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As San Francisco faces another wave of displacement in the AI boom, a big tent of local leaders are advocating for a measure that would dramatically increase funding for affordable housing.
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Average gasoline costs in California have gone up by about a $1.60 since the start of the war.
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We are in the middle of Litquake season here in San Francisco and so we will be featuring some of the poets who will be participating this year. Today’s poet will be performing on October 24th at Medicine for Nightmares bookstore and Galleria as part of Litcrawl, Litquake’s closing night and epic poetry crawl.
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State of the Bay looks at what voters need to know to make sure their mail ballots count, examines whether Governor Newsom will commute California’s death sentences before leaving office, and shares a few laughs with Patrick Heij.
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Nick Hakim spoke with Wonway Posibul during his recent stop in San Francisco to discuss his beautiful new record, "I Can See."
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Berkeley Symphony’s Music Director Laureate Kent Nagano returns to conduct the ‘26/’27 season opener, Inheritance, on Sunday, October 18, 2026. Nagano, a Berkeley native, directed the Berkeley Symphony from 1978 to 2009, and this will be his first return to the podium.
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