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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.
read moreThe Recovery Begins

Independent businesses survive with support from their customers. They share their stories.
read moreTears 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.’
read moreStream Land

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.
read moreThe 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.
read moreHead Rush

As shelter-in-place panic buying ensues, dispensaries try to get straight answers in the new regulated cannabis era.
read moreDouble Blind

Santa Clara County spends billions on its health care system, building and buying hospitals and employing top tier talent. But when COVID-19 landed here, it lacked the basic tools and procedures to contain the spread.
read moreBroken Social Scene

Local arts groups and restaurateurs struggle through the coronavirus quarantine culture on hold.
read moreMonument Man

Former mayor Tom McEnery stages American debut of his play, ‘A Statue for Ballybunion’
read moreThe 30-Year ’Quest

Cinequest marks three decades with classic films, high-tech and special guests.
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