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Can Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ Make the Revolution Sexy?
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San Francisco Symphony Appoints Elim Chan as Music Director
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June’s Pizza Is Oakland’s Favorite Late-Night Slice Shop
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A Dazzling New Children’s Book Honors an Indigenous Teen Heroine From California
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New NOFX Documentary Charts the Band’s Unruly Rise and Wrapping Up
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Beat the Heat at These Top 20 Swimming Spots in the Bay Area
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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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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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A Dazzling New Children’s Book Honors an Indigenous Teen Heroine From California

‘Alice Piper Speaks Up’ tells of one girl’s legal fight for a fair education in 1920s California.
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Sublime's Last Show: The Oral History

Remembering the band's final concert at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma on May 24, 1996, as told by those in the crowd, behind the scenes, and on stage.
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On stage, before a huge audience, a shirtless white man with green dreadlocks faces a white man with a green mohawk. Both gesture at each other wildly, holding guitars aloft.

New NOFX Documentary Charts the Band’s Unruly Rise and Wrapping Up

‘40 Years of Fuckin’ Up’ — part of this year’s SF DocFest — chronicles decades of punk rock misbehavior.
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Can Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ Make the Revolution Sexy?

With his stylish new satire, the Oakland director places a bet that art can fuel a mass labor movement.
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Young kids in swimwear getting soaked by falling water

Beat the Heat at These Top 20 Swimming Spots in the Bay Area

From public pools and beaches to lakes and rivers, here are the best places to swim outdoors in the Bay Area this summer.
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How to Find the Best Deals at Bay Area Thrift Stores

Brush up on red-tag Thursdays, 50% off specials, senior discounts and more.
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Exploratorium’s ‘Resonance’ Series Brings Experimental Sound Back to the Museum

A May 28 performance by Circuit des Yeux is part of a relaunched concert series during After Dark events.
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