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Holiday Guide

Never Bored with Board Games

As holiday gifts or rainy-day entertainment, board games are the best.

By Nick Wong

Holiday Guide

Smash the Patriarchy for the Holidays

By Darwin BondGraham

Holiday Guide

Gifts for Toasting

By Katherine Hamilton

Holiday Guide

East Bay Food Gifts for Everyone on Your List

By Katherine Hamilton

Holiday Guide

Green Holiday Getaways

Tired of all the smoke and the bone-dry landscape? Here are some lush getaway spots for the holidays.

By Robert Gammon

Gifts Grounded in Experience

Spend quality time with your friends and family with hiking plans, A's passes, concert tickets, and more.

By Azucena Rasilla

Ditch Amazon. Choose Local Boutiques

Clothes, accessories, home décor, plants, and more gift ideas.

By Amy Burke

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News & Opinion

News

Did Freemasons Secretly Build an 'Equinox Observatory' in Oakland's Skyline?

Or is an amateur historian just seeing things?

By Darwin BondGraham

News

Conservatives Target Malia Vella

After progressives won a sweeping victory in Alameda on Nov. 6, Island conservatives are now attempting to recall a city councilmember. But ALCO Dems are on her side.

By Steven Tavares

Seven Days

California's Nightmare

The horrific Camp Fire has proven that the state can no longer afford unchecked development in wildland areas or next to them.

By Robert Gammon

Letters

Letters of the Week: Our Readers Chime in on Last Week's Issue

By East Bay Express readers

Letters

Letters of the Week: Our Readers Chime in on Last Week's Issue

By East Bay Express readers

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Arts & Culture

Arts Feature

Hoodslam Is Going Weekly

Oakland's rowdy fight club gears up for new shows in 2019.

By Nicole Gluckstern

Arts Feature

Local Filmmakers Capture the Immigrant Experience Through Young People's Eyes

This week brings screenings of 'ANNOUNCEMENT,' 'The Perfect Immigrant,' 'Futbolistas 4 Life.'

By Janis Hashe

Staff Picks

Oakland Turkey Trot

Oakland Public Library, Lakeview Branch

Does a Dog Have Buddha Nature?

Kroeber Hall

Everything is Illuminated

Aurora Theatre

Savage Love

Savage Love: Stressfest

Plus exploring bisexuality, attempting anal sex, and more.

By Dan Savage

More Arts Stories >> Arts & Culture Staff Picks >> Arts Listings >>

Eritrean Food with Homestyle Vibes

Come to Shewhat Cafe & Restaurant for the breakfast (or lunch or dinner), stay for the traditional coffee ceremony.

By Katherine Hamilton

Restaurant Review

Maejoo Is Small But Mighty

The modern yet petite San Leandro Korean restaurant offers limited seating and menu options, but delivers on quality and taste.

By Katherine Hamilton

Staff Picks

Dungeness Crab Holiday Feast

Hopscotch

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

Movies

Movie Review

Japanese Film 'Shoplifters' Follows a Chosen Family of Thieves

Hirokazu Kore-eda examines the lives of Tokyo's urban poor.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

‘Green Book’ Follows an Unlikely Interracial Friendship

Actors Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen make the film something special.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

‘A Private War’ Shows How a War Correspondent Did Things Her Way

Rosamund Pike stars as a determined Marie Colvin.

By Kelly Vance

Now Playing

Narcissister Organ Player

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Beautiful Boy

The Sound of Music Sing-Along

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Music

Half Stack Channels Cowboy Nostalgia Without Machismo

Oakland's Half Stack pairs steel guitar and twang with a Californian touch.

By Madeline Wells

Music

Oakland's Wormhole Wednesday Is Ending

The final weekly bass party will go down next month — but the music isn't going anywhere.

