Youth High school senior from Fremont appointed Alameda County’s new youth poet laureate By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | August 12, 2025 As one of county’s literary ambassadors, Anika Mangla's poetry will also be featured in the National Poetry Anthology.
Arts & Entertainment Two Bay Area natives light up Merola Opera Program Grand Finale By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | August 12, 2025 Don't miss Sofia Gotch, PHS '15, in the August 16 performance at the War Memorial.
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.
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.
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.
Bay Area Historic ‘peace boat’ tours San Francisco Bay, advocating for a world without nuclear war By Anna Tran | Bay City News | August 7, 2025 The Golden Rule has planned stops in San Francisco, Alameda, Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond and San Mateo until August 29.