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I Watched Adam Friedland Interview Gavin Newsom So You Don't Have To

It’s so fake it’s real.

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Padmini Raghunath Mar 12, 2026

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Party Report: East Bay Rats Valentine’s Fight Party

He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss)

Rane Stark-Buhl Mar 2, 2026

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Meet The Locals: Lake Merritt Nudibranch

A very modern creature

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Cole Sherlock Hersey Feb 23, 2026

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My Hips Shake at the End of the World

On soundtracks to movement

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Gabriel Lopez Feb 19, 2026

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Mis Caderas se Sacuden al Fin del Mundo

Sobre bandas sonoras al movimiento

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Gabriel Lopez Feb 19, 2026

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Meet The Locals: Yarrow

Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.

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Cole Sherlock Hersey Jan 14, 2026

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Zoe Dubno’s 'Happiness and Love' Made Me Very Unhappy and Full of Hate

Yet another piece of literary fiction that reduces politics to an aesthetic.

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Padmini Raghunath Jan 7, 2026

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OUR INS AND OUTS OF 2026

This is not vibes. This is science.

Editors Jan 1, 2026

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Our Favorite Films of 2025

Myron Angus lists twelve films from 2025 that you should check out. Grab your popcorn, kick your feet up, and enjoy.

Myron Angus Dec 30, 2025

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2025’s Beastliest Bay Area Nature Stories

They're wild.

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Cole Sherlock Hersey Dec 29, 2025

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Our Favorite Books of 2025

A City Lights bookseller tells us what we should all be reading.

Erin C. Messer Dec 24, 2025

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Sound Ward: Favorite Bay Area Albums of 2025

The sounds of the bay in 2025 through the ears of Gabriel Lopez.

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Gabriel Lopez Dec 23, 2025