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News,
Eco Watch,
May 16, 2012
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UC Berkeley researchers say they have nothing to do with Big Agribusiness, but records show that companies like Monsanto profit from their work.
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by Darwin BondGraham
- Tags: Eco Watch, Gill Tract, UC Berkeley, Monsanto, GMOs, Damon Lisch, Sarah Hake, George Chuck, Big Agribusiness, Office of Technology Transfer, Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Alliances, DNA Plant Technology, Plant Gene Expression Center, Bionova Company, US Patent and Trademark Office, DeKalb Genetics Corporation, Pioneer Hi-Bred, DuPont Corporation, Camarosa Strawberry, Endless Summer Tomato, Kelly Clauss, Occupy the Farm
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News,
May 16, 2012
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Some academics and policing experts question whether OPD and the Alameda County DA can properly investigate law-enforcement misconduct.
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by Ali Winston
- Tags: News, Special prosecutor, Oakland Police Department, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Occupy Oakland, Danielle London, Teresa Drenick, Samuel Walker, ACLU of Northern California's Paul Robeson chapter, Eugene O'Donnell, Kamala Harris, Trayvon Martin, Richard Daley, Erwin Chemerinsky, Bill Lockyer, Nelson Rockefeller, Special State Prosecutor for the New York City Criminal Justice System, Knapp Commission, Frank Serpico, Mario Cuomo, John Kenney, Andrew Moppin-Buckskin, Mack Woodfox, Gary King Jr., Jose Buenrostro, Hector Jimenez, Robert Roche, Patrick Gonzales, Earl Warren, Nancy O'Malley, Johannes Mehserle, George Gascón
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News,
Feature,
May 16, 2012
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The FCC is poised to license community radio stations in the Bay Area for the first time, and the competition promises to be fierce.
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by Phil Busse
- Tags: Feature, Pirate Radio, FCC, KDEE, Tristen Hayes, Black California Chamber of Commerce, Clear Channel, Barack Obama, Community Radio Act, LPFM, low-powered frequency modulation, KDRT, Jeff Shaw, National Public Radio, The Fifth Report and Order, Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Fourth Order on Reconsideration, Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Stephen Dunifer, Pump Up The Volume, Christian Slater, Free Radio Berkeley, Bill Clinton, Telecommunication Act of 1996, Norm Stockwell, WORT, William Kennard, Alameda Community Radio, Susan Galleymore
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News,
This Modern World,
May 16, 2012
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News,
Endorsements,
May 16, 2012
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But no on Measure C.
- Tags: Endorsements, Abel Guillen, Rob Bonta, Sandré Swanson, Joel Young, Bill Quirk, Mark Green, Jennifer Ong, Mary Hayashi, Andrew Wiener, Measure B, Measure C, Prop 28, Prop 29, Barbara Lee, Loni Hancock, Nancy Skinner, Mark DeSaulnier, Bob Wieckowski, Keith Carson, Nate Miley
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News,
Raising the Bar,
May 16, 2012
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The mainstream media parties with President Obama, Kim Kardashian, and the CIA at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
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by Jay Youngdahl
- Tags: Raising the Bar, Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian, CIA, White House Correspondents Dinner, Don Gonyea, NPR, Caren Bohan, Reuters, Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, Lindsay Lohan, Sofia Vergara, Kate Upton, Rand Paul, Daniel Day-Lewis, Eric Holder, Jerry Brown, Mary J. Blige, New Yorker, Rosario Dawson, Cenk Uygur, Tom Brokaw, Rupert Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks, The News of the World, David Cameron, Jennifer Granholm, Jerry Springer
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News,
Seven Days,
May 16, 2012
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Even Don Perata's campaign manager says it's doomed. Plus, the state redevelopment letter makes no mention of Oakland's Kaiser Center or Coliseum City project.
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by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Jean Quan, recall, Committee to Recall Mayor Quan Now, Larry Tramutola, Don Perata, Committee Opposing the Recall of Mayor Jean Quan, Charles Pine, Gene Hazzard, John Chiang, redevelopment, Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, Coliseum City
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News,
Legalization Nation,
May 16, 2012
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Is the federal crackdown about to claim a nine-year-old Haight Street institution?
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by David Downs
- Tags: Legalization Nation, Vapor Room, federal crackdown, Berkeley Patients Group, David Goldman, Americans for Safe Access in San Francisco, Melinda Haag, Duboce Park, Martin Olive, Lower Haight Residents and Merchants Association, Harborside Health Center, Elise McDonough, The Official High Times Cannabis Cookbook
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News,
Letters,
May 16, 2012
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Readers sound off on bikes, bullying, and Jane Brunner.
