A New San José Restaurant Offers the Largest Variety of Burritos in the Bay Cuco's Burritos serves more than 14 different specialty burritos inspired by regional Mexican cuisine.

Cuco’s Burritos, a Redwood City restaurant with a new location in San José, offers more than 14 different specialty styles of burritos — the most KQED contributor Octavio Peña has ever encountered in the Bay.
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New Documentary ‘Lorne’ Reveals Plenty — But Not Michaels Himself Morgan Neville’s film is packed with access and celebrity voices, but avoids deeper questions about ‘SNL.’

Morgan Neville’s film is packed with access and celebrity voices, but avoids deeper questions about ‘SNL.’
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Bay Area Restaurants Will Allow Customers to ‘Pay What They Can’ — For One Day, Anyway On August 26, a global movement from Mexico City arrives at Bay Area staples like Reem’s and Bombera.

On August 26, a global movement from Mexico City arrives at Bay Area staples like Reem’s and Bombera.
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What to Know When Attending a 2026 Valkyries Game at Chase Center | KQED It’s the Golden State Valkyries’ second-ever season as a professional women’s basketball team. Here’s how to attend a game in San Francisco.

This spring, San Francisco’s Chase Center will once again morph into Ballhalla, the home of the Golden State Valkyries — here's our guide to how to attend a home game, including information about where to get tickets, parking and public transportation.

In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers,’ an Artist Meets His Match The twisty dramedy, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, concerns artistic legacy itself.

The twisty dramedy, starring Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, concerns artistic legacy itself.
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Long Live The Pound: The Forgotten 2000s Venue That Changed the Bay Area | KQED Taxi drivers refused to go there. It evoked a horror movie set. For five years, metal and punk bands called it home.

The Pound, a 500-person capacity venue near the railroad tracks and a hauling yard, with barely any neighbors, became a home for metal and punk bands in the early 2000s.
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Irving the Baby Sea Lion Is Rescued From San Francisco Streets | KQED With help from police and a marine mammal center volunteer, the California sea lion was corralled into a crate and taken to an animal hospital for treatment.

Early Thursday morning, San Francisco park rangers found a 10-month-old California sea lion pup on the corner of 48th Avenue and Irving Street after an unusual overnight adventure.
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Golden Thread Productions Turns 30 Against a Backdrop of War | KQED As the theater company faces disruptions from international travel and conflict, its mission remains vital.

As the theater company faces disruptions from international travel and conflict, its mission of amplifying Middle Eastern voices remains vital.
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What is ‘Trans New Weird’? An Emerging Film Genre Screens at YBCA A series of double features pairs ’90s New Queer Cinema with ‘playful and messy’ trans cinema of today.

A series of double features at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts pairs ’90s New Queer Cinema with ‘playful and messy’ trans cinema of today.
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‘Beef’ Is Less Rare in Season 2, But Still Well Done The hit Netflix series brings in a new cast that includes Oscar Isaac and Cailee Spaeny.

The hit Netflix series brings in a new cast that includes Oscar Isaac and Cailee Spaeny.
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How Tuesday and Her Daughters Made West Oakland’s New Viral Anthem | KQED ‘Juice Week pt. 2’ got this family two stadium shows and co-signs from SZA, Kehlani and other music royalty.

‘Juice Week pt. 2’ got this family two stadium shows and co-signs from SZA, Kehlani and other music royalty.
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The Deep Roots of Puerto Rican Culture Come to the Bayview Opera House In Shefali Shah’s bomba show ‘Enraizando,’ young women showcase their growing independence through dance.

This weekend in San Francisco, the vibrant ‘Enraizando’ dance production will give audiences a window into Puerto Rican history and culture.
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A Rising Star Chef Trains San Francisco’s Next Generation of Bakers | KQED Rize Up Bakery’s Azikiwee Anderson teaches Bayview youth how to make artisan bread — for free.

Rize Up Bakery’s Azikiwee Anderson teaches Bayview youth how to make artisan bread — for free. “I make [the bread] to make people feel seen.”
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Ticketmaster, Live Nation Acted as a Monopoly and Overcharged for Tickets The antitrust suit alleged the company controlled too much, at the expense of venues, artists and fans.

The antitrust suit alleged the company controlled too much, at the expense of venues, artists and fans.
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What Draws People Into Cults? A New Book Tracks Two Followers Harrison Hill's new book ‘The Oracle's Daughter’ is a story about the terror of losing the self.

