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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.

By Alastair Bland

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Berkeley's Most Wanted

By Katherine Hamilton

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Fresh Meat's Oakland DNA

By D. Scot Miller

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Move Over, Austin City Limits

By j. poet

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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.

By Alastair Bland

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Berkeley and the Road Not Taken

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.

By Diego Aguilar-Canabal

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Marcus Thompson on Kevin Durant

Moe's Books

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Fresh Meat's Oakland DNA

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

By D. Scot Miller

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Once on This Island

Contra Costa Civic Theatre

Two Japonist Artists

Manna Gallery

Climate Empathy Project—Miami

Local Language

Savage Love

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Where do I find a male sex worker to help me get off?

By Dan Savage

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Berkeley's Most Wanted

Notoriously delicious halal food.

By Katherine Hamilton

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Batchmade Market

Forage Kitchen

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Attack of the Hipsters: <i>The Dead Don’t Die</i>

Attack of the Hipsters: The Dead Don’t Die

Worn-out movie subgenres don’t die either. Ask Jim Jarmusch.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

Leave Crime to the Professionals

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

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

57,000 Channels and Nothing's On

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

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

He's Not Alone:<i> The Last Black Man in San Francisco</i>

He's Not Alone: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

Stop, What's That Sound? Only the <i>Echo in the Canyon</i>

Stop, What's That Sound? Only the Echo in the Canyon

Rockumentary wanders around a storied LA locale.

By Kelly Vance

Staff Picks

Cereal Cinema

The New Parkway Theater

Now Playing

Men in Black: International 3D

On Borrowed Time

FIFA Women's World Cup: China vs Spain

Papi chulo

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Move Over, Austin City Limits

With Live From the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley’s venerable roots music venue makes a bid for national recognition.

By j. poet

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Thursday's Briefing: Legislature to vote on $214 billion state budget; Oakland City Council backs Howard Terminal bills

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Wednesday's Briefing: EBMUD approves water rate increases: Still no budget deal in Oakland

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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

Manna Gallery

Local Language

Where do I find a male sex worker to help me get off?

Notoriously delicious halal food.

Forage Kitchen

Worn-out movie subgenres don’t die either. Ask Jim Jarmusch.

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

With Live From the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley’s venerable roots music venue makes a bid for national recognition.

Climate Empathy Project—Miami @ Local Language

Two Japonist Artists @ Manna Gallery

Once on This Island @ Contra Costa Civic Theatre

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

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.

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

With Live From the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley’s venerable roots music venue makes a bid for national recognition.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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