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For Singer Viveca Hawkins, a Road To Recovery Assisted by Music

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Jun 25Failed to save articlePlease try againViveca Hawkins performing with Con Brio at the Independent in San Francisco. Hawkins is recovering from a strike and seizure that nearly took away her ability to sing. (Still Harper)It’s been five months since acclaimed East Bay singer and songwriter Viveca Hawkins suffered a stroke and a massive seizure, leaving her partially paralyzed and unable to talk. She’s had multiple surgeries in the meantime, including the removal of a portion of her skull.
What Happened When Raphael Saadiq Came Home to the Town

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‘We had our own Lauryn Hill’: Raphael Saadiq goes off about Lucy Pearl bandmate Dawn Robinson at Oakland showRaphael Saadiq did not hold back during the final night of his “No Bandwidth: One Man, One Night, Three Decades of Hits” tour, which concluded in his …
What Happened When Raphael Saadiq Came Home to the Town

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Jun 11Failed to save articlePlease try againArtist, producer, legend Raphael Saadiq photographed in 2019. (Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images)Raphael Saadiq, one of the most accomplished musician and songwriters of our generation, took to the stage in his hometown of Oakland last Saturday and reminded his fans that despite penning songs that are sung around the world, he too is a human being. He has ups and downs, a sense of humor and panic attacks.
It’s a Bay Area Film Night, For Real For Real

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Jun 10Failed to save articlePlease try againSan Francisco-based filmmakers Jamal Trulove and Maya Cameron-Gordon pose for a photo while on the set of the film 'What'chu Mixed With?' (Courtesy of Maya Cameron-Gordon)On Wednesday night, Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater will play host to Bay Area Film Night, an event that features a panel discussion and a screening of two short films that are truly from the soil. Behind the films What’chu Mixed With?
At Fort Point, An Ode to ‘Black Gold,’ Then and Now

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Jun 6Failed to save articlePlease try againFine artist Bryan Keith Thomas peers out a window overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Thomas’ work is part of ’Black Gold: Stories Untold,’ an exhibition at Fort Point exploring important Black figures throughout California history. (Pendarvis Harshaw/KQED)Directly beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Point’s red brick ceilings and white walls are currently a three-story display of fine art.
Review: Kendrick Lamar and SZA Light Up the Night San Francisco

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May 30Failed to save articlePlease try againSZA and Kendrick Lamar perform during the Grand National Tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on May 8, 2025. (Cassidy Meyers)Kendrick Lamar performed his highly-lauded lyrics and SZA showed-off her sultry singing Thursday night as scores of people packed San Francisco’s Oracle Park for the latest stop on the duo’s Grand National Tour.
What's New at This Year’s Bay Area Book Festival

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Over the weekend, nine stages throughout Berkeley will host the likes of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Bad Feminist author Roxane Gay and renowned philosopher Judith Butler, as well as a Saturday evening conversation about “the embodiment of care” between titan authors Prentis Hemphill and Mia Birdsong. This year’s event will include a “small press alley,” an area designated for independent publishers from all over the country.
On ‘Human + Nature,’ Seiji Oda Spreads Peace, Love and Ethereal Blap

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May 23Failed to save articlePlease try againThe sped-up sample on the Trunk Boiz classic "Cupcake No Fillin" remains unknown, so for a new version of the song, Oakland's Seiji Oda sang it himself. (Sydney Welch)While filming the video for his update of the classic Bay Area love song “Cupcake No Fillin,” rapper, singer and producer Seiji Oda stood in East Oakland’s Dimond Park, wearing a white T-shirt of a pink cupcake crossed out.
RyanNicole Gets Real About the World on New Album ‘#YoursTruly’

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May 22Failed to save articlePlease try againRyanNicole’s new album covers love, motherhood, Oakland, depression, gratitude and more. (Courtesy of RyanNicole)Over the span of just 30 days, multitalented Oakland-raised artist RyanNicole wrote her most recent album #YoursTruly — and then dropped it on her 40th birthday. Inspired by the book The Artist’s Way, recently re-popularized by rap star Doechii, #YoursTruly is the definition of multifaceted.
‘We’re Not Just One Thing’: Goapele on the Bay Area’s Eternal Inspiration

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3 hours agoUS, Bakersfield: Bakersfield Head On Collision Leaves51 Dead and Others InjuredBakersfield, United States - May 19, 2025 05/18/2025 09:44 pm GMT-0700 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – California Highway Patrol and the Kern County Fire Department responded to reports of a head-on collision on Highway 166, west of Old Farm Road, Sunday night. Upon arrival, responders discovered a deceased male in the driver's seat of a black truck.