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The Best Movie Moments of 2025
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The Best Bay Area Theater We Saw in 2025
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The 20 Best Bay Area Albums of 2025
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This San José Pop-Up Bakery Sells 18 Different Varieties of Egg Tarts
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I Made the Adobo Chocolate Chip Cookies From the Filipino Cookbook "Mayumu"
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‘The Sea Captain’s Wife’ Brings a 19th-Century San Francisco Legend to Life
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Helen Mirren Leads a Distinguished Cast in Touching Family Drama, ‘Goodbye June’
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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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The Bay Showed Love to Messy Marv in 2025
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Unsigned and Hella Broke: The East Bay’s Dirt-Hustling 1990s Hip-Hop Subculture
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Spice 1 Talks Growing Up in Hayward, Running From Cops and Breakin’ at the Mall
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‘The Sea Captain’s Wife’ Brings a 19th-Century San Francisco Legend to Life

Tilar J. Mazzeo tells the true story of a pregnant teen who against all odds captained a cargo ship in 1856.
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Ten colorful cookbooks laid out in two rows of five.

Feast Your Eyes on These 10 Cookbooks From 2025

Whether you're craving something sweet, savory, spicy, we've got you covered.
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I Turned 50, Drove 1,564 Miles, and Saw a Life in Music Flash Before My Eyes

A solo road trip this year revealed just how closely music is woven into Gabe Meline's life at age 50.
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Hands holding several different varieties of egg tarts, topped variously with banana slices, pistachios, blueberries and more.

This San José Pop-Up Bakery Sells 18 Different Varieties of Egg Tarts

A&M Pâtisserie's pastries draw inspiration from Cuban guava strudels and Korean cheese corn.
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Two middle aged white women sit either side of a middle aged white man on a couch in an office. To their left is an older man sitting in a chair. Their facial expressions are a mixture of concerned and stoic.

Helen Mirren Leads a Distinguished Cast in Touching Family Drama, ‘Goodbye June’

Kate Winslet directs, produces and stars in a film her son, Joe Anders, wrote.
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An African-American woman poses for a photo in front of a pink background, she's wearing a white and yellow top with a khaki skirt.

'Can I Get A Witness?' Open Mic Creates Community Through Commentary

By creatively sharing testimonies, artists are finding their people at this new open mic.
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A drag queen in a light-pink gown holds a children's book on stage.

Drag Story Hour Celebrates 10 Years at San Francisco Public Library

The literacy program led by drag artists has expanded to 30 chapters worldwide.
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