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Jay Som’s Melina Duterte: Making Dreams Come True and Living a Musical Life

Music

Jay Som’s Melina Duterte: Making Dreams Come True and Living a Musical Life

Making Music By Herself

By j. poet

Movie Review

Don't Mess with Molly

Don't Mess with Molly

By Kelly Vance

Fall Arts

High Tech, High Touch

High Tech, High Touch

By Lou Fancher

Restaurant Review

The Damel Celebrates Africa's Widespread Culinary Influence

The Damel Celebrates Africa's Widespread Culinary Influence

By Katherine Hamilton

Fall Arts

High Tech, High Touch

High Tech, High Touch

Exhibit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts explores use of technological media to tell human stories.

By Lou Fancher

Close to the Bone — and Close to Readers

Close to the Bone — and Close to Readers

Litquake celebrates 20 unlikely years of success.

By Michael Berry

Fusing Imagery, Music and Words

Fusing Imagery, Music and Words

Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) is Intriguing, Provocative Theater.

By Lou Fancher

Public Art That Celebrates Nature

Public Art That Celebrates Nature

Jeff Reed and Jennifer Madden's sculpture Changing Tide interactively salutes the ecosystem of the Richmond coast.

By Janis Hashe

Speaking to the Times

Speaking to the Times

Area symphonies continue to diversify their programming.

By Georgia Rowe

Fall Arts Picks

Fall Arts Picks

Highlights from the 2019-2020 Arts Season

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News & Opinion

Chronic Town

Illegal Vapes are Killing People. Blame the 'Legal Market'

Illegal Vapes are Killing People. Blame the 'Legal Market'

Yes, cannabis is legal, but not in Kings County, where seven black market buyers recently encountered potentially fatal vaping products.

By Dan Mitchell

News

Dredging the Carquinez to Accommodate Oil

Dredging the Carquinez to Accommodate Oil

The Army Corps is deepening shipping channels to allow tankers access. The agency says it will clear the air. Environmentalists don't agree.

By Jean Tepperman

Seven Days

Alameda Adds Just-Cause Protections for Section 8 Renters

Alameda Adds Just-Cause Protections for Section 8 Renters

Plus, LeBron passes the ball to Skinner, and Alameda Council approves prosecutor post.

By Steven Tavares

Letters

Letters For the Week of Sep. 5-11

Letters For the Week of Sep. 5-11

Letters

Letters July 31st- August 6th

Letters July 31st- August 6th

Letters

Letters July 31st- August 6th

Letters July 31st- August 6th

Sean Penn presents, Bob Honey Sings Jimmy Crack Corn

Book Pasasge

Amitav Ghosh at KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Presents

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

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Arts & Culture

Abstract Realism

SLATE contemporary

Frank Koci

GTU Hewlett Library

The Great Wave

Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Roda Theatre

Savage Love

Open Wide

Open Wide

I'm tired of my roomie getting fisted by strange men every day. I'm uncomfortable using a strap-on to please my husband.

By Dan Savage

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Food & Drink

BatchMade Market

Batchmade Market

Forage Kitchen

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Movies

Movie Review

Crazy Rich Europeans

Crazy Rich Europeans

Tale of literary lust Vita & Virginia is not exactly a page-turner.

By Kelly Vance

Don't Mess with Molly

Don't Mess with Molly

Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins praises the late political columnist.

By Kelly Vance

Front Runner

Front Runner

Brittany Runs a Marathon earns its warm-all-over feeling honestly.

By Kelly Vance

The Woman Who Knew Too Much

The Woman Who Knew Too Much

Keira Knightley vs. the Iraq War in Official Secrets

By Kelly Vance

Cereal Cinema at The New Parkway Theater

Cereal Cinema

The New Parkway Theater

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 40th Anniversary

Fagara

Give Me Liberty

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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Music

Bilal

Yoshi's

Soul Sanctuary Dance

Ashkenaz

Sara Gazarek CD Release

Yoshi's

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Recent Blog Posts

News - September 13, 4:00 AM

Friday's Briefing: BART board to spend $227 million on new Oakland HQ; OUSD merges two elementary schools

News - September 12, 4:00 AM

Thursday's Briefing: Significant Skinner, Bonta bills pass the Legislature; Kaplan says don't buy Warriors tickets

News - September 11, 9:50 PM

The Future is Now: A's trip Astros

News - September 11, 4:00 AM

Wednesday's Briefing: State moves closer to rent control, gig worker protections; Bonta charter school bill passes

Food & Drink - September 10, 4:53 PM

Popoca, a New Salvadoran Pop-Up, Combines Traditional and Modern Cooking Techniques

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Friday's Briefing: BART board to spend $227 million on new Oakland HQ; OUSD merges two elementary schools

Kamala Harris said Trump is a 'small dude'
Oakland Roots Draw Big Crowds, Show Town Pride

The Town’s new soccer franchise has drawn sell-out crowds to entertaining matches, crafting a new template for building a successful local franchise by embracing all things Oakland.
Dredging the Carquinez to Accommodate Oil

The Army Corps is deepening shipping channels to allow tankers access. The agency says it will clear the air. Environmentalists don't agree.
Thursday's Briefing: Significant Skinner, Bonta bills pass the Legislature; Kaplan says don't buy Warriors tickets

Richmond bans the sale of flavored e-cigarettes
The Trouble With Cannabis Vapes

Recent outbreak of severe lung disease related to vaping highlights just how little we know about the safety of the practice.

The Trouble With Cannabis Vapes

Recent outbreak of severe lung disease related to vaping highlights just how little we know about the safety of the practice.
The Fault Line and the Dams

Lake Temescal Dam sits directly atop the perilous Hayward Fault. How safe is it, and the nearby Tilden Park Dam at Lake Anza?
Finding the Lost American JazzBook

All-star ensemble behind new release Taxonomy of Pleasure to appear at Yoshi’s.
Rising to the Challenge in Richmond

New RYSE Commons a tribute to the resiliency of youth.
Wednesday’s Briefing: Noel Gallo's plan for the homeless in Oakland: 'Put them at City Hall'

East Oakland homeless encampment can remain for two more weeks

The Trouble With Cannabis Vapes

Recent outbreak of severe lung disease related to vaping highlights just how little we know about the safety of the practice.
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The Fault Line and the Dams

Lake Temescal Dam sits directly atop the perilous Hayward Fault. How safe is it, and the nearby Tilden Park Dam at Lake Anza?
- Comments (5)
State's Deadliest Big Jail System Last Year was Contra Costa County's

In 2018, more people died in county's jails than in any year during the prior decade.
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Kaplan Calls for Audit of Schaaf's Education Initiative

Plus, legislature prepares to destroy Uber's business model, and the president is coming to the Bay Area.
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Dredging the Carquinez to Accommodate Oil

The Army Corps is deepening shipping channels to allow tankers access. The agency says it will clear the air. Environmentalists don't agree.
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Re: Illegal Vapes are Killing People. Blame the 'Legal Market'
- Prohibition is what is allowing this and nothing else! Bathtub gin was dangerous also!
- Posted by Steve Tuck
- on September 14, 2019
Re: Dredging the Carquinez to Accommodate Oil
- Thank you Jean Tepperman for once again exposing a public action going in the exact…
- Posted by tangolindygirl
- on September 13, 2019
Re: Thursday's Briefing: Significant Skinner, Bonta bills pass the Legislature; Kaplan says don't buy Warriors tickets
- DId hell just freeze? I agree with Ms Kaplan! How did that happen?
- Posted by Bruce Ferrell
- on September 12, 2019

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