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News & Opinion, Seven Days Sep 15, 2010
PG&E's Dangerous Game

While spending more than $40 million on a failed political campaign, the utility also disclosed that the gas-line that blew up in San Bruno was slated to be replaced.
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, PG&E, Proposition 16, natural-gas pipelines, San Bruno, California Public Utilities Commission, San Mateo County Coroner's Office, National Transportation Safety Board, don't ask, don't tell, US Constitution, Virginia Phillips, First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Obama Justice Department, Vaughn Walker, gay marriage, San Francisco police, Johannes Mehserle verdict protests, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Alameda County District Attorney's Office, Sierra Club Bay Chapter, Kent Lewandowski, Don Perata, Lena Tam, SunCal, Alameda Point, Alameda City Council, BART, Oakland airport connector, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, California Supreme Court, Jerry Brown, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Proposition 8, Oakland A's, Lew Wolff, Major League Baseball, Interstate 680, toll lane

News & Opinion, Feature Sep 15, 2010
Confessions of a Pregnant Wine Writer

Just how much wine can one safely consume during pregnancy? That depends on how much you listen to the Sanctimommies.
- By Blair Campbell
- Tags: Feature, Longreads, wine, pregnancy, Wineau, Promethazine, Berkeley Parents Network

News & Opinion, Full Disclosure Sep 15, 2010
Don Perata to Buy Oakland Mayor's Race?

Friends of the ex-senator have found a legal loophole that could allow him to greatly exceed the city's campaign spending cap.
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Full Disclosure, Don Perata, Coalition for a Safer California, Oakland City Attorney's Office, Oakland Public Ethics Commission, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Pat Kernighan, Nancy Nadel, Desley Brooks

News & Opinion, Eco Watch Sep 15, 2010
Thinking Holistically About Energy Efficiency

Federal stimulus funds help some Berkeley residents increase whole-home energy efficiency.
- By Nate Seltenrich
- Tags: Eco Watch, Energy efficiency, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Department of Energy, California Public Utilities Commission, PG&E

News & Opinion, Legalization Nation Sep 15, 2010
California Marijuana Tax Stamps Readied

Meanwhile, the feds and state tussle over cannabis cash.
- By David Downs
- Tags: Legalization Nation, State Board of Equalization, Anita Gore, Proposition 19, Kevin Reed, Richard Lee, Coffeeshop Blue Sky, cannabis, marijuana, medical marijuana, legalization, taxes, Berkeley Patients Group, Brad Senesac, Barbara Boxer, Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker

News & Opinion, Letters Sep 15, 2010
Letters for September 15

Readers sound off on legalization and medical marijuana, the doctors at HempCon, and rape and anonymity.

Arts & Culture, Culture Spy Sep 15, 2010
Youth Radio Beyond the Airwaves

Almost two decades in, the Oakland organization is giving kids the tools to create content — and possibly revolutionizing public media in the process
- By Ellen Cushing
- Tags: Culture Spy, Ellin O'Leary, Youth Radio, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Nashat Kurwa, Elisabeth Soep, Vivian Chavez

Arts & Culture, Events Sep 15, 2010
B.A.D. Girls' Demolition Derby

The Richmond Wrecking Belles and the Oakland Outlaws duke it out in women's roller derby.
- By Ellen Cushing
- Tags: Events, Roller derby, Jen Atherton, Michelle Kirian, Bay Area Derby Girls, Richmond Wrecking Belles, Oakland Outlaws, Craneway Pavilion

Arts & Culture, Visual Art Sep 15, 2010
Slideshow
Walter James Mansfield's Material World

Sacramento-based artist creates lyrical topographies.
- By DeWitt Cheng
- Tags: Visual Art, Vessel Gallery, Slideshow