Harrison Hill's new book ‘The Oracle's Daughter’ is a story about the terror of losing the self.
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In ‘Mother Mary,’ a Pop Star’s Costume Crisis Turns Existential Michaela Coel and Anne Hathaway star in a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama about a pop star’s wardrobe.

Michaela Coel and Anne Hathaway star in a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama about a pop star’s wardrobe.
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My First A’s Game in West Sacramento | KQED I love baseball and I hate that the A’s left Oakland. Here’s my attempt to grapple with it all.

"During the team’s inaugural season in West Sacramento they finished 10 games under .500, fourth in their division. And I was happy to see them lose," KQED's Pendarvis Harshaw writes.
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At San José Museum of Art, Technology Is Women’s Work The show ‘Motherboards’ engages with women’s unseen labor in the tech industry in satisfyingly tactile ways.

‘Motherboards,’ a group exhibition at the San José Museum of Art, engages with women’s unseen labor in the tech industry in satisfyingly tactile ways.
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What’s the Future of the Many Cesar Chavez Murals in San Francisco? | KQED While the call for renaming came swiftly, the disgraced labor leader’s visual legacy remains more uncertain.

While the call for renaming streets and holidays erupted swiftly, the disgraced labor leader’s deeply embedded visual presence around San Francisco remains more uncertain.
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In East Oakland, a Store Where 1 Item Is Always Free | KQED Free Oakland UP in East Oakland is a free store and community space where shoppers can take one item at no cost, blending mutual aid, affordability and sustainable reuse in a city facing displacement ...

Free Oakland UP is a free store and community space where shoppers can take one item at no cost, blending mutual aid, affordability and sustainable reuse in a city facing displacement and rising living costs.
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Win Prizes for Looking Like Your Pet at This SPCA Block Party The SF SPCA's Birthday Block Party includes a ‘Paws and People’ Look-Alike Contest. You know what to do.

The SF SPCA's Birthday Block Party includes a ‘Paws and People’ Look-Alike Contest. You know what to do.
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11 New Books for April That Step Inside Someone Else’s World These great new works offer the opportunity to see life from other perspectives.

The books expected this month don’t exactly radiate escapist good vibes, riddled as they are with anxiety, corruption, unfulfilled desire — but they do offer the opportunity to see life from other perspectives.
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A Tokyo Subway Station Turns Into an Infinite Nightmare in ‘Exit 8’ Genki Kawamura’s adaptation of the video game is devilishly simple but metaphorically rich.

Genki Kawamura’s adaptation of the video game is devilishly simple but metaphorically rich.
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‘London Falling’: A Teen Imposter, an Aging Gangster, a Body in the River In 2019, a 19-year-old leapt from a fifth-floor in London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates his story.

In 2019, a 19-year-old leapt from a fifth-floor in London. Patrick Radden Keefe investigates his story.
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Korean Spring BBQ in Santa Clara is one of the Bay Area’s last remaining Korean barbecue restaurants where the meat is still grilled over wood charcoal. Their “Midnight Menu,” available after 9 p.m., is a worthwhile splurge.

San José Soccer Star Naomi Girma Returns Home | KQED Soccer star Naomi Girma is pushing the game further, but hasn't forgotten her Bay Area roots.

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team will face the Japan Women’s National team during a friendly match in San José this Saturday. For the team’s highly decorated defensive phenom, Naomi Girma, it's a homecoming.
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A judge on Wednesday cleared the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department’s path to remove the Vaillancourt Fountain, a controversial public art piece on the Embarcadero that’s been deemed an imminent safety hazard by the city.
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The comedy created by Dan Levy and Rachel Sennott stars Levy as a pastor and Taylor Ortega as his sister.
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The Best San José Anthems, as Chosen by DJ Cutso | KQED The San José-raised DJ picks the top five songs that provide the soundtrack to his city.

‘I Like it Loud,’ ‘Sideshow’ and more — East San José-raised DJ Paolo “Cutso” Bello shares his Top 5 San José anthems — songs that never fail to get the city energized.
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SF Filmmaker Kevin Epps Is Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Fatal Shooting | KQED Epps was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a long-running, controversial case stemming from a 2016 altercation at his family’s Glen Park home.

San Francisco filmmaker and journalist Kevin Epps was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison on Wednesday, nearly a decade after he shot and killed a relative by marriage during an altercation at his family’s home.
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