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May 7, 2024
Policing Pollution Faces Delays
Under a historic settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Chevron recently cleared all 678 of the air pollution infractions that had been pending against its Richmond refinery.
With the settlement, BAAQMD, the regional agency...
May 14, 2024
Blue Ocean’s Cosmic Sea of Sound
Blue Ocean’s debut album, Fertile State, is comprised of 12 densely packed tunes that combine elements of shoegaze, punk rock and experimental electronic music. “When we were making this record, we used more live drums and synthesizers,...
May 14, 2024
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Gets Back to Nature
In a Japanese mountain community not far from Tokyo, a quiet, unassuming handyperson named Takumi (played by Omika Hitoshi) lives with his eight-year-old daughter, Hana (Nishikawa Ryô). While Hana attends the village school, her father engages in...
May 14, 2024
Priscilla Mkenda began serving East African dishes at a Lake Merritt food stand during the pandemic. “I used to cook some food, go with my tents...
May 7, 2024
In 2016, Zaytoon Restaurant opened to expand people’s conception of what Middle Eastern dining can be. In the years since, the tastefully decorated Albany mainstay has...
