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JoeThese photos are from a hike I did a couple of days ago in Sierra Vista Open Space Reserve, in the mountains just northeast of San Jose, California. This time of year, near the end of the wet season, the hills are deep green; they'll change to golden brown by early to mid May. Now is the time to go if you're in the SF Bay Area. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hiking</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>

Dave RahardjaAmazing job <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/handsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsOff</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7F5s9MLcKs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7F5s9MLcKs</a>

Robin RileyWith more than 5000 estimated attendees at the <a href="https://social.riley.pub/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> rally in Santa Rosa and another 3000 in Sonoma, and 7 other protests in the county just today, probably safe to say 2% of Sonoma County spent a beautiful spring day protesting! <a href="https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/hands-off-santa-rosa-napa-sonoma/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/hands-off-santa-rosa-napa-sonoma/</a>I track that figure because it only takes about 3.5% of a population actively participating in movements to achieve serious change.<a href="https://social.riley.pub/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a> <a href="https://social.riley.pub/tags/SonomaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SonomaCounty</a> <a href="https://social.riley.pub/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

ティージェーグレェSo, last month I was walking by the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, and they had some stuff about a special screening of Freaky Tales and lots of posters and they were setting up a carpet for I dunno, celebrities or something? I asked about it and apparently it was only for royalty or press or whatever, not some plebeian passer by like me. Maybe someone reading this attended that event on March 19th, 2025 and could share more of what it was about? Meanwhile, I resolved to learn more about the movie. It officially opened, yesterday April 4th and I started watching it at a Regal theater using my "unlimited" membership, but within not too long (despite starting 20 minutes after the 4:20 start time full of BS previews and ads), I kept on seeing the Grand Lake Theater, in the movie itself! I resolved mentally that I was in the wrong place for this movie. So, I did something I haven't done before, I walked out of the movie, even though I was enjoying it: because I realized, the viewing experience would no doubt be vastly improved by watching it in the movie theater featured in the movie on opening night with a Friday night crowd. I missed the connecting bus to catch a 17:00 showing by a few minutes. No big deal. I went and got a delicious vegan pizza at Bare Knuckle Pizza (on 12th at the corner of Webster) with their wonderful wood fired oven. Still had plenty of time before the 19:30 showing and decided it was a good evening for a stroll through the rest of downtown Oakland to walk around Lake Merritt. About quarter to 7, I sat on a bench and enjoyed someone deejayin 1970s vintage funk. By quarter after 7 I decided to continue to Grand Lake Theater, and sure enough it was crowded a MUCH larger turn out than at the Indie Nights Film Festival from Tuesday. $13 ticket, $6 regular popcorn, $5 regular drink, $2 tip (that's fair, right?) and got a great front row seat while enjoying the organist still playing merrily at 19:31. He continued, until 19:38, then the lights began to dim and the curtains started to peel back from the screen. Previews until 19:45 (thankfully no overt ads, just movie previews) and Freaky Tales began. Sure enough, the crowd was lively. Cheering loudly when the Grand Lake Theater came on screen for the first time. Laughing along at the jokes. It's a very East Bay film. The actor who portrayed the kid sellin Hip Hop mix tapes must have been in the audience or something because every time he came on screen a HUGE uproarious sound of cheering came from a specific spot in the crowd. Lots of approving noises from the audience every time a skinhead nazi got gutted outside of Gilman Square for example. The movie, I would say takes a lot of inspiration from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and is split into 4 interwoven vignettes. It's comedic and violent, and seems to have a mix of tried and more established celebrities like Pedro Pascal and some quick cameos from Tom Hanks, but also gives a great amount of screen time to lesser knowns such as Ji-young Yoo portraying a cute Korean punk and Normani and Dominique Thorne as the duo "Danger Zone" who get into a rap battle with someone portraying East Bay emcee Too $hort (Too $hort as well as Sleepy Floyd have cameos in the film, even though different actors portrayed their 1987 counter parts). The theater stayed crowded even after the credits with staff encouraging folks to leave to the lobby or outside since they had another screening in 15 minutes. I missed the 12 by mere seconds, but while waiting for the next bus, I saw the organist exit the Grand Lake Theater too, overcoat on and pipe in his mouth, walking briskly down Grand Avenue, and as I boarded the bus and it passed by Lake Merritt, I could see a much larger Friday night crowd gathered around where I had previously been enjoyin listenin to some deejays at dusk before I entered the theater. I don't think I have been part of a theater audience as enthusiastic as last night's since well before COVID. No need for encouraging any applause like the MC at Indie Night Film Fest, the energy just emanated naturally from the crowd. Admittedly, while I enjoyed the movie and am guessing others will too, I very much doubt they'll get that kind of viewing experience of an opening night at the Grand Lake Theater of a movie, which even had an ending credits dance number on the roof of the Grand Lake Theater? But, if you are in Oakland, or within easy BART or bus distance, I think you'll find it is well worth the effort to see Freaky Tales there than at your regular run of the mill mega plex. <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=spoilers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spoilers</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=freakytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreakyTales</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oakland</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=bayarea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BayArea</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=eastbay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EastBay</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=comedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Comedy</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=grandlaketheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrandLakeTheater</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Local</a>

