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A young Black woman wearing a gold chain, dangling earrings and casual sweater, gestures, putting her right arm at an angle next to her. Behind her on the right stands a grinning, young Latino man wearing a leather jacket and a baseball cap with an X on it. Behind her on the left is a young Black man wearing a work shirt buttoned all the way up, with a baseball cap and sunglasses. Behind them all is a Black person of undetermined gender wearing white sunglasses and backcombed hair.

A Love Letter to the Tenderloin, In Photographs

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5 Real-Life Monsters That Have (Allegedly) Stalked Northern California

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Ten small boys, between the ages of approximately 8 and 14 stand in the street in the 1920s. Most look sullen.

What Was Your Great-Grandpa's Favorite Toy? Dynamite, Probably

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A woman dressed in a Victorian white lace dress and black choker raises a beer mug high in the air, while smiling.

The Eccentric Saloon Owner Beloved and Defended by 19th-Century Sailors

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The wooden fences, monuments and trees of a cemetery in the mid-1800s. A church with a two-story perpendicular addition. Masonry on the first floor, a wooden second story.

Think You Know About San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries? Think Again

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A young woman with heavy brunette bangs and a high ponytail plays an electric guitar in a studio. She is singing into a mounted microphone next to a white man in a white shirt, who is also singing.

San Francisco’s 1960s and ’70s Music Scene Takes Center Stage in New Docuseries

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Three Black men stand together smiling. The first wears an Adidas jacket and a peasant hat, the second wears a sports jacket, open shirt and gold necklace, the third is wearing a sweater.

E-40, Too Short, Chuck D and More Rap Legends on Their Early Hip-Hop Influences

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A Black woman in a Red Cross uniform from the 1940s era.

The Red Cross Nurse and Shipyard Welder Who Served Long After World War II

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An old wooden building with people sitting at tables out front.

Legends of Heinold's First and Last Chance Saloon, the Oldest Bar in Oakland

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A red sweater covered with rows of white sheep, with a single black sheep, hangs inside a perspex box, mounted a wall next to a photo of Princess Diana wearing the sweater at an outdoor event. A woman stands to the left gazing at both.

Princess Diana’s Iconic Sheep Sweater Could Fetch at Least $50,000 at Auction

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‘When Crack Was King’ Follows Four People Who Lived Through the Drug Epidemic

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A man in a denim jacket and cap talks to the camera in front of the Bay Bridge

Seeing San Francisco Through a Skateboarder’s Eyes

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