San Francisco experienced numerous crises in early 2025, yet local cultural highlights provided uplift. Fifteen standout moments showcased resilient and inventive community efforts across arts and media. Mychal Threets, a TikTok-famous Bay Area librarian, became the new host of a revived Reading Rainbow, bringing earnest enthusiasm, radical positivity, and a forthcoming book titled I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy. Coyote Media launched as a worker-owned collective of veteran Bay Area reporters, emphasizing local ownership and collaborative journalism. Additional community-centered arts moments reinforced the city's enduring creative energy despite political and institutional turmoil.
"Threets' viral videos are deeply earnest and infused with a deep love of literature, exuding radical positivity and embracing the role of libraries as community hubs for all. His recent foray into hosting is a welcome direction, and we're excited to see where this rainbow connection leads him. Watch for the release of his book I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy, on February 3."
"But one indicator of longevity can be local ownership, and who better to own local media than local journalists? Welcoming Coyote Media, a worker-owned collective of veteran Bay Area reporters, to the pack was a high point of the year. A clarion call to journalists everywhere to seize the means of production, and create spaces for stories really worth howling about."
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