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Flint’s BBQ Is Coming Back to the Town

The historic, long-shuttered beloved Oakland BBQ joint is returning this summer as a pop-up.
Tuesday's Briefing: Oakland declares impasse in labor negotiations with unions; Kaiser to build $900 million downtown headquarters

Schaaf implies in tweet to Trump that she would again warn of ICE raids
Eating Mushrooms Isn’t Like Smoking a Joint

Oakland follows Denver's lead in decriminalizing psilocybin and other psychedelic plants.
How the California Environmental Quality Act Fails the Environment

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.
Monday's Briefing: Concord man arrested for making alleged threats against synagogue; Mother disputes shooting by San Leandro Police

New BART cars will be assembled in Pittsburg

Recycling's Sword of Damocles

China's unwillingness to keep buying low-value U.S. waste has destroyed the industry's economics, but the truth is that far too much of what we throw in the recycling bin has always just been garbage.
Alameda's Radical Plan to Resist Climate Change

The small town has big ideas for how to reduce its carbon footprint.
Oakland's Budget Battle Heats Up

The city's current budget season has become a veritable kabuki of familiar players and conflicts.
Flint’s BBQ Is Coming Back to the Town

The historic, long-shuttered beloved Oakland BBQ joint is returning this summer as a pop-up.
How the California Environmental Quality Act Fails the Environment

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.

Flint’s BBQ Is Coming Back to the Town

The historic, long-shuttered beloved Oakland BBQ joint is returning this summer as a pop-up.
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Recycling's Sword of Damocles

China's unwillingness to keep buying low-value U.S. waste has destroyed the industry's economics, but the truth is that far too much of what we throw in the recycling bin has always just been garbage.
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Eating Mushrooms Isn’t Like Smoking a Joint

Oakland follows Denver's lead in decriminalizing psilocybin and other psychedelic plants.
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Alameda's Radical Plan to Resist Climate Change

The small town has big ideas for how to reduce its carbon footprint.
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How the California Environmental Quality Act Fails the Environment

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.
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Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.

In contrast with its 2010 attitude toward transit improvements on Telegraph Avenue, the city now seems to see bike and bus lanes as the future of a denser San Pablo Avenue.

Moe's Books

As transgender art organization has evolved, many of its artists have relocated to The Town.

Contra Costa Civic Theatre

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Local Language

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Notoriously delicious halal food.

Forage Kitchen

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Denys Arcand’s The Fall of the American Empire is more of a goofball comedy than a satire.

TV-show insider comedy Late Night makes its points, but needs sharper laughs.

Director Joe Talbot's debut feature is truly sad, but rewarding.

Rockumentary wanders around a storied LA locale.

The New Parkway Theater

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Marcus Thompson on Kevin Durant @ Moe's Books

Kings at Shotgun Players @ Ashby Stage

Climate Empathy Project—Miami @ Local Language

Most Popular Stories

The historic, long-shuttered beloved Oakland BBQ joint is returning this summer as a pop-up.

Schaaf implies in tweet to Trump that she would again warn of ICE raids

Oakland follows Denver's lead in decriminalizing psilocybin and other psychedelic plants.

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.

New BART cars will be assembled in Pittsburg

China's unwillingness to keep buying low-value U.S. waste has destroyed the industry's economics, but the truth is that far too much of what we throw in the recycling bin has always just been garbage.

The small town has big ideas for how to reduce its carbon footprint.

The city's current budget season has become a veritable kabuki of familiar players and conflicts.

The historic, long-shuttered beloved Oakland BBQ joint is returning this summer as a pop-up.

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.

The historic, long-shuttered beloved Oakland BBQ joint is returning this summer as a pop-up.

China's unwillingness to keep buying low-value U.S. waste has destroyed the industry's economics, but the truth is that far too much of what we throw in the recycling bin has always just been garbage.

Oakland follows Denver's lead in decriminalizing psilocybin and other psychedelic plants.

The small town has big ideas for how to reduce its carbon footprint.

Critics correctly blame the law for making it too easy to block housing construction. But it also fails far too frequently to protect wildlife habitat.

Re: OP-ED: The Alameda County Civil Grand Jury Is an Important Watchdog, but Its Members Are Almost Always Too Old, White, and Wealthy

Re: Eating Mushrooms Isn’t Like Smoking a Joint

Re: Flint’s BBQ Is Coming Back to the Town

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