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After a 25-year hiatus, the Oakland Marathon returns next week with an eye-popping new route and a menu of race choices.
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Danville Becomes "Banville"
The international Bollywood smash My Name Is Khan highlights racial profiling in a fictional wealthy suburb patterned after the real East Bay town.
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A Bad Bet on Golden Gate Fields?
The City of Albany spent more than $600,000 on a citizens' plan for developing the racetrack and the waterfront, but it may go nowhere.
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City officials are pushing forward with an effort to turn West Berkeley into a green-tech corridor, but they appear to have given up on dense housing in the area.
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The GOP frontrunner in the governor's race pissed off the state's press corps and then got caught staging a "town-hall" event.
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Hayward Rejects Pot Clubs
A city that prides itself on being progressive has decided to buck a statewide trend and say no to medical marijuana dispensaries.
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Not Your Average Field Trip
East Bay Green Tours offers custom guided tours to supplement class curriculums. If only more schools could afford it.
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Oakland Pot Doc Is Defrocked
It's hard to get in trouble for running a pot prescription mill in California, but one local doctor was so bad, he lost his medical license.
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A New Face in the Mayor's Race?
Oakland Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan is seriously considering a run, and although she's a relative newcomer, she has a shot at winning.
LETTERS
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The Berkeley Daily Planet: A Personal Obituary
A former longtime reporter details the rise and fall of Berkeley's hometown newspaper.
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Both the Chronicle and the newspapers of the Bay Area News Group are hoping to make you pay for your online news. Will it work?
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Can Oakland Go the Distance?
After a 25-year hiatus, the Oakland Marathon returns next week with an eye-popping new route and a menu of race choices.
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Running to Washington, DC
Teachers, students, and complete strangers are participating in the Oakland Running Festival to raise funds for a Fruitvale middle school's trip to the nation's capital.
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Danville Becomes "Banville"
The international Bollywood smash My Name Is Khan highlights racial profiling in a fictional wealthy suburb patterned after the real East Bay town.
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More business owners come forward with tales of unethical behavior by the popular San Francisco-based web site.
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Can Oakland Go the Distance?
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