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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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Wearing a face mask, chef Sarah Kirnon holds a plate of fried chicken at Miss Ollie's, her Old Oakland restaurant.
A Legendary Chef Bids Farewell With One Final Dinner in Oakland
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A New Takeout Window in Oakland Sells Killer French Dip Sandwiches Until 2 a.m.
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A Rollicking Vietnamese Sidewalk Cafe Pops Up at San José’s Most Nostalgic Strip Mall
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This R&B Singer’s Next Act: A One-Woman Show
Wearing a face mask, chef Sarah Kirnon holds a plate of fried chicken at Miss Ollie's, her Old Oakland restaurant.
A Legendary Chef Bids Farewell With One Final Dinner in Oakland
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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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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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This R&B Singer’s Next Act: A One-Woman Show

Netta Brielle tells her life story in a new, intimate stage play about pursuing one's dreams.
A smiling woman in a dark suit sits at a piano

Windham Hill Records Celebrates 50 Years of a ‘Quiet Revolution’

Often mistaken as a new age imprint, the Bay Area label turned an entire generation on to nature-inspired acoustic compositions.
Wearing a face mask, chef Sarah Kirnon holds a plate of fried chicken at Miss Ollie's, her Old Oakland restaurant.

A Legendary Chef Bids Farewell With One Final Dinner in Oakland

Sarah Kirnon's Sunday pop-up at Burdell is her last event before she moves back to Barbados.

Thomas Mann Returns to His ‘Fatherland’ in This Practically Flawless Film

The film imagines the Nobel Prize-winning author’s 1949 return to Germany after years of exile.
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Patrick Stewart, Legend of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘X-Men’ and the Theater, Dies at 86

The actor died Wednesday in Los Angeles of Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia.

In ‘Everest: The Other Side,’ Tragedy and Triumph Intermingle on the Peaks of Nepal

The new National Geographic feature is as much a document of tragedy and grief as it is of extreme sport.
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The Crucible, West Oakland’s Industrial Arts Hub, Shuts Down Suddenly

Over 150 staff and faculty were told to stop working due to ‘serious financial circumstances.’
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