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New citizenship test challenges immigrants preparing for naturalization
On Sept. 17, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a Federal Register notice announcing the implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test. The new test, made effective Oct. 10, now contains double the number of...
Cece Carpio transforms memory into community art
For as long as memory serves, visual art has been a means of connection, adaptation and survival for Cece Carpio. Expressed through paper, pencil, ink, acrylic and aerosol paint, or installations that might include sticks, fabric, shoes,...
Pragati Sharma Mohanty reimagines the ‘Ramayana’ through Sita’s story
When Pragati Sharma Mohanty was a little girl growing up in India, the nation was riveted to a television show telling the epic tale of the Ramayana. But as an adult, she said in a phone interview,...
Free Will Astrology: Week of July 1
We’re halfway through 2026. How are your big projects progressing?
Kantine brings Nordic cooking home
Laminated pastries are my primary vice. If they’re in any way descended from or related to their European ancestors, I’ve sought them out in every Bay...
Umami Mart bottles a taste of Japan
Umami Mart started as a blog and then materialized IRL as a pop-up in Oakland before expanding into its current incarnation as a specialty market and...
