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The Best Fan Fits and Hot Looks at Portola Festival 2026
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Ken Light’s Intimate Portrait of West Oakland in the 1970s
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50 Years Ago, Marion Gray Captured ‘Running Fence’ Behind the Scenes
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In Redwood City, a Great Taco Is Always Just a Few Blocks Away — Even at Midnight
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Why Lake Merritt’s Street Food Scene Is Worth Saving
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The Fanciest Japanese Pop-Up in Oakland You Haven’t Heard Of 
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Dread Scott Imagines a World Without America
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Dewey Crumpler Paints ‘Portals to Absolute Autonomy’
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In ‘Fjord,’ a Religious Family Navigates Norway’s ‘Enlightened’ Norms
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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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Dread Scott Imagines a World Without America

At Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, ‘The Body Politic’ demonstrates the inherent power of art.
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In New Memoir, Lil Jon Salutes The Bay Area

The Atlanta rapper, producer and collaborator with Too Short and E-40 has a new memoir, ‘I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me.’
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Illustration: pair of images of two men running around while devouring tacos.

In Redwood City, a Great Taco Is Always Just a Few Blocks Away — Even at Midnight

A late-night crawl through one of the Bay Area’s most taco-rich cities.
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‘The Social Reckoning’ Is Classic Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin revisits a familiar subject, Mark Zuckerberg, in the star-studded ‘The Social Reckoning.’
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Dewey Crumpler Paints ‘Portals to Absolute Autonomy’

At the Museum of the African Diaspora, the longtime teacher exhibits five decades of persistent, dynamic work.
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In ‘Fjord,’ a Religious Family Navigates Norway’s ‘Enlightened’ Norms

As a morality tale, the Palme d'Or-winning film falls short of director Cristian Mungiu's earlier triumphs.
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National Book Award Finalists Span Continents and Tackle Identity, Justice and War

This year’s crop includes works from authors like Edwidge Danticat and Valeria Luiselli in the spotlight.
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