Support for Forum comes from Rancho La Puerta, boated the number one wellness resort and spa by readers of travel and leisure magazine in 2024.

In August, three or four people sharing a cassita enjoy special vacation packages that include hiking, mindfulness, and fitness classes, in a garden setting on 4,000 verdant acres of nature preserve.

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Support for Forum comes from Broadway S.F. presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story.

From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank,

a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an

unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and

devotion.

The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.

Tickets on sale now at Broadway, sF.com.

From KQED. From KQED.

From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

For a good century, Americans told a certain kind of immigrant story about coming,

striving, and making it in a land of opportunity. And for millions of mostly European immigrants, that story held up. They became homeowners, citizens, and white. But as post-1965 immigrants have

looked back on their lives, counter-narratives are emerging, especially for people of color.

We'll talk with the author of a new book about his Filipino family's fortunes, and then Amicron.

We'll get an update on the latest variant making global headlines.

That's all next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Family stories, especially ones that span

continents and classes, almost always complex.

Albert Samaha's story runs from the Philippines to the Bay Area. His mother has gone down

the Q&on rabbit hole. He's an investigative journalist. His uncle was an emerging pop star

back home and a baggage handler at the airport in San Francisco. After tackling all kinds of topics,

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