Alan Chazaro, Author at 48 hills

Music

Bay Area artist Stix with the plan

October 5, 2022

Meet the local creator behind iconic designs for Rolling Loud, Sol Blume, Kehlani, P-Lo, and more

Music

Wild ride: SF rapper Rymeezee breaks down city life on latest album ‘Turbulence’

September 4, 2022

Multitalented wordsmith speaks about love and hate in Frisco (including all those smashed car windows)

Sports

Should the Warriors bring back Kevin Durant?

July 31, 2022

As rumblings continue, retrospectively honoring KD’s decision to join Golden State in 2016

Music

Your fresh local 2022 summer rap playlist is here

July 26, 2022

Iamsu!, Kamaiyah, Rexx Life Raj, Mani Draper, Cold Medina, and more hot Bay artists put some bump in your trunk

Music

Pinnacles and paradise: SF rapper Cold Medina on new ‘Knights in Tropicana’

July 7, 2022

Local lyricist breaks down his debut studio album and talks about the role of art in provoking cultural progression

Sports

Is James Wiseman still the 7-foot future of Warriors basketball? I think so.

June 22, 2022

Thursday's NBA draft will bring a wave of new talent. But the team’s former No. 2 pick and injury-plagued center may yet surprise us

Music

Longtime battle rapper Passwurdz debuts with uplifting studio album ‘Flowers’

April 27, 2022

"Flowers represent growth, mourning, celebration, nature." says the 1-on-1 artist who's been called Oakland's Greatest

Music

He was robbed of his life’s work—but rapper Mani Draper transcends with new ‘Communion’

April 20, 2022

'Everybody needs grace,' says Draper, whose latest is a fusion of lyrical California soul and verses like modern-day hymns.

Arts + Culture

Painter’s ball: Unity-minded Bay Area Mural Project hosts group’s first gala

March 25, 2022

Celebrating "each-one-teach-one Bay Area flavor" at a sold-out California Ballroom in downtown Oakland.

Lit

How Bay Area graffiti led me to a life of writing

February 23, 2022

From writing on walls to writing in books—and the value of seeing others publicly dream

Alan Chazaro

Bay Area artist Stix with the plan

Wild ride: SF rapper Rymeezee breaks down city life on latest album ‘Turbulence’

Should the Warriors bring back Kevin Durant?

Your fresh local 2022 summer rap playlist is here

Pinnacles and paradise: SF rapper Cold Medina on new ‘Knights in Tropicana’

Is James Wiseman still the 7-foot future of Warriors basketball? I think so.

Longtime battle rapper Passwurdz debuts with uplifting studio album ‘Flowers’

He was robbed of his life’s work—but rapper Mani Draper transcends with new ‘Communion’

Painter’s ball: Unity-minded Bay Area Mural Project hosts group’s first gala

How Bay Area graffiti led me to a life of writing

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