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Benvenue Reunites in the City of its Birth

Alternative rock band to play Cornerstone Berkeley as it releases a new five-track EP.

By Lou Fancher

The People Issue

Freshest New Poet in the Town

By Aaron Carnes

Restaurant Review

New Dumpling Serves Straight-Up Comfort Food

By Katherine Hamilton

Arts Feature

Who Are the Key Keepers of Ocean View?

By Camryn Sanchez

The People Issue

Nick Dong

Orchestrating Transcendence Through Materials

Best Civil Rights Lawyer You May Not Have Heard Of

Adante Pointer

Packing a Whole Lotta Soul Into a Tiny Food Court Kiosk

Bernadine Sewell

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News & Opinion

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Clearing Out the File Cabinets, But Not Necessarily the Air

Lawsuit by Agency Whistleblower Alleges Widespread Document Destruction at Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

By Jean Tepperman

Chronic Town

Oakland Police and the Great Fruitvale Cannabis Giveaway

A Fruitvale business owner says OPD officers ignored an illegal pot farm and then encouraged him to let people spirit away all of the evidence.

By Dan Mitchell

Seven Days

Skinner Praises Newsom But Says Staff Not Yet Up to Speed

Plus more fun with fences, and Schaaf donation ruled improper.

By Steven Tavares and Stephen Buel

Letters

Letters For the Week of Aug. 14-20

Letters

Letters for the Week of August 7-13

Staff Picks

Hot August Skates

Classic Cars West

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Arts Feature

Who Are the Key Keepers of Ocean View?

Help needed, defend Albany from the Key Keepers. "This is some weird Gravity Falls/Riverdale kinda shit."

By Camryn Sanchez

Staff Picks

Jaboukie Young-White

The New Parish

Two Shows

Mercury 20 Gallery

T1U Summer Master Classes

TheatreFIRST

Savage Love

Shrinkage and Elongation

Why is my dick shorter? Why are my orgasms longer?

By Dan Savage

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Food & Drink

Restaurant Review

New Dumpling Serves Straight-Up Comfort Food

These handmade, homestyle dumplings come at affordable prices.

By Katherine Hamilton

Staff Picks

Batchmade Market

Forage Kitchen

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Movies

Movie Review

Way to Go, Blanchett

The eccentric genius of Where'd You Go Bernadette

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

Pro-choice? No choice

One Child Nation is a heartbreaking documentary about China's cruel social experiment.

By Kelly Vance

Movie Review

Men Overboard: The Tale of the Maiden

An all-female yacht crew battles sexism on the high seas in new documentary

By Richard von Busack

Movie Review

Forget Hillary's Deplorables. It's All About the Persuadables

The Great Hack tells the harrowing tale of Cambridge Analytica. Be afraid.

By Richard von Busack

Movie Review

Quentin Tarantino Rewrites History, and It’s an Improvement

In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, make-believe is more rewarding than reality.

By Kelly Vance

Staff Picks

Cereal Cinema

The New Parkway Theater

Now Playing

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw -- The IMAX 2D Experience

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

The Art of Racing in the Rain

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Music

Benvenue Reunites in the City of its Birth

Alternative rock band to play Cornerstone Berkeley as it releases a new five-track EP.

By Lou Fancher

Staff Picks

Hot August Skates

Classic Cars West

Siege

924 Gilman

Loving Janis

Ashkenaz

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Alternative rock band to play Cornerstone Berkeley as it releases a new five-track EP.

Orchestrating Transcendence Through Materials

Adante Pointer

Bernadine Sewell

Lawsuit by Agency Whistleblower Alleges Widespread Document Destruction at Bay Area Air Quality Management District.

A Fruitvale business owner says OPD officers ignored an illegal pot farm and then encouraged him to let people spirit away all of the evidence.

Plus more fun with fences, and Schaaf donation ruled improper.

Classic Cars West

Help needed, defend Albany from the Key Keepers. "This is some weird Gravity Falls/Riverdale kinda shit."

The New Parish

Mercury 20 Gallery

TheatreFIRST

Why is my dick shorter? Why are my orgasms longer?

These handmade, homestyle dumplings come at affordable prices.

Forage Kitchen

The eccentric genius of Where'd You Go Bernadette

One Child Nation is a heartbreaking documentary about China's cruel social experiment.

An all-female yacht crew battles sexism on the high seas in new documentary

The Great Hack tells the harrowing tale of Cambridge Analytica. Be afraid.

In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, make-believe is more rewarding than reality.

The New Parkway Theater

Alternative rock band to play Cornerstone Berkeley as it releases a new five-track EP.

Classic Cars West

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Ashkenaz

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Two Shows @ Mercury 20 Gallery

Hot August Skates @ Classic Cars West

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Sources said Lt. Craig Cedergren had an inmate chained to his cell door against the protests of subordinates.

Victor Arnautoff's mural about George Washington is squarely on the side of the oppressed. The notion that today's adolescents need protection from history or reality is deeply patronizing.

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