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The Return of Gear

A new generation of musicians and music listeners is discovering the joys of the older analog formats and equipment. Dust off those cassettes.

By A.J. Fish

Movie Review

Big Worries, Little Woods

By Kelly Vance

Restaurant Review

Celebrating Birria at La Santa Torta

By Katherine Hamilton

Chronic Town

On the Stunt-Marketing of CBD

By Dan Mitchell

News & Opinion

News

Planners Look to Enhance Transit on San Pablo Avenue

Less parking, and more accommodation of bikes and pedestrians, also expected from planning process.

By Diego Aguilar-Canabal

Seven Days

A’s Ballpark Legislation Passes Legislative Committee

Meanwhile, Oakland council holds off on tax increase and pioneering San Leandro mayor dies.

By Steven Tavares

Feature

The CBD Industrial Complex

The compound Cannabidiol is turning up in everything from FDA-approved medicines to dubious hand-labeled tinctures. How should consumers navigate this new frontier of cannabis legalization?

By Dan Mitchell

Staff Picks

Beastmode Cheesesteak Challenge With Marshawn Lynch

IB's Cheesesteaks

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Meg Elison's Personal Vision of the Apocalypse

The East Bay author's new novel completes a trilogy that won her a Philip K. Dick award.

By Michael Berry

Arts Feature

Art Without Artists

Two artists on display at Mercury 20 Gallery harness chance and accident.

By DeWitt Cheng

Staff Picks

Borders and Walls

George Lawson Gallery

Sacral Geometry

Local Language

The Lower Depths at Ubuntu Theater Project

Ubuntu Theater Project

Savage Love

The Liked Boys

Should I tell my friend that his father has been liking pictures of young boys on Instagram?

By Dan Savage

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Food & Drink

Restaurant Review

Celebrating Birria at La Santa Torta

Birria is often reserved for special occasions, but the duo behind La Santa Torta brings this edible part of their culture to the public every day.

By Katherine Hamilton

Restaurant Review

Lao Taé Brings Laotian Fare to Montclair Village

Bring on the chicken gizzards and fermented crab.

By Katherine Hamilton

Staff Picks

Creole Creed Pop-up

The Octopus Literary Salon

Batchmade Market

Forage Kitchen

More Food Stories >> Food & Drink Listings >> Dining Guide >>

Movies

Movie Review

Big Worries, Little Woods

Hard-scrabble women face a gusher of obstacles in North Dakota oil country.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

<i>Sympathy for the Devil:</i> Rolling Stones at Their Peak

Sympathy for the Devil: Rolling Stones at Their Peak

Please allow Jean-Luc Godard to re-introduce the Sixties.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Feature

The SFFILM Festival’s Eastern Front

Local color and outlandish international flickers at this year’s festival.

By Kelly Vance

Staff Picks

Cereal Cinema

The New Parkway Theater

Zephaniah Fundraiser

The New Parkway Theater

Now Playing

Hotel Mumbai

After

The Chaperone

Chitralahari

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Music

The Return of Gear

A new generation of musicians and music listeners is discovering the joys of the older analog formats and equipment. Dust off those cassettes.

By A.J. Fish

Music

Audio Engineer to the DIY Set

Andrew Oswald estimates that he has helped local bands recorded more than 200 albums. And he's just getting started.

By Liz Zarka

Staff Picks

The Proteus Trio

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

Pacific Boychoir Academy Concert and Gala

Littlefield Concert Hall

Dead Winter Carpenters

Starline Social Club

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A new generation of musicians and music listeners is discovering the joys of the older analog formats and equipment. Dust off those cassettes.

Less parking, and more accommodation of bikes and pedestrians, also expected from planning process.

Meanwhile, Oakland council holds off on tax increase and pioneering San Leandro mayor dies.

The compound Cannabidiol is turning up in everything from FDA-approved medicines to dubious hand-labeled tinctures. How should consumers navigate this new frontier of cannabis legalization?

IB's Cheesesteaks

How I learned about the difference between cannabis from a warehouse or from the green hills of Northern California.

The East Bay author's new novel completes a trilogy that won her a Philip K. Dick award.

Two artists on display at Mercury 20 Gallery harness chance and accident.

George Lawson Gallery

Local Language

Ubuntu Theater Project

Should I tell my friend that his father has been liking pictures of young boys on Instagram?

Birria is often reserved for special occasions, but the duo behind La Santa Torta brings this edible part of their culture to the public every day.

Bring on the chicken gizzards and fermented crab.

The Octopus Literary Salon

Forage Kitchen

Hard-scrabble women face a gusher of obstacles in North Dakota oil country.

Please allow Jean-Luc Godard to re-introduce the Sixties.

Local color and outlandish international flickers at this year’s festival.

The New Parkway Theater

The New Parkway Theater

A new generation of musicians and music listeners is discovering the joys of the older analog formats and equipment. Dust off those cassettes.

Andrew Oswald estimates that he has helped local bands recorded more than 200 albums. And he's just getting started.

Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

Littlefield Concert Hall

Starline Social Club

Borders and Walls @ George Lawson Gallery

Sacral Geometry @ Local Language

Masako Miki at Matrix 273 @ Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Bay Area artist Masako Miki has fashioned a brightly colored, humorous forest...

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Berkeley Symphony names 37-year-old as next music director

As with teachers, wages for the city’s employees are falling behind.

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