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Food reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle

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Los Tigres del Norte counts as Bay Area punk

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There is no stage too small for Los Tigres del Norte, yet none can contain its impact. For over 60 years, the Mexican norteño band has collected the stories of Latino people and spun them into song. n.pr/4ygttJ3

n.prLos Tigres del Norte: Tiny Desk ConcertThere is no stage too small for Los Tigres del Norte, yet none can contain its impact. For over 60 years, the Mexican norteño band has collected the stories of Latino people and spun them into song.
mario cortez
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Los Tigres del Norte counts as Bay Area punk

NPR@npr.org

There is no stage too small for Los Tigres del Norte, yet none can contain its impact. For over 60 years, the Mexican norteño band has collected the stories of Latino people and spun them into song. n.pr/4ygttJ3

n.prLos Tigres del Norte: Tiny Desk ConcertThere is no stage too small for Los Tigres del Norte, yet none can contain its impact. For over 60 years, the Mexican norteño band has collected the stories of Latino people and spun them into song.
mario cortez
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In just one year Fù Huì Huá, a shoebox-sized Chinese fine dining restaurant, became SF's hardest reservation to make. To keep bots and scalpers away, the family-run business just rebuilt its booking system. Read more: www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

sfchronicle.comWhy the owners of one of S.F.’s most elusive restaurants just blew up how they take reservationsOne of San Francisco’s best new restaurants is going nuclear in the war against reservation scalpers, bots and AI agents.
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Only in San Francisco, a city that is impossible to imagine without Mission-style burritos and high-end coffee shops, could two amateur soccer teams not only represent these local staples, but also be vying for glory. www.sfchronicle.com/food/article...

sfchronicle.comBurritos vs. coffee: Two very Bay Area things go head to head — on the soccer fieldSan Francisco Soccer Football League’s latest, hottest junior teams represent a new city coffee shop and a local burrito chain.

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Taniel
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Tragic news: Kelly Davis, a wonderful journalist who published a lot of important reporting on San Diego and on the horrid jail conditions there, has passed away. I was really lucky to briefly be Kelly's colleague at @theappeal.org many years ago, and to work with her on a story at @boltsmag.org.

sandiegouniontribune.comKelly Davis, intrepid reporter who exposed death and despair in San Diego County jails and gave voice to the downtrodden, dies at 53The 2023 San Diego journalist of the year beat cancer for more than a decade before being diagnosed with a new tumor earlier this year; she leaves a lasting legacy in her adopted hometown.
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Meanwhile back in Humboldt...

San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com

In an idyllic Northern California community where redwoods have special protections, one homeowner has earned the ire of neighbors by chopping them down.

bit.ly‘The biggest middle finger’: California homeowner cuts down four redwoods, enraging neighborsIn an idyllic Northern California community where redwoods have special protections, one homeowner has earned the ire of neighbors by chopping them down.

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Jaya Saxena
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A burrito is a dumpling

M. Nolan Gray 🥑@mnolangray.bsky.social

What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

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In the Bay Area, where the rice-bloated Mission burrito reigns supreme, artisan flour tortilla maker Michael de la Torre wants to bring attention to the thin homestyle burritos found along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more ⤵️ www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaur...

sfchronicle.comForget the Mission burrito. This hit popup is bringing a different style to BerkeleyXulo, a popup known for supple Sonoran-style tortillas, is now selling burritos on a regular basis out of Berkeley Kitchens.

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Peter Hartlaub
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Thought I was done writing about the bullshit that outside media says about S.F. But this pair — making fun of unhoused people in wheelchairs — coaxed me out of retirement. On loving the city, and the fragility of visiting adult male Patriots fans. Gift link 🎁 www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

sfchronicle.comAre all Patriots fans this soft? Boston radio hosts mock S.F. in idiotic Super Bowl tiradeRadio hosts Michael Felger and Tony Massarotti failed the empathy test this week when they took to the airwaves to call San Francisco a “zombie apocalypse.”