steve mookie kongToday the kids and I tried out Sizzling Lunch on Branham Lane in San Jose. Delicious food and fun too. <a href="https://www.sizzlinglunch.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sizzlinglunch.com/</a><a href="https://chow.fan/tags/foodie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foodie</a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japanese</a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/sanjose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sanjose</a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/ssj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssj</a> <a href="https://chow.fan/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>

Darren<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>

DarrenNo matter how many times I arrive, it’s always worth looking out the window. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>. Rain has been kind to the grass. .

Robin RileyPerfect weather for the <a href="https://social.riley.pub/tags/SFGiants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFGiants</a> home opener ☀️ <a href="https://social.riley.pub/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a>

Dave RahardjaWe’re done with Gavin Newsom, right? RIGHT?“Gavin Newsom’s Right Turn: Is Ex-Wife Kimberly Guilfoyle Behind the Wheel?”<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/gavin-newsom-right-turn-kimberly-guilfoyle-1236178518/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/gavin-newsom-right-turn-kimberly-guilfoyle-1236178518/</a>

ティージェーグレェLast night by happen stance, I attended the Indie Night Film Festival at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland (I saw "Indie Nights Film Festival" on the marquee, and when I went in to ask about it, well it was happening though the Grand Lake Theater staff seemed a bit confused since I am guessing they just rented out the main screen to the film festival, meanwhile the Indie Nights Film Festival staff, also seemed confused and told me to purchase a ticket from the box office, but the box office wasn't selling tickets. Eventually, someone took cash from me [I don't have an active SIM card so I wasn't going to buy a ticket online in that moment]). The following shorts were shown: Denzel (complete short, comedy: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de93Am_cEGA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de93Am_cEGA</a>) Tales of the Town (trailer, mini-documentary: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZBbYDF3l5g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZBbYDF3l5g</a>) The Nature of the World (music video, more information: <a href="https://indienightfilmfestival.com/nature-boy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indienightfilmfestival.com/nature-boy/</a>) The Masquerade (ensemble drama, trailer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTQFSSG1M4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTQFSSG1M4</a>) See It Thru (preview for an upcoming docu-series on deceased emcee The Jacka more information: <a href="https://indienightfilmfestival.com/a-life-with-no-future/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indienightfilmfestival.com/a-life-with-no-future/</a>) They also had some discourse about a revenue sharing program for film makers that began in late February of this year called Share which seemed interesting: <a href="https://theshareplatform.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theshareplatform.com/</a> Apparently Indie Nights Film Festival started in LA/Hollywood as an every Tuesday sort of event? Now it's "going on the road" and maybe it will be in a town near you soon? It seemed community driven and more or less everything shown last night was filmed in Oakland or San Francisco or Berkeley, so relatively local too. Though that was undoubtedly a conscious choice by the curators, the lead organizer David Brown is also from the Bay Area. It looks as if their website could use some TLC (I am seeing MIME type errors on their video load attempts), but they were selling t-shirts as swag. Felt more like a concert vibe than an average movie going experience. With lots of Q&A from the film makers in between each short and encouraging folks to network and collaborate afterwards. Neat stuff. <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=indienightsfilmfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieNightsFilmFestival</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=grandlaketheater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrandLakeTheater</a> <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe?t=sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a>

