The Works of Kayla McIntosh

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 Bookstores are dying out. Everywhere you turn, your favorite ones are closing up shop. First it was the Borders on 19th avenue and then it was the Barnes and Noble in Colma. Chain stores are starting to see a decline in consumers with everyone turning to e-readers. 

So if one is an avid book reader, where must one shop to covet a new nonfiction best seller? I've rounded up a few locations that can satisfy any readers yearning. I've located some of the neatest book stores around San Francisco. Each one is unique and special in their own way. 

Green Apple Books in the Inner Richmond neighborhood is a true gem. It's small and cramped location is stacked with copious novels that would impress any reader. Charming and stocked, Green Apple Books has been around for over 40 years and sees no plans of closing. 

"It really is a special place," Paul Muluihill, co-owner says. 

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A small club in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood is buzzing this Thursday evening. The air is crisp. The temperatures are low. And the music is blaring. It’s 10 p.m. and Temple nightclub is in full swing. This is ground zero of the newest and trendiest electronic music genre. This is Trap.

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Proposition 30 raised the stakes high this past election. With the budget cuts at an all time high, I asked a few people on SFSU's campus how they felt about it. 

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Election Day!

Woooo! It is finally here people. The moment we have all been waiting for. Election Day. In honor of this special day, I thought I'd share a few of my favorite stories from this past week. First and for most, it's important you know exactly who  you are voting for when it comes to the presidential election. I haven't been shy on who I am casting mine for (Go Obama!). Yesterday was the final day but over the course of the campaign both Mitt and Barack were out there getting voters riled up! Meat Loaf was on the scene butchering "America the Beautiful" with Mitt Romney lol'ing on the sideline and Obama had Jay-Z rip the stage in Ohio rapping his hit "99 Problems". He got a little fancy and switched up the lyrics to "I got 99 problems but a Mitt ain't one". Pretty HILAR if you ask me. I mean who's backed up Romney? Sarah Palin and Kid Rock? I'd have to say Jay-Z is 10x cooler. Whatever the case may be, this day is extremely important ESPECIALLY if you're living in a swing state. I found this cool interactive graph that allows you to select winners of each swing state and see which candidate has the best option for winning.

This election is going to make history so it's VITAL that we ALL go out there and exercise our right to VOTE!

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Clouds after the storm

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Just my morning routine. Any of these noises sound familiar?

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I sat down and interviewed Gene Chelberg, the director of San Francisco State University's Disability Programs and Resource Center. He spoke candidly on what it was like being blind and how it plays out in social media and journalism. 

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After simulating what it would be like to be blind for a couple of hours, my partner, Danielle, took the time to ask me a few questions about what I went through