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East Bay voters decide local leadership and policy
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, the midterm election day, no one pretended. Exercising their civic duty and right to vote, people in the East Bay and nationwide voiced their displeasure with the current federal administration, Republicans and...
Penelope Houston keeps The Avengers’ punk alive
When Penelope Houston takes the stage with the Avengers at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill this Saturday, she’ll be fronting a band she helped create in 1977.
“I don’t think I would have predicted this when I...
Artists reclaim Africa’s forgotten World War I history
Even in South Africa, their story is not widely known: Two million Africans labored, fought and died during the First World War. In South African performance visionary William Kentridge’s The Head & the Load, presented by Cal...
Free Will Astrology: Week of Nov. 4
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries psychologist Abraham Maslow coined the term peak “experiences”: surging upflows of heightened clarity, awe, vitality and love. He also...
Delage serves Japanese craftsmanship with an Oakland sensibility
Every week, Delage receives a “mystery box” filled with different fish delivered from Japan. Working diligently behind the front counter, sushi chef Jeremias Jimenez holds up...
The Egg Pals enter the Palace
Breakfast at my house really didn’t extend beyond bowls of cereal or, occasionally, toast and scrambled eggs. Sandwiches never made an appearance until lunch time. When...
