SF News Death at Burning Man Under Investigation As Thousands of Festival Attendees Still Trapped in Muddy Desert Amid the chaos at Burning Man, the Pershing County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a person has died and their family has been notified, but details about the victim and the circumstances haven't been released.
SF News Burning Man Doused by Rare Desert Rains, Turning Festival Into Muddy Nightmare for 70,000+ Festival-Goers Trapped in Playa Organizers shut down the festival's entrance gate and airport on Friday night amid stormy weather, effectively isolating everyone within the playa, who they urged to "shelter in place" and ration resources.
SF News A ‘Renegade’ Burning Man is Planned, Despite Cancellation, COVID, and Lack of Waste Services A few large Facebook and Reddit groups are ignoring the cancellation of Burning Man and slapping together a large, unsanctioned event, but the Delta variant and lack of porta-potty service could turn this into Woodstock ‘99 on COVID.
SF News Day Around The Bay: Black Rock Desert Is A Big Lake Right Now The first big grass fire of the season broke out (and was contained) in Solano County today, an Uber driver has pleaded not guilty in a pair of alleged East Bay kidnappings, and PG&E's top brass toured Paradise.
SF News Black Rock Desert Still Kind Of A Puddle, Dust Might Be Light This Year The Burner faithful probably heard a few reports over the last month about how the playa had turned into a lake following all that winter rain, in some cases with water as deep
misc SFist Raves: Burning Man The miles between Reno and the Black Rock Desert are the most excruciating of the seven-hour drive from San Francisco. Once we turn off Highway 34 and head toward the gate, warm cans
Arts & Entertainment La Playa en Fuego Every Labor Day tens of thousands of geeks, nerds, hippies, frat boys and all other sorts of disaffected rejects pile into vehicles and make a pilgrammage to one of the most inhospitable places