By Alison Van Houten

Staff Picks

Father

The New Parish

Municipal Waste

The UC Theatre

The Art Of Storytellin’ OutKast Tribute Party

Starline Social Club

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Recent Blog Posts

News - November 21, 10:11 AM

Wednesday’s Briefing: Lawmakers Eye PG&E Bailout; Rain Could Wash Away Remains in Paradise

Food & Drink - November 20, 5:20 PM

Lucia’s Pizza Goes Mobile in a Piaggio Ape

Food & Drink - November 20, 12:38 PM

Food Connections

Food & Drink - November 20, 11:02 AM

Meet Kolobok, a Russian Food Truck and Mobile Restaurant

News - November 20, 10:06 AM

Tuesday’s Briefing: Flash Floods Now Threaten Paradise; GOP on the Verge of Losing Another Calif. House Seat

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As holiday gifts or rainy-day entertainment, board games are the best.

Tired of all the smoke and the bone-dry landscape? Here are some lush getaway spots for the holidays.

Spend quality time with your friends and family with hiking plans, A's passes, concert tickets, and more.

Clothes, accessories, home décor, plants, and more gift ideas.

Or is an amateur historian just seeing things?

After progressives won a sweeping victory in Alameda on Nov. 6, Island conservatives are now attempting to recall a city councilmember. But ALCO Dems are on her side.

The horrific Camp Fire has proven that the state can no longer afford unchecked development in wildland areas or next to them.

Oakland's rowdy fight club gears up for new shows in 2019.

This week brings screenings of 'ANNOUNCEMENT,' 'The Perfect Immigrant,' 'Futbolistas 4 Life.'

Oakland Public Library, Lakeview Branch

Kroeber Hall

Aurora Theatre

Plus exploring bisexuality, attempting anal sex, and more.

Drake’s Brewing Co. employed its spirit of innovation when inventing its new champagne-like Extra Brut IPA.

Come to Shewhat Cafe & Restaurant for the breakfast (or lunch or dinner), stay for the traditional coffee ceremony.

The modern yet petite San Leandro Korean restaurant offers limited seating and menu options, but delivers on quality and taste.

Hopscotch

Hirokazu Kore-eda examines the lives of Tokyo's urban poor.

Actors Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen make the film something special.

Rosamund Pike stars as a determined Marie Colvin.

Oakland's Half Stack pairs steel guitar and twang with a Californian touch.

The final weekly bass party will go down next month — but the music isn't going anywhere.

The New Parish

The UC Theatre

Starline Social Club

Oakland Turkey Trot @ Oakland Public Library, Lakeview Branch

More than just a healthy start to the holiday, the Oakland Turkey...

Father @ The New Parish

Lil House Phone...

Dungeness Crab Holiday Feast @ Hopscotch

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Or is an amateur historian just seeing things?

The final weekly bass party will go down next month — but the music isn't going anywhere.

The horrific Camp Fire has proven that the state can no longer afford unchecked development in wildland areas or next to them.

Come to Shewhat Cafe & Restaurant for the breakfast (or lunch or dinner), stay for the traditional coffee ceremony.

After progressives won a sweeping victory in Alameda on Nov. 6, Island conservatives are now attempting to recall a city councilmember. But ALCO Dems are on her side.

Thurmond declared victory and Marshall Tuck conceded.

Towing companies are taking cars illegally, and it's costing people. One of the worst offenders is PPI Towing of Oakland.

People mistakenly try to recycle them, thereby contaminating the waste stream. Plus, they're not really compostable.

Homeless residents are testing the scope of the recent Martin v. Boise decision in a bid to stop camp closures.

Bauer-Kahan's victory over GOP incumbent Catherine Baker means the Bay Area now has no Republican representatives in the state Legislature.

She is a longtime community activist and organizer, has run organizations as an executive director, and is deeply committed to serving the people of Oakland.

Thurmond declared victory and Marshall Tuck conceded.

An Oakland police officer claimed he 'stopped fully' before smashing into a motorcyclist and even lectured the person he hurt. But a nearby surveillance camera contradicts his account.

Rosamund Pike stars as a determined Marie Colvin.

An Oakland police officer claimed he 'stopped fully' before smashing into a motorcyclist and even lectured the person he hurt. But a nearby surveillance camera contradicts his account.

OPD released multiple videos of the shooting from police body cameras that recorded the killing of Joshua Pawlik.

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A guide to this holiday season's gifts, outings, eats, and more.