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How Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul Rose from Gaza’s Refugee Camps to the World Stage
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Honoring the Black Panther Party on Its 60th Anniversary
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As Other Minds Festival Turns 30, an Experimental Music Giant Takes a Bow
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A New Takeout Window in Oakland Sells Killer French Dip Sandwiches Until 2 a.m.
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A Rollicking Vietnamese Sidewalk Cafe Pops Up at San José’s Most Nostalgic Strip Mall
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This Oakland Shop Changed the Way Home Cooks Think About Spices
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A Futurist’s Detailed Paintings Get a Futuristic Display
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At Ras Ceylon’s Upcoming Show, Bars Come With a Cup of Tea
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At the Asian Art Museum, Paintings You’ll Want to Lick
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Rebel Girls From Bay Area History
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The Indian American Essayist Who Championed Social Justice and Feminism
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The Jewish ‘Red Angel’ Who Withstood Incarceration for Workers’ Rights
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The Palestinian Therapist, Teacher and Music Lover Who Built Cultural Bridges
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That’s My Word
In New Memoir, Lil Jon Salutes The Bay Area
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Tone Capone, Producer of ‘I Got 5 On It,’ Dies at 59
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Mac Dre Will Get a Vallejo Street Named in His Honor
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Oakland Theater Project to Turn the New Parish Into a Performing Arts Center

The theater company wants to revamp the venue with a 200-seat theater and space for music, screenings and more.
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In ‘Live From the Hole,’ Kehlani Visits the Prison Where Her Mom Was Once Incarcerated

The R&B star is executive producing a new series about healing and forgiveness from Emmy-winning filmmakers JJ’88 and richie reseda.
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A New Takeout Window in Oakland Sells Killer French Dip Sandwiches Until 2 a.m.

Town Beef’s ‘Oakland-style’ take on the classic won’t stay under the radar for long.
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A Futurist’s Detailed Paintings Get a Futuristic Display

At the Transamerica Pyramid, ‘Syd Mead: Future Pastime’ depicts harmonious worlds full of sleek vehicles.
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San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill No Longer Shutting Down

Longtime concertgoer and entrepreneur Michele Bronson will take over the 35-year-old independent music venue.
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‘Clayface’ Is a Surprisingly Good Revenge Thriller-Romance

The new DC Studios film is the body-horror origin story of a lesser-known villain from the Batman comics.
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‘Wildwood’ Builds an Intricate World the Story Can’t Match

The ambitious stop-motion animated film features 230 hand-controlled puppets across 132 sets, shot frame by frame.
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