San Francisco
This song is by the Brazilian surf rock band SambaDá from Santa Cruz. Their album release party is at The Independent in San Francisco on Saturday, March 13th.
Drummer Eddie Marshall has been on the top rung of Bay Area jazz for more than 40 years. In 2000, he was the first recipient of the prestigious San Francisco Jazz Beacon award for lifetime achievement. It was awarded a bit prematurely, though, because at the age of 72, Eddie Marshall is still...
About a quarter-century ago, Joe Marshall noticed something about the neighborhoods on the east side of San Francisco. Many of the teenagers living in the projects of Potrero Hill and the Bayview were dropping out of school – and worse: “It’s pretty tough to have a kid get an ‘A’ in geometry at the...
Dolores Park in San Francisco’s Mission District: on a sunny day, it’s a Mecca for hipsters, tourists and artists. Sometimes the place is so packed with bicycles, dogs and people soaking up the sun that you can barely see the grass.
So in late January, when news hit that the park might be shut down...
What a difference two days makes- for some local schools.
This past Monday, the California Department of Education released a statewide list of 188 "Persistently Low-Achieving Schools"- a requirement for the State to be eligible for Federal stimulus money meant to revamp the nation's most...
Google Maps just announced that it's added a feature to map optimum bicycle routes. So now when you hit the "get directions" button you can choose "By car," "By public transit," "Walking," and now: "Bicycling." Marc Caswell, program manager for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, was excited...
In January, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his goal to reduce the number of homeless people on San Francisco’s streets by 50% and the city’s overall homeless count by 30% by the end of 2010. And he vowed not to leave office before his goals were met. Newsom’s New Year’s resolution is an ambitious one...
You may not learn this in Sunday School, but the Bible contains some pretty racy stuff. Using innocuous phrases like "to know" or "to lie with" someone, the Bible carries stories of incest, passion, and well, sex. Lots of sex.
Opera composer Mark Alburger saw the potential on this aspect of...
California's financial crisis has forced many people into homelessness and many people have abandoned their homes. The city of Stockton has one of the highest home foreclosure rates in the country. Forbes recently ranked it the second most miserable city in America.
When the foreclosure crisis hit...
This music is by a couple of Bay Area musicians known as Duo Revirado. They're performing March 11 at The Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco.
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