Local Legends

03 Apr 2019

Stephen Curry Is Terrifying the Rest of the NBA…with His Eyes

As if the rest of the NBA universe didn’t hate the Golden State Warriors enough already…Stephen Curry just got even better, with contact lenses. As it turns out, the signature Curry squint was a sign of blurry vision. That’s right, you heard that: Curry, the guy considered to have one

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27 Mar 2019

Crawl San Pablo Avenue Bars Like an 86’d Sailor

My grandpa was infamous in the Berkeley, Albany, El Cerrito area. To many, he was an old, drunk cuss of a man who had peeled his share of potatoes on Navy aircraft carriers. To me, he was Bampa and he was awesome. But awesome or not, he did manage to

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20 Mar 2019

Nosey Neighbors Are Trying to Kill All the Joy

People care a lot about the place they call home – it’s not just a shelter with four walls and a roof, it’s a personal respite from the conformity police lurking in every other aspect of our lives. Most people around the Bay Area get up at the butt crack

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13 Mar 2019

SF Mayor Is All Up in the News This Week and Its Not All Bad

Appointments here, apologies there. Mayor London Breed is busy sprinkling herself around, making her way into headlines here at home and across the international stage, not all good, not all of it bad. Let’s take a look at what she’s been up to. Public Defender Manohar Raju After Matt Gonzalez

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06 Mar 2019

Last SF Fortune Cookie Factory Needs More Than Good Fortune to Stay Open

Kevin Chan will be awake at 3 a.m. writing fortunes for those sweet folded cookies we devour at the end of our dim sum feasts. Secretly, we all love those little strips of paper with messages of encouragement or prophecy. Hands slap at each other as friends and family fight

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06 Mar 2019

Hooray! SF’s Oldest Queer Bar Gets a New Lease Extension

The Stud has been a touchstone of queer culture in San Francisco for 52 years and now that the iconic bar has been given a lease extension, it looks like they’ll be keeping the party going for at least another two. The venue has survived ownership, location and financial changes

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04 Mar 2019

The Jeff Adachi Memorial at City Hall was Incredibly Powerful

Jeff Adachi, the “superman” of public defense left this stage of life but the intensity with which he lived his 59 years, the passion he brought each and every day to his mission is what inspires those who now follow in his footsteps. It was a celebration of that legacy

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20 Feb 2019

Richmond Has Hella Culture

By Haley Pollock The Bay Area is well known for some its larger urban centers. San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley often steal the spotlight and have global name recognition. Tucked in here and there are dozens of tiny cities that completely fall under the radar. Most locals don’t

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