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Senior culture editor at @sfgate. DJ, music producer, video artist, coffee nerd, BBQ snob. Dan.Gentile@sfgate.com

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SFGATE UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Summer Intern, 2026 We are looking for two budding digital journalists to join us here at SFGATE, the most-read media site on the entire west coast, for the summer of 2026. This opportunity will immerse the right candida...

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

@sfgate.com is hiring TWO summer interns from @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social. Requirements: You have to be a student in Cal's J-School, and you have to want to do a lot of journalism for California's most-read news site. Deadline is 3/2: eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

27.02.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Record cover depicting "El Malo" Willie Colon being wanted by the FBIβ€”"Armed with trombone and considered dangerous"

Record cover depicting "El Malo" Willie Colon being wanted by the FBIβ€”"Armed with trombone and considered dangerous"

Record cover depicting Willie Colon holding a gun to a man's head while wearing a fancy hat

Record cover depicting Willie Colon holding a gun to a man's head while wearing a fancy hat

Record cover depicting a well-dressed Willie Colon about to drop a corpse weighted with a rock into the East River

Record cover depicting a well-dressed Willie Colon about to drop a corpse weighted with a rock into the East River

Record cover depicting Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe posing on top of their fancy Rolls Royce top car while wearing snappy hats.

Record cover depicting Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe posing on top of their fancy Rolls Royce top car while wearing snappy hats.

Sad to see that Willie Colon died. His record covers document his claim to have been, at one time, the coolest man alive.

21.02.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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A triumphant encore from Christopher Owens

21.02.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major film starring Jason Segel and John C. Reilly shoots around a Bay Area town The last major film to shoot in the town was "Chasing Mavericks."

Big scoop from @bimonthly.bsky.social on a major Bay Area film shoot www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

20.02.2026 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hunting for the world's most mythical cannabis: Big Sur Holy Weed Big Sur could become the cannabis world's Champagne.

An incredible deep dive into a mythic cannabis strain, that also sums up almost every complicated aspect of the cannabis industry, via @leddder.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art...

19.02.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The hidden Berkeley museum that brings visitors to tears The museum is open only one day a week.

Highly recommend a visit to this very sweet-smelling little museum sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

11.02.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dave Chappelle can't shy away from controversy at SF Super Bowl bash β€œI lost everything, and I found myself in the bay.”

Hung out with my friend Dave again this weekend, he hasn't changed! www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

10.02.2026 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Melania' is so, so, so bad "It has no journalistic value and even less entertainment value."

Here’s my review of Melania. It is bad. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

06.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

i can’t believe i get to edit something like this for work

29.01.2026 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heartbreaking SF film premieres at Sundance to multiple standing ovations The film is sure to be one of the standouts from Sundance.

Lots of folks saying Josephine is the big film to break out of Sundance this year, and I’m with them www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

26.01.2026 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oscar-winning director delivers a thrilling Sundance standout "I can tell you all that I was scared sβ€”tless about the actors."

One of the best movies I’ve seen at Sundance so far www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

24.01.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charli XCX wants 'brat to stop,' takes over Sundance with roles in 3 films Charli XCX appeared at Sundance to promote her new mockumentary "The Moment."

Charli XCX appeared at Sundance to promote her new mockumentary "The Moment."

24.01.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the all-time most shameful headlines I’ve ever seen @nytimes.com

10.01.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Bay Area 1-hit wonder sold a million copies. Then everything unraveled. It was one of the biggest hits of 1986.

I went deep on Rumors, a song that I've played at DJ sets roughly 100 times that was recorded in the Bay and spawned contract disputes, an imposter group, and both parodies and diss tracks. @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

08.01.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose. "Who on earth gives that advice?"

Incredible reporting from @stephco.bsky.social and @leddder.bsky.social on an AI tragedy for @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

05.01.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sad for New Year's "Re-Animation," New Year’s Eve, Fruitvale warehouse

Sad for New Year's! A vibe report from "Re-Animation" in Fruitvale www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/sad-for-new-...

02.01.2026 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has hailed the troops fighting his war in Ukraine as sacred heroes. But confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal a pattern of brutality and coercion in the ranks that is hidden from the Russian public. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

02.01.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 638    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 25

I didn’t, I’ll keep an eye out!

25.12.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The last time a Bay Area crowd (legally) walked on the Bay Bridge It took a disaster to open the bridge to pedestrians.

It took a disaster to open the bridge to pedestrians.

25.12.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I saw 70 films in theaters this year. Here are my best movies of 2025. Including favorites from Sundance, Cannes and TIFF.

For the first time ever, I’ve seen enough movies to make a proper top 10 list, and I’m happy to shoutout a few films that got downright ignored by most critics. www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

25.12.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

you can’t be in exile if you have a pool house

16.12.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 473    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Beer Industry Is Special. My Dad Taught Me That I love beer, and I love covering the beer industry, and those are two different things. I am constantly explaining to people β€” angry readers, new sources, confused strangers β€” that while I personally ...

My father, Nick Infante, adored the American beer business. A week ago, he passed away. My column today at @vinepair.com is a tribute to his lifelong passion for the trade, and a challenge to its leaders to hold close all that makes it unique.

12.12.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 3

This is probably one of the topics I hope to tackle in the local paper, ie how LLM evangelism is more about marketing and selling the promise of labor discipline than it is a utopian technology

12.12.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 314    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
The San Francisco tradition that snowballed into 'bro-mageddon' "This is probably the worst day of the year."

I went deep on the history of everyone’s least favorite holiday: SantaCon www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

10.12.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

If you ask AI to describe its own writing style, it’ll say it’s too smooth, too neutral.

β€œIn fact, this is not even remotely true. A.I. writing is marked by a whole complex of frankly bizarre rhetorical features that make it immediately distinctive… It’s not smooth or neutral at allβ€”it’s weird.”

08.12.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The ultimate millennial 'vibes' band sells out 2 intimate SF concerts There's no way to talk about the band without using the V-word.

And here’s my Khruangbin review www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

25.11.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big vibes at the Khruangbin on Saturday night

24.11.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After decamping for New York, San Francisco band makes triumphant return After writing two surprise hits, the band leftΒ the city.

After writing two surprise hits, the band leftΒ the city.

24.11.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump makes goo-goo eyes at Mamdani while Reagan’s portrait looks on

Trump makes goo-goo eyes at Mamdani while Reagan’s portrait looks on

Meme of man making goo-goo eyes at passing woman while holding hands with upset girlfriend

Meme of man making goo-goo eyes at passing woman while holding hands with upset girlfriend

Anyone posted this one yet?

22.11.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2668    πŸ” 360    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 20
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Rock legend hits Golden Gate Park before sold-out San Francisco show The eccentric frontman was joined by a dozen bandmates.

If you missed all three (!) of David Byrne's SF shows, here's a little FOMO inducing review for ya www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

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