1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (477+ words) A dishwashing job posting out of SoMa is offering $50 an hour, and it has drawn substantial interest. The position, at Pho de Nguyen on 6th Street, covers the restaurant's late-night weekend shifts, running as eight-hour shifts from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Fridays and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) Parker Eastman’s cancer treatment required a backpack he could wear 24/7. When his mom couldn’t find one, she made one. Garvin Thomas reports. When Rebecca Eastman's son Parker was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma at just 2 years old, she found herself joining…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (395+ words) Menegon Catering is hosting its second annual lobster boil fundraiser on October 3, and this time all the proceeds will go directly to the St. Helena Community Food Pantry, a nonprofit that says it now feeds as many as 130 families amid…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (523+ words) At Lela Means’ Strange Exchange booth at the Divisadero Farmers Market everything is free for the taking … and giving. It's Tuesday morning, and Lela Means is in her San Francisco garage, unpacking, weighing, and sorting thousands of small items: sunglasses,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1127+ words) Dolly Parton performs in Los Angeles on March 4, 2006. Dolly Parton, the world-famous country music star-turned-international philanthropist, died Tuesday, Aug. 25. The singer may have been a global icon, but one who always stayed true to her roots. In interviews and on…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1509+ words) The 40% off sale is underway from 3-7 p.m. — each customer was alerted to it via text message the day before. The strategy is one of many ways the Polk Street outpost of Out of the Closet, a Los Angeles-founded thrift store chain…...