On The Radio,” the theme for Bal Masque XVIII, to be held virtually and in the…
By David Landis– For Nelson German, a young Dominican American chef from the streets of New York who now helms two of Oakland’s most revered restaurants (alaMar and Sobre Mesa),…
By Sister Dana Van Iquity– 2021 marks the 42nd Anniversary of the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence! The Sisters’ annual “Easter in The Park” will be a virtual celebration,…
By Jan Wahl– Suddenly one of my favorite songs is not cool anymore. Frank Loesser’s Baby, It’s Cold Outside is a ball, especially when sung by Lady Gaga and Joseph…
By Gary M. Kramer– The2021 San Francisco International Film Festival, April 9–18, offers dozens of features, shorts, and documentaries both online ( https://sffilm.org/ ), and outdoors at the Fort Mason…
By Michele Karlsberg– In the great tradition of Vampira and Zacherley, Stan the Mechanic is the new TV horror host who has hit the airwaves. Stan, as the one and only…
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