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Measure of Uncertainty
Prop. 13 has divided Californians for years. Supporters praise it for keeping homeowners in their homes. Opponents say it crippled schools and local governments. Prop. 15 offers the first significant property-tax reform in four decades—but not everyone thinks it will work.
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Myth Universe
As the theater world weighs its progress toward accessibility on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, disabled actress Katy Sullivan embodies womanhood in TheatreWorks' fantastical modern take on the Greek tale of Pandora.
read moreBlue’s Skews
BlueLeaks hack reveals how SJPD was primed for overreaction to Black Lives Matter protests with bad information.
read moreGeneration Kendrick
A new book explains how Kendrick Lamar’s music became the soundtrack for the Black Lives Matter movement.
read moreStand Upload
Bay Area comedians try to deliver laughs via laptop for an audience sheltering in place.
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Portrait of a Broken System
A new book explains how artists got squeezed out of their livelihoods in the age of Big Tech.
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Bath Times
The Watergarden has been a cornerstone of gay culture in Silicon Valley since the 1970s, surviving homophobia, political shifts and the AIDS crisis—but not coronavirus.
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The Recovery Begins
Independent businesses survive with support from their customers. They share their stories.
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Tears of a Town
San Jose deploys curfews, helicopters, tear gas, explosives and rubber bullets to quell protests and vandalism, and an officer disgraces the city by telling a protester to ‘shut up, bitch.’
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When their shows were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, musicians and comedians started performing live online in unprecedented numbers—and have turned what was once a shoddy substitute for in-person concerts into an emerging art form.
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The Fragments of Our Times
For four decades, San Jose has sought to forge identity and culture from sprawl by investing in themed business districts and events. Those painstaking efforts to build communities, promote diversity and bring people together have unraveled in a tsunami of social distancing.
read more1918: Our Pandemic Past
Just like today, optimistic predictions and phony cures accompanied the Spanish flu as the pandemic made its deadly sweep through the Santa Clara Valley.
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