Technology You have a right to delete your data. Some companies are making it extra difficult By Colin Lecher and Tomas Apodaca | CalMatters | August 12, 2025 Consumers must search about 7,000 words into a privacy policy filled with legalese to find any opt-out link
Arts & Entertainment Big Brain: Free lectures where folks nerd out in a San Francisco bar By JL Odom | Bay City News | August 11, 2025 Big Brain SF creator Emily Giverts pairs intellectual topics and casual spaces.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: Cinema on Union Square, ‘Last Class,’ ‘East of Wall,’ ‘Went Up the Hill,’ ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | August 11, 2025 On tap this week: a film documenting Robert Reich’s final semester teaching at the University of California, Berkeley.
dogs At Sonoma-Marin Fair, rescue pup Petunia steals judges’ hearts in Ugliest Dog Contest By Autumn DeGrazia | Bay City News | August 11, 2025 Petunia receives coconut oil treatments daily and her owner embraces her Benjamin Button-ness.
BART Bay Area transit agencies say bye-bye-bye to uncoordinated transfers, look to get in sync By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | August 10, 2025 Better connections equal happier riders.
artists With new Marin home for Eames Institute comes an expanded curatorial mission By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | August 9, 2025 Last week, the institute announced it had purchased the former Birkenstock warehouse that sits west of Highway 101.
Around Town Flix Fest features ‘The Social Network’ on Aug. 14 By Robert Hall | PRD Flix Fest | August 8, 2025 Screening at 801 Magnolia: the highly acclaimed dramatization about the early rise of Mark Zuckerberg and the launch of Facebook.
Around Town Free English classes at Piedmont Adult School By Michelle Lucas | Piedmont Adult School | August 8, 2025 ESL ('English as a second language') classes run September 8 - December 17.
Arts & Entertainment East Bay period enthusiasts re-create historical costume dances By Stephanie Lam | Bay City News | August 7, 2025 'Period Events and Entertainments Re-creation Society, Inc.' (PEERS) brings the past alive for those who yearn for bygone eras.
Arts & Entertainment Outside Lands: SF’s biggest music fest is back this weekend — here’s how to beat the traffic By Alise Maripuu | Bay City News | August 7, 2025 Bikes, scooters, and walking are generally recommended instead of driving.