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Why Do We Make New Year’s Resolutions?

What Was on Jane Austen’s Nightstand? ‘The White Lotus’ of Its Time

‘The Sea Captain’s Wife’ Brings a 19th-Century San Francisco Legend to Life

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Tenderloin Museum Holds New Fundraiser to Continue Ambitious Expansion

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Ken Burns’ ‘American Revolution’ Will Make You Rethink U.S. History

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‘Nuremberg’ Is a Murky but Sobering Take on the 1945 Nazi Trials

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Why Do So Many People Think This East Bay Road Is Haunted?

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A San Francisco History Tour You’ll Feel in Your Quads

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Victorian Self-Defense Fun: Women Used to Stab Men With Their Hatpins

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At 60, the Chinese Culture Center Enters a ‘New Era of Courage’

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Oakland to Honor Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party Cofounder, With Street Renaming

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Alysia Abbott Says ‘Fairyland’ Hits Differently in the Current Political Moment

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