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At Eli’s in Oakland, 98-Year-Olds and Young Blues Fans Keep the Mojo Workin’
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San Francisco’s Most Affordable Art Supply Store Is Moving
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Juneteenth in the Bay Area: Your Event Guide for 2026
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This Late-Night Noodle House Slings the South Bay’s Tastiest Roast Duck
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Get Better at Using Up Leftovers With These Helpful Tips
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The Only Ukrainian Restaurant in Wine Country Pops Open for One Month This Summer
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Hiero Day Announces San Francisco Lineup, Expansion to LA and Canada
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A Huge, Free ‘Future of Us’ Fest Wants to Spark San Francisco’s Imagination
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Sorting Through the Wreckage of an Immigrant Father’s Death
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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
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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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Hiero Day Announces San Francisco Lineup, Expansion to LA and Canada

Killer Mike, Mereba, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Hieroglyphics co-headline the Midway on Sept. 7.
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A woman in Victorian period costume stands in the desert pointing a small revolver. To her right is a white man doing the same. To her left, a man of Indian descent leaning on a walking stick.

‘Enola Holmes 3’ Is Spirited, Fleet of Foot, and Never Takes Itself Too Seriously

Millie Bobby Brown carries the third in the Netflix series with an unflappable charm.
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Illustration: Two men devouring Chinese roast duck and rice noodles.

This Late-Night Noodle House Slings the South Bay’s Tastiest Roast Duck

Changsha Rice Noodles is Cupertino’s latest after-hours hot spot.
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Danny Glover Announces He Has Alzheimer’s

‘I can live with it, in a sense,’ the San Francisco actor and activist said.
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A Huge, Free ‘Future of Us’ Fest Wants to Spark San Francisco’s Imagination

Quirky, interactive events are meant to bring artists, scientists and everyday people together to dream and play.
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‘Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep’ Is Full of Beautifully Written Grotesqueries

Paul Tremblay’s innovative approach to fiction gives us the best anti-AI story horror has produced so far.
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Christopher L. Thompson Wins the San Francisco Symphony’s Emerging Black Composers Project

The award comes with a $15,000 grant and a commission from the Symphony.
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