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Meet The Locals: Yarrow

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

Cole Sherlock Hersey Jan 14, 2026

Politics

This Notorious Women’s Prison Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility

After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants.

Marcus Gabbert Jan 12, 2026

Culture

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.

Padmini Raghunath Jan 7, 2026

Sound Ward

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Sound Ward: Favorite Bay Area Albums of 2025

Culture

Sound Ward: Favorite Bay Area Albums of 2025

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

Gabriel Lopez Dec 23, 2025

Sound Ward: NO BIAS Is All Caps, No Capture

Culture

Sound Ward: NO BIAS Is All Caps, No Capture

DJs in the Bay want us to know they are workers, too.

Gabriel Lopez Nov 10, 2025