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In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
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"About Face: Disrupting Ballet,” follows two dancers as they work to remove racist stereotypes from ballet and premieres May 9 at CAAMFest @caamedia.bsky.social www.sfexaminer.com/culture/abou...
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"I feel like this city is so cinematic.” #sffilmfest www.sfexaminer.com/culture/oliv...
Boots Riley turns class struggle into comedy with I Love Boosters
Premiering tonight at the Marina Theatre #sffilmfest www.sfexaminer.com/culture/tim-...
Chonkers out here making the national news www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
The bands, notably, are homegrown — arising from and in response to the changing nature of The City itself. And they are making quintessentially San Francisco music. www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-p...
“I want the 2020s to be remembered not just like, oh, they did punk again for a little bit, [but] damn, dude, punk is f---ing back, like they’re doing crazy f---ing sh-t … San Francisco punk is back alive and this is where the most exciting things are happening.” www.sfexaminer.com/culture/sf-p...
It has begun. Beware the 19th Avenue closure, San Francisco www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit...
I Love Boosters is telling a story about the power of working class solidarity.
This will make the story better. When it’s Victor Wembanyama’s turn to celebrate like Jalen Brunson did Saturday, this will be the flashback scene, the agony to avenge.
“I can’t tell you what the lesson is,” Wemby said.
He will show us soon enough.
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The details of these NBA Finals, and of the 94-90 Game 5 New York Knicks victory that closed a series of comebacks and cold truths, will provide both a purpose and a pathway.
"I think it'd be, like, a damn shame for that to just disappear,” said Cody Azumi, the 25-year-old singer/bassist in the local punk band Surprise Privilege.
"I think it'd be, like, a damn shame for that to just disappear,” said Cody Azumi, the 25-year-old singer/bassist in the local punk band Surprise Privilege.
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Caltrans will begin a 19th Avenue repaving project later this month.
