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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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New Fire Breaks Out In Santa Cruz Mountains, Threatens At Least 100 Homes

Firefighters are battling a 125 acre fire off Bear Creek Rd, SW of San Jose (San Mateo Co). #BearFire Evacs in place https://t.co/p4pDI6YQyb pic.twitter.com/zPMdCHL7Wh— CAL FIRE (@CAL_

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Boogaloos To Come Back From The Dead This Winter

Good old Valencia Street brunch stalwart Boogaloos, which got hit with a massive rent hike two years ago and then a minor fire that shut the place down, seemingly for good, a year

Those Who Lost Their Lives In Wine Country Fires Include Disabled Woman, Dozens Of Retirees

One week after a fast-moving wildfire tore through several neighborhoods in Santa Rosa just as multiple other fires were igniting in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Yuba and several other counties, we are getting

Woman Who Survived Las Vegas Shooting Loses Home To Fire In Santa Rosa

A woman who escaped the mass shooting in Las Vegas two weeks ago came home to Santa Rosa only to barely escape the flames there, and lose the house she was sharing with

Arts & Entertainment

Kardashian Sisters Have Girls' Weekend At Fairmont Hotel, Go To Alcatraz, Step Out In SF

Kim Kardashian rocks sheer thigh-high stockings in SF https://t.co/hXwhzRpS16 pic.twitter.com/CjUfakCsLF— Zesty Celebrity News (@zesty_celebrity) October 15, 2017 Against the backdrop of a fire-ravaged wine country, the

One Week In, Evacuation Shelters For The Fire-Displaced Become Unpleasant Long-Term Homes

The situation for many of the thousands of evacuees who remain displaced by wildfires in Northern California is an unhappy one for more reasons than the loss of homes and neighbors. Evacuation shelters

Firefighter Dies Helping To Keep Fire Away From Famed Mondavi Winery

As the Nuns Fire edges closer to one of Napa's most iconic wineries, a firefighter has lost his life in the process of trying to keep the fire at bay. The fireman's vehicle,

Fire Death Toll Hits 40 As Containment Levels Rise

There are still 17 fires burning across Northern California, but containment is now looking closer to becoming a reality for the largest of the fires in Napa and Sonoma County. Meanwhile the death

New Evacuations Ordered In Santa Rosa And Sonoma As Senators Feinstein And Harris Arrive For Community Meeting

The fires burn on to our north, and as of late Friday the death toll was revised up to 35 with the addition of two elderly men found in a home in Napa,

Body Of Las Vegas Shooter Sent To Stanford For Brain Analysis

The body of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Craig Paddock is in the Bay Area after the local coroner has completed his own autopsy. As the Associated Press reports, the remains of the 64-year-old

Day Around The Bay: Deaths Of Two Napa Men Bring Fire Toll To 35

Fire news: Two elderly men have been identified as the third and fourth victims of the Atlas Fire in Napa County, 89-year-old Dr. George Chaney and a 79-year-old man believed to be Edward

Arts & Entertainment

'Imaginary Comforts' At Berkeley Rep Delights In The Stories We Tell To Comfort (And Scare) Ourselves

Writer Daniel Handler, best known for his children's books under the nom de plume Lemony Snicket, was scribbling ideas after the death of his father, ideas and characters that would ultimately coalesce into

The 13 Worst Wildfires In California History

The grim comparisons continue to be made to fires of yesteryear, and as the death toll continues to rise in Northern California's staggeringly devastating swarm of October wildfires, it's eye-opening to understand especially

Arts & Entertainment

Russians Apparently Also Used Pokemon Go To Create Division, Promote Black Lives Matter

Well, this is insane. In addition to creating fake Facebook and Twitter accounts, creating events, and buying Facebook ads to sow division and influence the 2016 election, Russian agents apparently also created a

Homes Of Former SF Mayor, Peanuts Creator Destroyed In Tubbs Fire

Frank Jordan, former #SF mayor, loses his home to Sonoma County fire. https://t.co/exEP2MndpT pic.twitter.com/WDu6trX3el— SFChronicle (@sfchronicle) October 13, 2017 Former San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan is one

Three Couples, Three Swimming Pools Surrounded By Fire, One Heart-Wrenching Ending

Was your house damaged or destroyed in the Northern California fires? Tell us your story https://t.co/0rmg4rLA8x pic.twitter.com/4XIeTWVzvD— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 13, 2017 Among the survival

Arts & Entertainment

'South Park' Makes Mark Zuckerberg Out To Be An Aggressively Obtuse Bully-Nerd

The latest season of South Park has been taking shots at the way technology has taken over our lives in absurd ways see the season opener and all of its jokes about the

In The Year When Pot Became Legal, Some NorCal Growers Lose Everything To Fire

Sending love and good vibes to all the #urbanfarmers effected by the fires. 707 stay strong . A post shared by Berner (@berner415) on Oct 9, 2017 at 3:06pm PDT It was supposed

Day Around The Bay: Airbnb Host Says Surveillance Cameras Were Just For His Sex Parties

Fire related news: SF State is calling off classes Thursday evening, effective at 5 p.m., and closing down the campus due to poor air quality through at least Sunday. [SFist] As of

[Update] Northern CA Wildfire Death Count Hits 31; Official Count Of Santa Rosa Homes Burned Rises To 2,834

Last updated at 6:20 p.m. The gruesome ticker of human lives lost to the swarm of wildfires still burning in Northern California is likely to rise for many days to come,

Surprised By Fire: Harrowing Stories Of Escape, Regret, And Gratitude

Fire like what we're seeing in the Bay Area and beyond this week is a difficult thing to capture in individual photos, Twitter videos, and words. The broader picture will take time to

On Sunday, Sonoma County Officials Opted Not To Send Out Mass Alert As Fires Began

A decision by two Sonoma County emergency officials not to send a regional mass alert to cellphones about what would turn out to be two swiftly moving wildfires in Santa Rosa and Glen

Utterly Surreal Video Shows Postman Delivering Mail In Fire-Decimated Santa Rosa Neighborhood

As residents in Northern California continue to deal with burning hillsides and homes, and as others continue to assess the destruction in areas where fire has already used up all the "fuel" and