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News,
Legalization Nation,
Jun 27, 2012
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What to do when you get popped for a little pot. And delivery services blaze a trail to the winner's circle at the Third Annual High Times Cannabis Cup.
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News,
Jun 27, 2012
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The total legal costs for police misconduct was $13.1 million last year, according to OPD records.
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by Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham
- Tags: News, Ingo Mayer, Troy Lucas, Kirby Bradshaw, Marilyn Patel, Michael Haddad, Julia Sherwin, Robert Warshaw, Police Assessment Resources Center, Barbara Parker's, California State Association of Counties — Excess Insurance Authority, Jim Chanin, John Burris, PUEBLO, Risk Management Incentive Program, Oscar Grant, Occupy Oakland, Derrick Jones, Raheim Brown, Eriberto Perez-Angeles, Omar Daza-Quiroz, Johannes Mehserle, Rachel Lederman
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News,
Seven Days,
Jun 27, 2012
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Records show that the ex-state senator emptied his cancer-campaign account well before the fight with Big Tobacco started.
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by Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Don Perata, Prop 29, Big Tobacco, Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Doug Heller, Hope 2012 committee spent, Avalon Village, Oakland Parents Literacy Project, Jill Cabeceiras, Ignacio De La Fuente, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson National Research Council, global warming, lead ammunition, California condors, flame retardants
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News,
This Modern World,
Jun 27, 2012
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News,
Feature,
Jun 27, 2012
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The East Bay is home to a thriving circus arts scene that provides exercise, community-building, and a unique form of creative expression.
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by Corey Hill
- Tags: Feature, circus, Kinetic Arts Center, parkour, trapeze, Athletic Playground, acro-yoga, acrobatics, acrobalance, Trapeze Arts, Pi: The Physical Comedy Troupe, Vulcan Lofts, flow arts, Pickle Family Circus, Teatro ZinZanni, Burning Man, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Bill Irwin, Geoff Hoyle, Larry Pisoni, Jaron Hollander, Circus Center San Francisco, Rain Anya, The Paper Doll Militia, Dog Shit Park, Aileen Lawlor, Héléne Turcotte, Luc Martin, Jeff Raz, Cirque du Soleil, Clown Conservatory, The Crucible
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News,
Letters,
Jun 27, 2012
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Readers sound off on Dianne Feinstein, Cafe Clem, and medical marijuana.
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News,
Corrections,
Jun 27, 2012
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The OPD's crowd-control policies, Jayden David's CBD medication, and the setting of My Breakfast with Blassie.
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Arts & Culture,
Culture Spy,
Jun 27, 2012
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This month, the Lady of Boxing will defend her flyweight title. But she's got a bigger uphill battle ahead.
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by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Culture Spy, Ava Knight, Ben Bautista, Straight Forward Boxing Club, Boxing for Health, Joe Rodriguez, Susana Vazquez, Karim Mayfield, Vacharaporn Prachumchai, Arely Mucino, Joe Eskenazi, International Boxing Federaion, Kaliesha West
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Arts & Culture,
Theater,
Jun 27, 2012
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Competing themes somehow cohere in Mark Jackson's latest.
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Arts & Culture,
Books,
Jun 27, 2012
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Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones lets you make your own ice cream and eat it, too
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Arts & Culture,
Events,
Jun 27, 2012
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Oakland Public Library exhibit highlights the region's long-forgotten amusement parks.
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Arts & Culture,
Visual Art,
Jun 27, 2012
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East Bay ceramicist Brük Dunbar explores ecological catastrophe of the Southwest in her new show.
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Arts & Culture,
Aquarium Age,
Jun 27, 2012
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For the week of June 27-July 3, 2012.
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Arts & Culture,
Savage Love,
Jun 27, 2012
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Plus morning farts and sex toys.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
Jun 27, 2012
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Forget? Hell yes.
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Movies,
Movie Review,
Jun 27, 2012
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Your dad is my dad.
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Movies,
One-Night Stands,
Jun 27, 2012
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Repertory film listings for June 28-July 4, 2012.
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Food & Drink,
Restaurant Review,
Jun 27, 2012
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The Terrace Room features a fantastic view, food resembling the kind you'd get on a cruise ship, and service slow enough to drive you mad.
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Food & Drink,
What the Fork,
Jun 27, 2012
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Grass-fed cattle should be treated like produce and only eaten in season, says BN Ranch's Bill Niman.
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by Luke Tsai
- Tags: What the Fork, Grass-fed beef, Bill Niman, BN Ranch, Chez Panisse, Niman Ranch, Café Rouge, Chuck Traugott, Saul's Deli, The Sunny Side Café, The Pasta Shop, Baron's Meats & Poultry, Cafe Rouge, Saul's Restaurant and Delicatessen, Sunny Side Café
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Food & Drink,
Last Call,
Jun 27, 2012
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Home to one of the best cocktails in Berkeley.
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Music,
Jun 27, 2012
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The young members of the San Francisco black metal-shoegaze band discuss why their music tends to provoke some people, and why others are eating it up.
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Music,
Jun 27, 2012
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The venue needs to raise $50,000 to help preserve — and expand — a long-held local tradition.
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by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Music, Barbara Higbie, Steve Meckfessel, Katrina Krimsky, Shelley Doty, Austin Willacy, Alison Burns, Julia Butterly Hill, Stevie Coyle, Edmund and Jeannik Littlefield Foundation, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
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Music,
Local Licks,
Jun 27, 2012
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This week we review Jason Bodlovich Group, Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit, Dum Spiro Spero, and The Devil Shakes.
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Music,
CD Reviews,
Jun 27, 2012
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I Like to Keep Myself in Pain
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Music,
CD Reviews,
Jun 27, 2012
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Ode to Sentience
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Music,
CD Reviews,
Jun 27, 2012
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Slaughterhouse
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Jul 3, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Jul 2, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Jul 2, 2012
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
Jul 2, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Jul 2, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Jun 29, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Jun 29, 2012
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Blogs,
Culture Spy,
Jun 27, 2012
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by Rachel Swan
- Tags: Just-Announced Shows, Treasure Island Music Festival, Girl Talk, Gregg Michael Gillis, Ty Segall, Best Coast, The Coup, K. Flay, Toro y Moi, The xx, Gossip, Noise Pop, Another Planet Entertainment
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Blogs,
Legalization Nation,
Jun 27, 2012
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Blogs,
Seven Days,
Jun 27, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Jun 27, 2012
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Blogs,
What the Fork,
Jun 26, 2012
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A weekend of poetry parties at various East Bay residences.
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Environmentalists contend that the Smith River, California's last remaining undammed river, is threatened by a Caltrans proposal to widen two highways along its banks.
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New research suggests that the main ingredient in marijuana may help alleviate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
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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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Smoke Berkeley and Genny's BBQ take pride in more than just brisket and ribs.
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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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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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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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Restorative justice programs may offer the best new hope for reducing violence in Oakland schools and the city overall, but their future funding is uncertain.
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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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Mad about the girls.
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West Egg salad.