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Inside Program Audio, the Viral DJ Collective Streaming on Haight Street
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The First-Ever Film Festival at a Women’s Prison in California
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Digital Underground’s MC Was Secretly a Genius Illustrator
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San Francisco’s Yakitori King Is Back
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A New San José Restaurant Offers the Largest Variety of Burritos in the Bay
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Bay Area Restaurants Will Allow Customers to ‘Pay What They Can’ — For One Day, Anyway
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What Is ‘Trans New Weird’? An Emerging Film Genre Screens at YBCA
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The Deep Roots of Puerto Rican Culture Come to the Bayview Opera House
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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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A black-and-white photo of Shock G performing, wearing a fur hat over a zebra-print hat, a patterned blazer and a fake nose. He holds a champagne bottle as he raps into the mic.
Digital Underground’s MC Was Secretly a Genius Illustrator
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‘Blow the Whistle’ is 20 Years Old — and Keeps Going On and On
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The Bay Showed Love to Messy Marv in 2025
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Japanese-style fried chicken leg, served with the claw still attached.

San Francisco’s Yakitori King Is Back

Tommy Cleary’s new izakaya, TBD, drops the skewers and leans into dry aging.
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Michael Tilson Thomas, Revered Conductor and Icon of San Francisco, Dies at 81

Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, exemplifying excellence and adventure. He died Wednesday at his home.
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Family Influencers Look Good — But Kids Pay the Price, New Book Says

In ‘Like, Follow, Subscribe,’ Fortesa Latifi explores what drives parents to monetize their offspring.
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Four Bay Area Artists Awarded $100,000 Rainin Grant

Painter Cece Carpio, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye, dancer Sarah Crowell and theater director Danny Duncan are the new Rainin fellows.
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An actor playing Michael Jackson recreates Jackson's signature toe-point dance move on an stadium stage.

‘Michael’ Moonwalks Past Jackson’s Complicated Legacy Via Shameless Nostalgia

The new film is sanctioned by Jackson’s estate. Scenes dealing with sexual abuse allegations were cut.
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The American Library Association’s 11 Most Challenged Books of 2025

The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record.
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Burrito smothered in orange sauce on a plate.

A New San José Restaurant Offers the Largest Variety of Burritos in the Bay

Cuco's Burritos serves more than 14 different specialty burritos inspired by regional Mexican cuisine.
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