By Mark Rhoades– I grew up in California’s Central Valley, the only child of a hardworking single mother. We lived with my grandmother and grandfather in a small town called…
By Jennifer Kroot– Last November, Dean Preston’s grassroots campaign for District 5 Supervisor prevailed over big moneyed interests in a special election. It’s déjà vu for D5! Supervisor Preston is…
(Valerie Miner, a professor at Stanford University and an Artist-in-Residence at the university’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research, is the award-winning author of fifteen books and has just published Bread…
By Michele Karlsberg– Michele Karlsberg: Robin Hopkins and Jaimie Kelton are the co-hosts of the podcast “If These Ovaries Could Talk,” and are the authors of a book by the same title. They’re…
By Elisa Quinzi– (Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming back Elisa Quinzi, a Certified Professional Astrologer, to the San Francisco Bay Times! Regular readers will likely recall her longstanding…
By Jan Wahl– These are times when we often need a quick fix, a few moments to lift our spirits. Easily surfing YouTube not only reveals sparkling showbiz moments, but…
By Ann Rostow– What Now? If we are to survive the crisis brought on by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we must win both the presidency and the Senate.…
By Andrea Shorter– An October surprise is defined as a news event deliberately created or timed, or sometimes occurring spontaneously, to influence the outcome of an election, particularly for the…
By John Lewis– I’ve been a “political junkie” since I was 10 years old and followed every presidential election closely ever since. Naturally, I was very excited when I could…
By Rebecca Rolfe– As we work together to find a new, safe normal and brace for the election, we are keeping our eyes firmly on the prize: making sure San…
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