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A small San Francisco circus tried to do right by its workers. Now it may be going out of business Ironically, if Circus Bella had just waited to reclassify its workers, it might not be in this mess. Lily Janiak April 26, 2021Updated: April 26, 2021, 7:02 pm Circus Bella Executive Director Abigail Munn does plank exercises at her home in San Francisco. Munn says her 13-year-old circus company is on the verge of going out of business because of a combination of threats: the pandemic, AB5 and high workers’ comp payments that because of bureaucratic rules can’t be reduced, even thoug...

How SF's House of Prime Rib ensures the needy have a very Merry Christmas FacebookTwitterEmail A prime rib lunch served at GLIDE.Alain McLaughlin So many things have changed during the pandemic, but a few have remained the same: On Christmas Eve, the city’s food-insecure population will feast on 2,000 pounds of prime rib. “Prime rib is definitely our community’s favorite meal of the year, by far,” says George Gundry, GLIDE’s meals director. It’s part of a yearly partnership between GLIDE and the House of Prime Rib, in which the restaurant donates a literal ton of beef along with s...