Bay Area Current

“One of my nicknames is Snacks,” says Tomas Rivera as he unloads a grocery bag of chips and nuts onto a rickety wooden shelf in a tent outside of the Marathon Renewable Refinery in Martinez. “I’m a father so my pantry is always fully stocked.

Culture Don't let campus security stop you from taking a dip at Trefethen Pool at Northeastern University. (Catherine Roseman / Bay Area Current) In many parts of the United States, August signals the end of summer, but in the Bay Area, it can feel like just the beginning, with our warmest weather yet to come. As a lifelong runner, it used to take temperatures rising into the 80s for me to swap out my sneakers for a swimsuit.

Culture You increasingly feel you can’t get out. You can’t escape your job, you can’t escape the deluge of slop, you can’t escape the life you’re living. You're in the backrooms. (Credit: A24) You may be wondering whether or not to watch the new movie Backrooms. You’ve heard online that it’s another movie based upon internet memes, so you’re skeptical that it’s anything worthwhile. Perhaps at work, you ask your coworkers about the movie.

Manifestation Spell to Ward Off Cyclosporiasis TUES, JULY 28 —  I'm at the combination report back and picket line... Experience the interconnectedness of struggles at home and abroad (preferably with a camping chair and snack) // ILWU Picket Line Defend Negros Campaign Reportback// 830 Loring Ave, Crockett, CA // 5:00pm – $FREE // LINK TUES, JULY 28 —  A rare mix-up and smack-down of radical theater performers, historians, novelists and union organizers.

Sceloporus occidentalis For many native species, habitat loss, overconsumption, disease, and out-competition by invasive species have been the customary tragedies of the modern human era. The world of industry through capitalism has meant that many species' lives, homes, and histories have been upended by Western expansion across the globe. And yet, this is not always the case for all creatures.

Hi all, Lindsey Graham beat Mitch McConnell to the punch. Taco Bell may never be the same. And the World Cup came to an end. All to say, a lot is happening out there. But at the end of the day, Pretty Good Advice, our very own and very good advice column,is more interested in what’s happening with you. Yes, you. Maybe you phoned your mom this week to talk through some never-ending workplace drama.

Even as she held a stack of flyers urging the public to “BOYCOTT GREEDY GHIRARDELLI,” Susan Garcia stood by the chocolate. “The big corporations have, you know, gotten in. Not on the product. The product is still excellent.” The Original Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop is one of three Ghirardelli locations in Ghirardelli Square, a single city block in San Francisco’s Russian Hill. It’s the only unionized Ghirardelli location in the city.

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Tech Ready for authoritarianism draped in Patagonia fleece? (Grace Anglin / Bay Area Current) On the Saturday of Pride weekend in late June, a long line of mostly men in suit and tie snakes around the side of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Noe Valley, spilling out onto the block.

Culture If you’d like to see these red-legged frogs, simply look around at any marsh in the Bay Area. (Cassidy Hersey / Bay Area Current) Rana draytonii In 1849, as many know, the world sought out California in the hopes of finding a vein of fortune in the rocks and rivers. It is a story integral to understanding the modern ethos of the state itself, most especially by those who spend little time here.