Alan Chazaro

Food Writer and Reporter

Alan Chazaro is the author of This Is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album (Black Lawrence Press, 2019), Piñata Theory (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), and Notes from the Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge (Ghost City Press, 2021). He is a graduate of June Jordan’s Poetry for the People program at UC Berkeley and a former Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fellow at the University of San Francisco. He writes about sports, food, art, music, education, and culture while repping the Bay on Twitter and Instagram at @alan_chazaro.

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A young Black man in an oversized athletic suit branded with Nike logos smiles and raps into a microphone on a basketball court, with dancers in the background

At NBA All-Star Weekend, True Bay Area Culture Thrived — If You Knew Where to Find It

Rapper P-Lo gazes out onto an empty Chase Center.

P-Lo Puts Bay Area Rap Center Court for NBA All-Star Weekend

KMEL’s G-Biz On How ‘Scrillacon’ Valley Shaped Him

This 36-Year-Old Market Is a Homey Destination for Iranian Food

Photos: The End of Green-Collar Baseball at the Oakland Coliseum

a group of young boys pose for a photo near a soccer field in Sunnyvale

Why Silicon Valley Is the Soccer Capital of the Bay Area

Four women pose in a store with pink walls and racks of clothing

Silicon Valley Fashion Isn’t Just Patagonia Bros

Silicon Valley Unseen: As Told By Locals

Spread of Cantonese dishes including whole fried squab with head and feet attached.

This Hong Kong-Inspired Hot Spot Abounds With Cantonese Soul