Remembering the Dead: A Visit to San Jose’s Hacienda Cemetery
With Halloween and DÃa de los Muertos upon us, we dispatched a local writer to document her favorite cemetery in the Bay — which features a one-arm burial site.
 
 
With Halloween and DÃa de los Muertos upon us, we dispatched a local writer to document her favorite cemetery in the Bay — which features a one-arm burial site.
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Times are tough. ‘Freestyle Mania’ bent them into the shape of a balloon animal for one glorious afternoon.
 
Emma Silvers is a San Francisco journalist with 15+ years of experience covering the people and policies shaping arts and culture in the Bay. She grew up in Albany and lives in the Mission.
 
I don’t want to be assaulted by a driver, nor surveilled by cat-killing robot cars. Is this really the best we can do?
 
Known for decades of shows at Madrone and the Boom Boom Room, the musician and mentor suffered a stroke last week, just before his 81st birthday. A fundraiser aims to get him back on his feet.
 
The birthplace of San Francisco punk can’t be what it once was. Is it time to let it be something else instead?
 
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