Hi there! I grew up in Santa Cruz and graduated from UC Berkeley in 2018 with an English major and Spanish minor. After teaching ESL for a few years, I joined the Secret Media Network as a Staff Writer. I love to write about California history, hidden gems, museum exhibitions, and local wildlife.
Find Gorman’s mural on the corner of Laguna Street and Page Street in San Francisco. SF-based artist Nicole Hayden commemorated poet Amanda Gorman in mural form, just 5 days after Gorman’s Inauguration Day recitation of...
Enjoy French pastry with flavors like black sesame, white peach, jasmine, and matcha. The pandemic found a lot of us getting creative in the kitchen, with everything from homemade sourdough to Dalgona coffee. But Cynthi...
The building may host a new restaurant as early as this spring. The historic Cliff House building was forced to close at the end of December due to the pandemic. After a rumor that it would be turned into a…...
Owner Joshua James specializes in sourcing hard-to-find non-alcoholic beers. Joshua James opened Ocean Beach Cafe on Friday, January 22, just a block from the beach and Golden Gate Park. After working as a bartender&he...
If you’re a craft beer lover, these February specials will blow your mind. California Craft Beer Week is selling out fast, so be sure to take advantage of these specials from February 12th – 21st! These loca...
Jeff Zients, President Biden’s Covid-19 response coordinator, announced Wednesday that the Oakland Coliseum will open as a mass vaccination site. California governor Gavin Newsom addressed this at a news conference out...
Harbor Porpoises have rebounded in the San Francisco Bay. 30 years ago, you never would’ve seen so many harbor porpoises in the Bay. During World War II, an anti-submarine net was set up there, cutting the porpoises off...
The John McLaren statue was found and installed after his death in 1943. At 1,017 acres, Golden Gate Park is one of the largest public parks in the world – and it wouldn’t be here today without John McLaren. McLar...
The Oakland Airport was the first to debut these vending machines for at-home Covid-19 tests. Last week, the Oakland International Airport installed 2 contactless coronavirus test vending machines from biotech company W...
We polled almost 700 people on Facebook and Instagram. The marine layer that settles over the Bay Area is arguably just as iconic as the Golden Gate Bridge. Many a tourist has arrived in our beautiful city, ready to ta...