By Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large– One of the challenges facing our democracy is the underrepresentation of the needs of youth. From the horrors of stop-and-frisk committed against Black…
By Andrea Shorter– Are you ready for some Primary Election? Good, because next Tuesday, March 3, is the California Democratic Primary Election. As now one of 14 states holding primary…
By Stuart Gaffney– You never know for sure what awaits you at breakfast time at my 96-year-old dad’s Southern California retirement community, where John and I visited over the recent…
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman on February 11 introduced an ordinance requiring the Department of Public Health to update their minimum health and safety standards for commercial adult sex venues and to…
It is sometimes hard to find constants in the fast-paced Bay Area, given the high turnover of jobs, living arrangements, small businesses, and more. Perhaps that is one reason it…
By Louise “Lou” Fischer– November 3, 2020, will be the most important Election Day ever for every living, breathing human being in the United States and probably the world. The…
By Peter Gallotta– If someone had told me 15 years ago that one day I would be living in San Francisco and running for elected office, I would have told…
By Andrea Shorter– Yes, we are still in an ad nauseam whine-a-thon loop about the total breakdown in Iowa’s long awaited Democratic Presidential Primary Caucus vote pick last week. Yes,…
By Philip Ruth– Sporty coupes have survived the crossover-SUV onslaught better than sedans. While those trendy tall station wagons expand on the functionality of family cars, they can’t stand in…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: Kissing can feel fabulous, but are we trying to do something more through this common expression of affection? For Kathryn Bond Stockton, making out is…
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