As Calif. election season heats up, Anh Phoong stars in political ad
This week, Phoong appeared in a campaign ad for Jane Kim, a candidate for California insurance commissioner. In…
He sang at Carnegie Hall. Now he busks on San Francisco sidewalks.
Tim Blevins is singing on the sidewalk outside San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House. He sways slightly as his…
The San Francisco haunt where Ali Wong got her start relaunches
“Our next comic is new to our laundromat, so I’m going to need you to give her —”…
Madonna’s Coachella cameo soured by missing clothes
One of the biggest storylines of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s second weekend was Sabrina Carpenter’s…
Original home of ChatGPT hits the market for $1.5M
The home is a two-level Victorian flat on a nondescript block between Folsom Street and Treat Avenue in…
SantaCon president allegedly stole $1M to spend on luxury lifestyle
Love it or hate it, SantaCon has become a worldwide phenomenon. The revelrous tradition that began as a Cacophony…
Legendary filmmaker John Waters throws lewd 80th birthday in Berkeley
A portrait of John Waters. Photo by Greg Gorman John Waters is rebelling simply by being here. “I…
Fans pilgrimaged to SF for 73-year-old YouTube star Masayoshi Takanaka
At the Masonic last Thursday night, an eight-piece band filed onto the stage while the crowd of mostly…
In a wealthy LA suburb, a hidden pet cemetery to the Hollywood stars
Make your way down the right side road in northern Los Angeles County, and you just might find…
SF library book checked out before the 1906 quake is finally returned
Mechanics’ Institute library manager Myles Cooper takes a key from his pocket, unlocks a display case and picks…
Bill Simmons and Ringer colleagues dissect SF film in NSFW live show
On Wednesday night, a sea of balding millennial men in Bay Area sports apparel (I count myself among…
A Bay Area sex researcher made a survey. 1 million people answered.
In a library deep within an academic compound off Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley called Lighthaven, Aella curls up…