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News,
Feature,
May 20, 2009
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Scavengers know that the difference between brand-new, full-price
products and their scratched secondhand counterparts is just
debt.
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News,
Feature,
May 20, 2009
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Can you say "makeover"? The Bay Area's most dedicated swapaholic can
help you go from packrat to best-dressed eco-conscious philanthropist
in half an hour.
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News,
Feature,
May 20, 2009
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Two Berkeley authors explain how sharing can save the planet.
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News,
Feature,
May 20, 2009
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Who needs boyfriends when you can have sponsors? At one point, Eve had
six of them.
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News,
Feature,
May 20, 2009
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Is an imminent rise in local garbage collection rates a direct result
of the drop in global recycling prices?
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by Rin Kelly
- Tags: Feature, The Scavenging Issue, The mosquito fleet, Peter Slote, City of Oakland, Pacific Rim Recycling, Ecology Center, Martin Bourque, Louie Pellegrini, Alameda County Industries, Port of Oakland, Berkeley City Council, Waste Management, California Waste Solutions, Brook Edwards, The Brown Sheet, Tom Padia
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News,
Feature,
May 20, 2009
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"It's like playing store," one seller said, "except I don't have a toy
cash register."
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by Cassie McFadden
- Tags: Feature, The Scavenging Issue, Garage sales, City of Oakland, James Cross, Antique Center, Barbara Killey, John Stewart, Amelia Maffin, Sabrina Snyder, David Edmunds, Jackie Barnes
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News,
Eco Watch,
May 20, 2009
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The agency plans to spend $28 million on hydrogen fuel-cell buses even
as the Obama administration says the technology is too costly and
impractical.
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News,
May 20, 2009
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The latest variation on the advance-fee scam exploits the dream of
affordable rent.
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by Eric Klein
- Tags: News, Phishing, Craigslist, Kristel Taukave, Pastor Blanca Cococa, Michael Valva, advance-fee fraud, Sam Olukoya, The Spanish Prisoner, Consumerist.com, Craig Newmark
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News,
Seven Days,
May 20, 2009
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Human rights groups file a legal ethics complaint against UC Berkeley's
Torture Professor, while the mainstream media turns him into a
newspaper columnist.
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by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, John Yoo, UC Berkeley, Torture Memos, Philadelphia Inquirer, Barack Obama, Waterboarding, Jay Bybee, William Haynes, Chevron, Alberto Gonzales, Michael Mukasey, Oakland Tribune, foreclosures, East Bay Sniper, California Highway Patrol, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Police, Ed Tracey, Lovelle Mixon, Jack O'Connell, Ivarene Lett, BART, Oakland Airport, Ron Dellums
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News,
Letters,
May 20, 2009
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Readers sound off on JR Valrey, Oxytocin, marijuana testing, and the
Obamas' dog.
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News,
Corrections,
May 20, 2009
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Photo caption for Outside Lands.
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Arts & Culture,
Culture Spy,
May 20, 2009
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Joe Orrach pulls no punches in his new one-man show.
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Arts & Culture,
Events,
May 20, 2009
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School teaches critical thinking and helps bridge the gap.
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Arts & Culture,
Theater,
May 20, 2009
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PianoFight Productions launches its second playwriting competition, and
lets you be the judge.
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Arts & Culture,
Visual Art,
May 20, 2009
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Re:con-figure ushers in new gallery space for Kala Institute.
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Arts & Culture,
Books,
May 20, 2009
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Jacqueline Woodson's multi-award-winning fiction embraces the
marginalized.
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Arts & Culture,
Body & Soul,
May 20, 2009
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Homemade herbal skincare products save you money — and your
cells.
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Arts & Culture,
Aquarium Age,
May 20, 2009
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For the week of May 20-26, 2009.
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Arts & Culture,
Savage Love,
May 20, 2009
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This week, Dan hands over advice column to a bunch of drunks.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
May 20, 2009
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Terminator Salvation and The Girlfriend Experience can't
save themselves, and Summer Hours doesn't need to.
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Movies,
One-Night Stands,
May 20, 2009
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Repertory film listings for May 21-27, 2009.
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Food & Drink,
Restaurant Review,
May 20, 2009
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They're simple. They're humble. And we take them for granted.
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Music,
May 20, 2009
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The addition of a guitarist edges the LA rock trio toward progressive
metal.
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Music,
Local Licks,
May 20, 2009
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This week, we review Orestes Vilató, Sir Lord Von Raven, the
Fresh & Onlys, and No One and the Nobodies.
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Music,
CD Reviews,
May 20, 2009
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White Lies for Dark Times
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Music,
CD Reviews,
May 20, 2009
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A Cabinet of Curiosities
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Music,
CD Reviews,
May 20, 2009
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The Freak of Araby
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Opinion,
May 20, 2009
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I was blithely driving down the interstate one day when, looking ahead as I topped a hill, I noticed a line ...
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Opinion,
May 19, 2009
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For the second time in four years, California voters have "sent a message" to Sacramento, rejecting budget reforms in the face ...
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 27, 2009
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The Dread Bass Chronicles (Kush Arora Productions)
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 26, 2009
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This Time (Whip Records)
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Jonathan Mann on Gay Marriage and Miss California:
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 26, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 23, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 23, 2009
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 22, 2009
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Black President (Visila Records)
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 22, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 22, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 22, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 22, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 21, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 21, 2009
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 21, 2009
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Sleep Your Excellence EP (self-released)
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 21, 2009
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San Francisco club the Independent opens a new branch where the old blues joint used to lie.
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 21, 2009
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 20, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 20, 2009
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 20, 2009
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How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels, along with legislation in Congress, could ultimately spoil the last of Northern California's wild and scenic rivers.
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How two color-obsessed CCA graduates turned their passion for nail polish into a profitable pursuit.
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The governor and state legislative leaders struck a backroom deal to eviscerate portions of California's public records law. Plus, Big Oil and Gas defeat fracking bills.
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A hard-hitting internal report found that he may have used confidential information from the transit agency to benefit himself and his private employer.
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Plus Grease Box lands a brick-and-mortar home in Temescal, The Star gears up to open in the Grand Lake neighborhood, and more.
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How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels could devastate the largest estuary on the West Coast.
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Oakland already directs a larger percentage of its budget to police than comparable cities nationwide, yet it's planning to spend even more money without demanding reforms.
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Relinquish your guilt about leaving your pet home alone.
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A respected environmental contractor has questioned the university's controversial fire-prevention proposal and contends that it could create a new fire hazard.
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Oakland already directs a larger percentage of its budget to police than comparable cities nationwide, yet it's planning to spend even more money without demanding reforms.
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A respected environmental contractor has questioned the university's controversial fire-prevention proposal and contends that it could create a new fire hazard.
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How Jerry Brown's plan to build two giant water tunnels could devastate the largest estuary on the West Coast.
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Steel this movie.
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Nothing is everything.
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Grass Widow co-founder Lillian Maring left Oakland for a small Washington town and turned personal grief into an album of psychedelic pop songs.
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Play it where it lies.
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What happens in Sihanoukville, stays in Sydney.
