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Jay Barmann

Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years.

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Arts & Entertainment

'Co-Founders' at ACT Is a Joyously Oakland-Centric Hip-Hop Musical About Startup Culture

Screens are everywhere in 'Co-Founders,' the inventive, tech-centric, Bay Area-set new musical that just had its world premiere Thursday at ACT's Strand Theater. And, just maybe, it presents a vision for how technology will integrate into the musical theater we see produced in the coming years.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

This Week In Food: Acclaimed Team From Maum Opens New Peninsula Spot

Ciaorigato opens its doors in the Tenderloin, Toy Boat comes back to life in the Richmond, and a Michelin-star husband-and-wife team resurfaces with a new spot in Menlo Park, all in This Week in Food.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

One of the Coolest Tucked-Away Bar Spaces In the City Comes Alive Again Near Union Square

In some very good news for fans of the former Benjamin Cooper and its cozy, hidden-from-the-street space near Union Square, it has reopened as a new bar with a similarly sexy vibe.

With Appeal Options Nearly Exhausted, Elizabeth Holmes Seeks Two-Year Sentence Reduction

Two years into her already reduced, nine-year prison sentence, convicted healthcare fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has put her lawyers to work again in the hope of getting her sentence reduced by another two years due to her upstanding behavior as an inmate.

Friday Morning Constitutional: Another Medical Emergency at North Berkeley BART

A second medical emergency in five days at North Berkeley BART disrupted train service Friday morning; a meth-laced greeting card was intercepted at Santa Rita Jail; and 'Luigi: The Musical' opens tonight.

National Guard Presence to Remain In LA Into Next Week After Ninth Circuit Blocks Lower Court Order

A federal judge issued a restraining order Thursday and declared President Trump's move to federalize the National Guard in Los Angeles "illegal," but two hours later, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit temporarily blocked that order.

Weekend Likely to Stay Cool With Sunny Friday Afternoon Forecast; Next Week May Be More of This June Gloom

It's been a colder-than-average June thus far in San Francisco, with a stubborn marine layer that barely clears much of the city in the afternoons, keeping temperatures a few degrees below average.

Arts & Entertainment

Before There Was Pride: William Gedney's Pre-Stonewall Photos of Queer Men In San Francisco

The work of queer photographer William Gale Gedney (1932-1989) went under-appreciated during his lifetime, which was cut short by AIDS, though in recent years his photographs of life in the Haight-Ashbury just before the Summer of Love have resurfaced thanks to a 2021 book of his work.

A (Probably Drunk) Tesla Driver Parked Their Car In the Middle of Alta Plaza Park

Someone managed to drive their Tesla Model S into the middle of Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights overnight and left it there.

California Senator Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed From Kristi Noem Event In LA By Federal Goons

The Trump dictatorship now features goons wrestling with and forcibly removing a United States senator from an event at a federal office building because he was apparently asking questions they didn't like.

Two Palestinian Men Have Their Visas Invalidated at SFO After Arriving for Interfaith Mission

A San Francisco supervisor made an emergency trip to SFO late Wednesday night after learning that two Palestinian men with valid visas who had traveled here to speak at interfaith events around the Bay were being denied entry to the US.

Thursday Morning What's Up: Woman Killed In Napa Homicide Was Pregnant With Twins

Relatives of the woman found dead Sunday in Napa say she was pregnant with twins; the legal showdown between CA and the Trump administration over the National Guard deployment heads to court today; and over 200 people are dead in a plane crash in India.

Day Around the Bay: Home of Man Killed By South SF Police Robbed By Opportunist Suspects

Burglars targeted the home of Brian Montana, the man shot by South SF police in April, and his widow; the FBI is looking for a woman they say led an aggressive skirmish during an ICE protest in Concord; and the entire board of the Fulbright Scholarship program has resigned because of Trump meddling.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Nopa Fish Debuts at Ferry Building, With Fish & Chips, Tuna Melts and More

A new fish counter, with both a fast-casual restaurant and a fish market component, has just opened at the Ferry Building from Nopa chef-owner Laurence Jossel.

Arts & Entertainment

Clay Theatre to Be Restored and Revived as Moviehouse Amid Billionaire's Upper Fillmore Revamp

We have news this week about the historic Clay Theatre on upper Fillmore, which went dark in early 2020 and has been closed ever since.

Santa Clara County Pledges to Continue Gender-Affirming Care Using Local Funds

Prompted by a move from the Trump administration to prohibit Medicaid funds from being used for gender-affirming care for trans people, Santa Clara County is prepared to use some reserve budget funds to offset the cuts.

In National Address, Newsom Calls Out Trump's Authoritarianism, Says We're at a 'Perilous Moment'

Governor Gavin Newsom gave a stern speech Tuesday night that was carried nationally on radio and television, calling out Trump's deployment of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles as "authoritarianism," and saying it was a "perilous moment" for our democracy.

Humpday Headlines: BART Recovering After Unplanned Track Fix In SF

BART was recovering after some emergency track work in SF Wednesday morning; a protest in Oakland ended peacefully, until a sneaker store got looted nearby; and Elon Musk now says he regrets "some" of what he tweeted about Trump last week. Like the Epstein thing?

SF Immigration Court Abruptly Closes as Protesters Gather Outside

An immigration court in downtown San Francisco shut down early on Tuesday with no explanation given, while protesters and immigration advocates gathered outside — and following the arrests of at least two people by ICE agents.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

The Castro's First Women's Sports Bar, Rikki's, Opens Wednesday

A bar dedicated primarily to celebrating women's professional and collegiate sports, which also doubles as the first lesbian bar to open in the Castro in decades, makes its debut on Wednesday.

Leaders of Cult-y 'Orgasmic Meditation' Group OneTaste Convicted In Forced Labor Trial

Two women who ran the San Francisco-based wellness company OneTaste, which promoted the physical and spiritual health benefits of the female orgasm, were convicted Monday in federal court in Brooklyn.

Suspect Arrested In Napa Homicide After Brief Manhunt

Police in Napa have made an arrest in an apparent domestic violence homicide that occurred Sunday, leaving one woman dead.

Tuesday Morning Topline: Zuckerberg Wants to Develop Super AI at Meta

Mark Zuckerberg apparently is building a team to develop a "superintelligence" at Meta; Afghan cricket players may be barred from matches scheduled in Oakland due to Trump's travel ban; and Mayor Daniel Lurie is facing pressure to stand up to Trump.

Co-Owner of Midway to Open the 'Four Seasons' of Gay Bathhouses In SoMa

Local contractor Kevin Born is looking to take advantage of the recent change in San Francisco law allowing adult bathhouses to exist again, and he has plans to create a luxury version of a bathhouse in a two-story building he owns on 12th Street in SoMa.

Day Around the Bay: Delfina Closes For the Night Due to Mission Protest

The VTA is looking for a new contractor for the San Jose BART tunnel; RFK Jr. has removed all the members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee; and at least one SF Mission District restaurant is closed for the night amid the anti-ICE protest in the neighborhood.