Anirvan Chatterjee"On March 28, local residents and activists gathered on the Burnett Avenue overpass in Morgan Hill, California, one week after someone hung a red flag with a black swastika in a white circle from it…multiple organizations including Showing Up for Racial Justice and Silicon Valley De-Bug came together with dozens of community members to actively 'take back the overpass.'"<a href="https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/anti-racists-protest-swastika-flag-trump-supporters-protest-anti-racists-in-morgan-hill/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/anti-racists-protest-swastika-flag-trump-supporters-protest-anti-racists-in-morgan-hill/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoganHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoganHill</a>

ZeeHike hike hike<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ShroomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShroomScrolling</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hiking</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EastBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EastBay</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EastBayParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EastBayParks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Hike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hike</a>

Jon Lord<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/potd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/photooftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photooftheday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/alttext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alttext</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wildlifephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BlackAndWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackAndWhite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/blackandwhitephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackandwhitephotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bird</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdphotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/birdphoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birdphoto</a>

Jessica :propride: 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 ✡️Is there something going on at SFO? I just had a flight from LA abruptly canceled, and then my replacement flight was delayed. I will be reaching SF at like 2 in the morning now. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>

Kasey Smith :verified:Once again, people are wrong on the internet. This time about hillside letters -- and the related category of hillside figures -- in the San Francisco Bay Area. While there are lots of resources on both, all of them were incomplete or riddled with errors -- so I'm setting out to make a definitive list of where these hillside letters and figures can be found in the Bay Area. 🧵 <a href="https://mastodon.tmm.cx/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>

Dave RahardjaHahaha, Mercury News (no link, fuck em) covered the Tesla Takedown protests today by asking for comments from…the president of Silicon Valley Association of Conservative Republicans, whose pearl of wisdom was that the “far-left” AOC will “destroy” the Democratic party. What the fuck.What absolute, irrelevant, bothsides-ing horseshit. Fuuuuck you Mercury News, for forcing a protest story into the tired old “Democrats in Disarray” cliché. Glad I dropped my subscription years ago.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TeslaTakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bothsides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsides</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>

Union City, CA WeatherMTR issues Airport Weather Warning (AWW) at Mar 29, 2:50 PM PDT ...AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PDT TO 3 PM PDT SUNDAY FOR SFO AIRPORT... <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weather</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFO</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFBA</a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/CAwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CAwx</a> <a href="https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=AWWSFO&e=202503292150" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=AWWSFO&e=202503292150</a>

Jeri DanskyThanks to <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@uccawx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@uccawx</a> I learned San Mateo County in California, where I live, has a Tsunami Hazard Area Dashboard. it’s super easy to use, too. Bad news: I’m in a tsunami hazard area. (But I knew that from the last time I looked at such maps.)Good news: I can drive a very short distance in one of two directions and get out of the hazard area — I don’t need to go as far as I went when we had a tsunami alert a while back. That’s good, because traffic was hideous when we got that alert. <a href="https://smcmaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/nearby/index.html?appid=325ea941a0c34cb6b550bafe621049ec&sliderDistance=0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://smcmaps.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/nearby/index.html?appid=325ea941a0c34cb6b550bafe621049ec&sliderDistance=0</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tsunami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tsunami</a>

KanaMaunaNot until the very last sentence of the article does the writer get to the point. <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a>Homeowners in Bay Area metro of San Jose stay longer than average<a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/when-homes-sell-20217490.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/when-homes-sell-20217490.php</a>

Aaron PrivenProject I do not have time to do: A cargo bike filled with pens, paper, envelopes, stamps, markers and crayons, making stops along JFK Drive or Ovean Beach Park or similar places, allowing people to write letters and make art, to be called “The Stationery Bike” <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bike</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfba</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/puns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#puns</a>

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