Azucena Rasilla
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Oakland, CA, United States
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How to Help Struggling Bay Area Artists
Directly support the Bay Area arts community during the Covid-19 crisis → Read More
Here’s Where to Donate and Volunteer in the Bay Area Right Now
Given the pandemic we’re living in, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed with the amount of suffering people are experiencing due to job and income loss, anxiety, isolation, and illness. But there are… → Read More
What Bay Area Gyms and Fitness Studios Are Offering Online Classes During Covid-19?
During Covid-19 and the Bay Area's shelter-in-place, what fitness studios and gyms are offering virtual workout classes? Many in Oakland, Berkeley, the South Bay and San Francisco are streaming classes through Zoom and Instagram, some even for free. → Read More
March’s Sketchy Rentals: Red Minivan Edition
The Bay Area housing crisis made national headlines in recent months after a group of homeless mothers, all members of Moms 4 Housing, were physically forced from a vacant West Oakland home they had… → Read More
What Lies Beneath: The Ships Buried Under San Francisco
Every day in San Francisco, people walk the city’s streets unaware of the history that our concrete jungle holds in its depths. Little do most people know that roughly 40 ships are buried underneath… → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in January
Here we are at the beginning of a new decade, and there’s little to no hope of the housing crisis in the Bay Area improving any time soon. The ever-decreasing pool of affordable housing has resulted… → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in December
It’s the last column of the year! Thank you, readers, for all your tips. → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in November
Amid the Bay Area housing crisis, we look at another month of questionable rentals on Craigslist in San Francisco. → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in October
Facebook Marketplace is Craigslist’s newest competition → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in September
Height restrictions, political persuasions and other bizarre requests in this month’s batch of rental horrors → Read More
Carving Out Spaces for Artists of Color
Bay Area artists of color who call Oakland home say that the evolving landscape — call it change or gentrification — is taking a toll on galleries and artists alike. → Read More
The Story of Netflix's 'Las Crónicas Del Taco' Is a Bay Area Story Too
Just as tacos are honored in 'Las Crónicas Del Taco', taqueros in the Bay Area are sharing and celebrating their own stories and traditions through their own taco offerings. → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in August
Our monthly look at the worst and weirdest rentals available on craigslist in San Francisco → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in July
Summer has really brought out the creepy landlords → Read More
Inside Oakland’s Only Black-Owned Sex Shop –
“What’s up, baby! How are you?” Nenna Joiner’s friendly voice welcomes a customer into Feelmore, the only sex shop located in downtown Oakland. “What size do you want? Are you gonna put it on a… → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in June
Your monthly dose of “housing” from the depths of Craigslist → Read More
Oakland’s Potholes, a Symbol of the Town’s Neighborhood Disparity
Last month, I spent $485 replacing my car’s four tires, the steep cost of driving around Oakland, where countless gaping potholes create an almost comical need to constantly zigzag down roads. I’ve… → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in May
As the weather heats up throughout the Bay Area, renters everywhere take advantage of the sunny days as well as potential rental deals to look for a place to call home. Sadly, “red-hot deals” on… → Read More
The Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent in April
Last month, The Bold Italic readers scrolled in horror as we debuted our new series, Sketchiest Bay Area Apartments You Can Rent Now. Readers really enjoyed seeing how dark the depths of Craigslist… → Read More
Inside Fruitvale’s Only Art Gallery –
In a terracotta building where Fruitvale Avenue meets the Dimond District in Oakland, Galería Beso Maya sits sandwiched between a barber shop and an upholstery store. Inside this small, eclectic… → Read More