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How Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul Rose from Gaza’s Refugee Camps to the World Stage
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Honoring the Black Panther Party on Its 60th Anniversary
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A Rollicking Vietnamese Sidewalk Cafe Pops Up at San José’s Most Nostalgic Strip Mall
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This Oakland Shop Changed the Way Home Cooks Think About Spices
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In Redwood City, a Great Taco Is Always Just a Few Blocks Away — Even at Midnight
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At Ras Ceylon’s Upcoming Show, Bars Come With a Cup of Tea
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At the Asian Art Museum, Paintings You’ll Want to Lick
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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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An older Arabic woman stands on a lawn looking windswept but joyful.
The Palestinian Therapist, Teacher and Music Lover Who Built Cultural Bridges
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That’s My Word
In New Memoir, Lil Jon Salutes The Bay Area
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Tone Capone, Producer of ‘I Got 5 On It,’ Dies at 59
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Mac Dre Will Get a Vallejo Street Named in His Honor
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‘Wildwood’ Builds an Intricate World the Story Can’t Match

The ambitious stop-motion animated film features 230 hand-controlled puppets across 132 sets, shot frame by frame.
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At Ras Ceylon’s Upcoming Show, Bars Come With a Cup of Tea

Killah Priest, Planet Asia and Casual perform at the Oasis Tea Party, Oct. 24 at Oakland’s LAMA Shack.
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Noise Pop Gears Up for Its 2027 Return With Deerhoof and More

Gibby Haynes, Ayo Brame and Lambchop are among the eclectic San Francisco festival’s lineup highlights.
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Valkyries Fans’ Most Creative Fits at Game 2 of the WNBA Finals

San Francisco’s Chase Center was a sea of sequins, feathers and all things purple on Monday night.
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At the Asian Art Museum, Paintings You’ll Want to Lick

Ha Chong-Hyun’s retrospective luxuriates in thick applications of paint.
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‘La Bola Negra’ Is a Gay Drama with Historical Sweep and Oscar Buzz

‘La Bola Negra’ is a Spanish film that explores the lives of gay men in Spain in 1932, 1937 and 2017.
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Asian man in a chef's apron hands baked goods to a customer.

A Rollicking Vietnamese Sidewalk Cafe Pops Up at San José’s Most Nostalgic Strip Mall

Cà Phê & Bánh brings Vietnamese coffee, matcha and pork floss croissants to Lion Plaza.
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