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Confessions & Obsessions with Anh Phoong
A monthly questionnaire that tries to get to the bottom of things.
Meet The Locals: Sea Otters
Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.
In Santa Cruz, an Unlikely Venue Unites Punks and Veterans
For more than 40 years, the Veterans Hall has modeled what a shared public space can look like for those cast off by society. Can it withstand increased privatization?
All Rise: the Free Key Choir Do It Themselves
What happens when a DIY community choir becomes the next big thing?
What It Means to Make Palestinian Documentaries Amid Genocide
Three documentary films appear as part of a struggle for freedom and dignity.
Meet The Locals: Black-Crowned Night Herons
Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.
The Bay’s Fastest Growing Language You’ve Probably Never Heard of
Mam, an endangered Mayan language nearly 2,600 years old, is blossoming in Oakland’s working-class communities.
San Francisco's Billboards Aren't For You
Wendy Liu, author of Abolish Silicon Valley, explains what those weird tech billboards are really saying.
Delays and Belays: Touchstone Climbing Gym Management Stonewalls Workers
They’ve had a mass shooter threat, an FBI investigation, a strike and a boycott. Touchstone workers just want a union contract.
Meet The Locals: California Live Oak
Introducing Bay Area Current’s guide to your local native species and why they matter.
Down But Not Out: Laid-Off SF State Faculty Still Kicking
University cuts make headlines. But what happens to lecturers after they lose their jobs?
Why Venture Capitalists Are Leaving Oakland’s Iconic Greyhound Station to Decay
Oakland’s downtown Greyhound bus station was a center of working-class life for decades. Now it's owned by the “Uber of buses.”