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Miles Davis, still at 100 percent after 100 years - 48 hills

Miles Davis, still at 100 percent after 100 years - 48 hills

48 Hills — All-star tribute 'Unlimited Miles' at Presidio Theatre voyaged through five decades of the jazz giant's astonishments.
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At 'Passing the Torch,' KCSM literally schooled the crowd in jazz - 48 hills

At 'Passing the Torch,' KCSM literally schooled the crowd in jazz - 48 hills

48 Hills — Storied station's Jazz Appreciation Month tribute showcased refreshingly human high school, college, and pro talent.
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Marie Harrison, Bayview Activist, Fought for Community's Health

Marie Harrison, Bayview Activist, Fought for Community's Health

San Francisco Public Press — The battles around housing, energy and pollution turned a self-identified "milk and cookies" mom into an environmental justice warrior.
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The death of Lucky's and the rise (again) of a food desert in Bayview Hunters Point - 48 hills

The death of Lucky's and the rise (again) of a food desert in Bayview Hunters Point - 48 hills

48 Hills — With little notice, a grocery store once promoted as a 'game changer' shuts down-just as people are losing their SNAP benefits
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World Arts West Dance Festival delivered communal joy, despite brutal NEA cuts - 48 hills

World Arts West Dance Festival delivered communal joy, despite brutal NEA cuts - 48 hills

48 Hills — Trump's generational assault on the arts unsuccessful in dropping curtain on 40-year Bay tradition.
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Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice - 48 hills

Shipyard tales celebrated 20th century Black migrant lives of success and sacrifice - 48 hills

48 Hills — 'Holding Ground' event brought beleaguered yet vital area's past into the present, with future questions.
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African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge - 48 hills

African American Californian history awaits under the Golden Gate Bridge - 48 hills

48 Hills — 'Black Gold: Stories Untold' tells of those who built our communities, via contemporary tintype and custom table settings.
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A Bay Area Figurative Movement resurrection paints the Bay in hopeful hues - 48 hills

A Bay Area Figurative Movement resurrection paints the Bay in hopeful hues - 48 hills

48 Hills — Might we find connection via David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, and Elmer Bischoff's ethereal intimacy?
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Sacred ceremony on Alcatraz Island honors its Native American history

Sacred ceremony on Alcatraz Island honors its Native American history

USA TODAY 10Best — Many know about the notorious prison on Alcatraz Island, but did you know "The Rock" is a significant site in Native American history?
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Generations came together in the Bayview to save the planet - 48 hills

Generations came together in the Bayview to save the planet - 48 hills

48 Hills — The Igniting Youth Action for Climate and Environmental Justice Conference demonstrated the power of community knowledge.
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James Baldwin's 100th birthday stoked spirited words and fiery hope - 48 hills

James Baldwin's 100th birthday stoked spirited words and fiery hope - 48 hills

48 Hills — The Mechanics' Institute Library filled with music, art, and essential readings honoring the revolutionary writer.
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Juneteenth reading of '3rd & Palou' humanized 1966 Hunters Point Uprising - 48 hills

Juneteenth reading of '3rd & Palou' humanized 1966 Hunters Point Uprising - 48 hills

48 Hills — Biko Eisen-Martin's thrilling work-in-progress play is 'based on the world immediately outside the exit doors.'
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Citizens advisory committee presses Navy for answers on Hunters Point Shipyard

Citizens advisory committee presses Navy for answers on Hunters Point Shipyard

48 Hills —
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While they helped win WWII, Hunters Point Shipyard's Black workers fought discrimination at home ...

While they helped win WWII, Hunters Point Shipyard's Black workers fought discrimination at home ...

48 Hills — Stacey Carter talk focused on valiant history of resistance and neglect leading to Board of Supervisors' apology.
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Boxing up fresh food justice: Bayview Community Co-Op boosts area health - 48 hills

Boxing up fresh food justice: Bayview Community Co-Op boosts area health - 48 hills

48 Hills — Crisp butter lettuce, bright Italian parsley, glowing beets-collaborating with local growers, the org distributes organic.
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Greening Bayview, one tree at a time - 48 hills

Greening Bayview, one tree at a time - 48 hills

48 Hills — Friends of the Urban Forest tries slowly to restore an urban canopy in a neighborhood with little greenery.
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Nourished by art in the Bayview, rooted in love - 48 hills

Nourished by art in the Bayview, rooted in love - 48 hills

48 Hills — After a busy farmers' market at the Southeast Community Center, artist Malik Seneferu described how his hard past helped paint a brighter future.
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This land is whose land? - 48 hills

This land is whose land? - 48 hills

48 Hills — Part III (Final of three-part series.) The Transfer (1999- present) Aided by a USC fellowship , reporter Tom Molanphy and 48hills dug into the overwhelming history of data concerning the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which has been in clean-up mode since being declared a Superfund site in 1989.
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The Hunters Point Shipyard: Art survives amid toxic waste - 48 hills

The Hunters Point Shipyard: Art survives amid toxic waste - 48 hills

48 Hills — (Part II of three-part series.) Aided by a USC fellowship , reporter Tom Molanphy and 48hills dug into the overwhelming history of data concerning the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which has been in clean-up mode since being declared a Superfund site in 1989.
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The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - 48 hills

The tragic toxic legacy of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - 48 hills

48 Hills — (Part I of three-part series.) Aided by a USC fellowship, reporter Tom Molanphy and 48hills dug into the overwhelming history of data concerning the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, which has been in clean-up mode since being declared a Superfund site in 1989. With expert guidance from a 2022 Civil Grand Jury Report and a shallow groundwater response to sea-level rise study, the numbers add up to [...]
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At Shipyard Studios, a vanished past reflected in art of the present - 48 hills

At Shipyard Studios, a vanished past reflected in art of the present - 48 hills

48 Hills — Navy barracks long ago became artist studios at Hunters Point Naval Shipyards, which were opened to the public last weekend for an annual open studios event (still viewable online through November 9). Here are three of the artists who feel connected to the site, the story of which is as controversial as the most scandalous art.
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'We're still here': Kevin Epps celebrates 20 years of 'Straight Outta Hunters Point' - 48 hills

'We're still here': Kevin Epps celebrates 20 years of 'Straight Outta Hunters Point' - 48 hills

48 Hills — On the steps of the Ruth Williams Memorial Theatre off Third and Newcomb this past Juneteenth, Bayview Opera House Program Manager Ashley Smiley and Straight Outta Hunters Point film director Kevin Epps prepare for the night's big event, a 20 th anniversary celebration of his landmark film.
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Does SF have enough water to give some back to the salmon-and the ecosystem? - 48 hills

Does SF have enough water to give some back to the salmon-and the ecosystem? - 48 hills

48 Hills — Peter Drekmeier has good news to share about San Francisco. Despite climate change, megafires, and a state-wide drought, the city can expect its Hetch Hetchy water system, 85% of our water supply, to keep us flush with water for the foreseeable future. The catch?
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'We feel abandoned': Bayview protest highlights ongoing toxic waste scandal - 48 hills

'We feel abandoned': Bayview protest highlights ongoing toxic waste scandal - 48 hills

48 Hills — This past Saturday, while hundreds gathered in Golden Gate Park to pressure the city to keep cars off JFK Drive, a few dozen Bayview protestors asked once more for the City to remove radioactive waste from their doorstep.
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