Iconic Denver dive bar Carioca Cafe and Bar — better known in the DIY music scene as Bar Bar — has been closed in recent weeks due to a broken pipe that flooded the bar during January’s deep freeze. However, the bar is returning to business despite an online profile listing it as permanently closed. … Read more
Iconic Denver dive bar Carioca Cafe and Bar — better known in the DIY music scene as Bar Bar — appears to have permanently closed. Its doors have been locked, windows boarded up, and its lights turned off during otherwise normal business hours in recent days. A Google profile of the cash-only bar, at 2060 … Read more
FILE: Free range chickens outdoors in early morning light on an organic farm. Mint Images/Getty Images/Mint Images RF An outbreak of avian flu is hitting the California poultry industry hard. Since the outbreak first reached California in October, it’s killed nearly 5.5 million birds across the state and 1.15 million birds in Sonoma County alone, … Read more
A cook works behind the line at Homemade Cafe in Berkeley, which is closing on Jan. 1, 2024. Jessie R. via Yelp/Courtesy A Berkeley cafe that became a national news story for its free breakfast tickets is closing after 45 years. Homemade Cafe, which opened in 1979 at the corner of Sacramento St. and Dwight … Read more
Joshua Coffy’s “Bird Song #3” mural adorns the exterior of a building near the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue. Charles Russo/SFGATE Local artist Joshua Coffy, whose bright, animal-inspired murals adorn homes and buildings around San Francisco, died Dec. 20 from complications related to kidney failure, according to a GoFundMe a colleague posted to support his … Read more
Following a botched Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) and Lipo 360 surgery, a Canada-based Nigerian, Betty Achom, has set up a $6000 GoFundMe account for ailing transgender Jay Boogie. A few weeks back, PREMIUM TIMES reported that he was in critical condition as he grappled with the aftermath of a botched Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgery. During … Read more