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Arts & Culture,
Events,
May 16, 2012
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Antony Osso's documentary film series The Devotion Project plumbs the lives of LGBTQ couples.
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Arts & Culture,
Books,
May 16, 2012
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In a new book, Jeremy Adam Smith and Tomas Moniz take a radical approach to fatherhood.
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Arts & Culture,
Theater,
May 16, 2012
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Two theater companies warn the Boomerang Generation: Beware your mother's vagina.
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by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Theater, Impact Theatre, PlayGround, Lauren Yee, Marissa Keltie, Timothy Redmond, Laura Jane Bailey, Desdemona Chiang, Reggie D. White, Alex Friedman, LaVal's Subterranean Theatre
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Arts & Culture,
Visual Art,
May 16, 2012
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A preview of the MFA exhibit at the Berkeley Art Museum.
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by Obi Kaufmann
- Tags: Visual Art, UC Berkeley, Kari Marboe, Frank Emilio Marquez-Leonard, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Kari Orvik, Amy Rathbone, Eva Hesse, Jennie Smith, Brett Walker, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive
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Arts & Culture,
Aquarium Age,
May 16, 2012
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For the week of May 16-22, 2012.
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Arts & Culture,
Savage Love,
May 16, 2012
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Plus, shades of Fifty Shades of Grey.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
May 16, 2012
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Texas pity twister.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
May 16, 2012
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Female trouble.
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by Kelly Vance
- Tags: Movie Review, Christopher Lee, Dan Curtis, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Eva Green, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz, Helena Bonham Carter, Bella Heathcote, John August, Seth Grahame-Smith
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Movies,
One-Night Stands,
May 16, 2012
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Repertory film listings for May 17-23, 2012.
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Food & Drink,
Restaurant Review,
May 16, 2012
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Sublime sesame not-chicken and whole "fish" carved tableside.
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Food & Drink,
What the Fork,
May 16, 2012
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Plus, a new, friendlier, food pod model.
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Food & Drink,
Last Call,
May 16, 2012
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Because being an A's fan is hard enough already.
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Music,
May 16, 2012
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How a young emcee turned incessant partying into a branding apparatus.
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Music,
May 16, 2012
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A Berkeley icon celebrates 35 years at a camp that welcomes everyone — if not their vices.
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by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Music, Lee Housekeeper, The Hog Farm, Jonathan Richman, Barry Melton Band, Nick Gravenites, Saint Misbehavin: The Wavy Gravy Movie, Camp Winnarainbow, Black Oak Ranch, Wavy Gravy, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
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Music,
CD Reviews,
May 16, 2012
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... Little Broken Hearts
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Music,
CD Reviews,
May 16, 2012
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The Only Place
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Music,
CD Reviews,
May 16, 2012
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Bloom
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Music,
Local Licks,
May 16, 2012
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This week, we review Bonnie Murray Tamblyn, Tara Linda, White Barons/Hookers, and The Hopeful Romantics.
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
May 22, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 22, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 21, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 21, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 18, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
May 18, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 18, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
May 18, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
May 17, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 17, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 16, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
May 16, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
May 16, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
May 16, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
May 15, 2012
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Marketing,
eLerts,
May 21, 2012
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Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.
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We recommend the best local bands to check out this season.
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At Ben's Restaurant, typical Chinese takeout dishes are prepared with a lighter touch. They're also a bargain.
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Our staff recommends the best summer festivals in the Bay Area and beyond.
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At Ben's Restaurant, typical Chinese takeout dishes are prepared with a lighter touch. They're also a bargain.
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Traditional West African dishes are served without compromise.
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The new Richmond restaurant is a living museum for American comfort dishes, but these reinterpreted classics could use more oomph.
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An early warning system would save thousands of lives when the next major earthquake hits. But will California find the money to implement it?
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Smoke Berkeley and Genny's BBQ take pride in more than just brisket and ribs.
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Some Oakland politicians and groups are pointing to research by UC Berkeley faculty as proof that the city needs to add hundreds of police officers, but other studies contradict that conclusion.
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Transit planners say the policy leads to widespread fraud and nightmarish traffic, plus it robs cities and retailers of much-needed revenue.
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Now that Kaiser workers have again voted overwhelmingly to stay with SEIU, NUHW and CNA should end their insurgency campaign.
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The team benefits greatly from the people, character, and vibrancy of the city.
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Stark reality.
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An early warning system would save thousands of lives when the next major earthquake hits. But will California find the money to implement it?
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West Egg salad.
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Not Hud. Mud.
