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Yap Zone: The One Thing Alan Chazaro Hasn't Written About

The prolific Alan Chazaro has written about pretty much everything — except one very important thing.

Soleil Ho Dec 26, 2025

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Life

Eight Stories That Got Away

Surprising sports fans, mysterious hums, and something called “the handshake of monogamy.” These are the stories we didn’t wind up doing, but kind of wish we had.

COYOTE Staff Dec 26, 2025

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Power

Medium Rare: The Beefs That Rocked the Bay Area in 2025

Petty feuds, Instagram rivalries, rap beefs, and other conflicts we found joy, or, at the very least, distraction in this year.

COYOTE Staff Dec 25, 2025

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Culture

The 15 Books COYOTE Loved Most This Year

Recommendations for short story collections, queer lit, and more from the COYOTE crew.

COYOTE Staff Dec 24, 2025

Cover of a book, "Christmas at the Women's Hotel" by Daniel M. Lavery, with an illustration of a pink hotel facade with Christmas decor and a tree out front. Background: a snowy city street.

Culture

Excerpt: Christmas at the Women's Hotel

Daniel Lavery’s latest novella is all about finding work and love during Christmastime.

Daniel Lavery Dec 24, 2025

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Life

The Best Things We Ate in 2025

Today, the COYOTE team is sharing our memories of the best things we ate this year — some in the Bay Area, some in more far-flung locales.

COYOTE Staff Dec 23, 2025

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Culture

The Songs That Kept Us Going This Year

Let’s be real: 2025 was not fun. Here are the tracks we turned to to help us get through the year.

COYOTE Staff Dec 22, 2025

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Culture

A Bay Area Librarian Is Using Vintage Vinyl to Show Tweens Where Music Comes From

Gina Cargas reached out to the community about collecting records for her middle school students. The response was overwhelming.

Soleil Ho Dec 22, 2025

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Culture

A Michelin-Recognized Chef Was Allegedly Set to Cater a Hackathon. So Why Did the Food Look Like “ass”?

Dinner was pure, thoughtless dude chum.

Soleil Ho Dec 19, 2025

San José, Costa Rica, from a plane window.

Life

Whether You’re in California or Costa Rica, Don’t Skip San José

On a family trip, our reporter finds California and Central America’s unofficial twin cities are both overlooked and misunderstood — with incredible food and culture hiding in plain sight.