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Rental Scams On The Rise as Rent in San Francisco Skyrockets

Aug 10, 2026

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4 min read

Rental Scams On The Rise as Rent in San Francisco Skyrockets

Landlords aren't the only ones chasing A.I. tech wealth.

James Conrad, +1

This Month's Streaming Picks Are Unhinged in the Best Way

Aug 10, 2026

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9 min read

This Month's Streaming Picks Are Unhinged in the Best Way

Murder Dads, Forged Art, and a Whole Lot of Boeing Anxiety. There's a ton of great stuff to watch this month.

Peter Wong

Frak The Person Is Turning Bay Area Hip Hop Into a Video Game For One Night Only At The Independent

Aug 10, 2026

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3 min read

Frak The Person Is Turning Bay Area Hip Hop Into a Video Game For One Night Only At The Independent

The Bay Area Has Always Had Game, Now Frak Is Going To Prove It

Abraham Woodliff

Could a Data Center be Coming to the Dogpatch?

Aug 7, 2026

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3 min read

Could a Data Center be Coming to the Dogpatch?

The future is closer than you think.

Bunny McFadden

Treasures of the Pharaohs is at the de Young

Aug 6, 2026

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2 min read

Treasures of the Pharaohs is at the de Young

Once upon a time, ancient Egypt had gods and goddesses for the afterlife, the seasons, and the harvest. What then must it have looked like when the Egyptian ruler Akhenaten attempted to reform religion by declaring the solar god Aten to be the principal god of Egypt?

Vita Hewitt

"American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez."

Aug 6, 2026

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3 min read

"American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez."

El Teatro Campesino (Spanish for "The Farmworker's Theater"). Founded in 1965 by playwright, director, and impresario Luis Valdez, himself the son of a farmworker, the company's improvised skits and scenes brought the Delano grape strike screaming into the American consciousness from 1965 through 1967

Vita Hewitt