Arts & Culture, Theater Sep 15, 2010
Fowl Play at Impact Theatre

Berkeley company stages a new coming out narrative, with chickens as the main metaphor.
- By Rachel Swan
- Tags: Theater, MilkMilkLemonade, Desdemona Chiang, Impact Theatre, Joshua Conkel, Sarah Coykendall, Charlie Cromer, Cecele Levinson, Michael Garrett McDonald, Cindy Im, Ching Chong Chinaman, LaVal's Subterranean Theatre

Arts & Culture, Books Sep 15, 2010
Watching Rome Burn with Steven Saylor

Berkeley novelist invokes ancient persecutions and transgenderism under the emperors.
- By Anneli Star Josselin Rufus
- Tags: Books, Books Inc. Berkeley

Arts & Culture, Body & Soul Sep 15, 2010
Making Faith Gay-Friendly With Bernard Schlager

The Pacific School of Religion's Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies celebrates ten years of education and activism.
- By Anneli Star Josselin Rufus
- Tags: Body & Soul, Pacific School of Religion

Arts & Culture, Aquarium Age Sep 15, 2010
Resistance and Rebellion

For the week of September 15-21, 2010.
- By Ralfee Finn

Arts & Culture, Savage Love Sep 15, 2010
Tampons As Sex Toys

Plus, porn in Utah and more on maple syrup.
- By Dan Savage

Movies, Movie Review Sep 15, 2010
Video
The Agony and Ecstasy of Joaquin Phoenix

If Phoenix is really and truly a washed-up drunk with delusions of grandeur, I'm Still Here is a worthy swan song. Way to go.
- By Kelly Vance
- Tags: Movie Review, Video

Movies, One-Night Stands Sep 15, 2010
One-Night Stands

Repertory film listings for September 16-22, 2010.

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 15, 2010
Top-Shelf Ingredients and Creative Preparation at Locanda da Eva

New Berkeley trattoria knows how to showcase the sunny flavors of September.
- By Matthew Stafford
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Locanda da Eva, Casa de Eva, Robert Lauriston, East Bay Expres, Lucky Hand Lager

Music, Sep 15, 2010
Jazz Warriors Fred Hersch and Nancy King to Reunite at Yoshi's

Pianist and vocalist will renew their collaboration for performance at Yoshi's.
- By Andrew Gilbert
- Tags: Music, Nancy King, Fred Hersch, Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, Ethan Iverson, Vijay Iyer, Taylor Eigsti, Glen Moore, Ralph Towner, Oregon, Pony Poindexter, Jon Hendricks, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, So, Yoshi's, Yoshi's Oakland

Music, Sep 15, 2010
Slideshow
Karyn Paige Trips the Light Fantastic

A refugee from corporate America makes her promising debut.
- By Rachel Swan
- Tags: Music, Karyn Paige, The Jazz Mafia, Joe Bagale, Supertaster, The KP EP, Adam Theis, Brass, Bows, & Beats, Nino Moschella, Matt Berkeley, Stephen Bradley, Rich Armstrong, Chris McGee, Lyrics Born, Max McVeety, Monterey County Fairgrounds, Slideshow

Music, Ear Bud Sep 15, 2010
Live Music Coming to Downtown Oakland

New venue, Vitus, to open in Oakland, plus more restaurants and bars — and maybe shopping?
- By Kathleen Richards
- Tags: Ear Bud, Brian Kendall, Community and Economic Development Agency, Hibiscus, Vitus, Damon Gallagher, Damon & the Heathens, Awaken Cafe, Flora, Dona Savitsky, Daniel Patterson, Plum, Franklin Square Wine Bar, Mike Dirnt, Green Day, Another Planet Entertainment, Gregg Perloff, Fox Theater, The Den, Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe, Emporium Capwell, I. Magnin, Sears, Urban Outfitters, Bay Street, Whole Foods, 21 Grand, Club Sandwich, Machine Head, Rob Flynn, Pantera, Dimebag Darrell

Music, CD Reviews Sep 15, 2010
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Hawk
- By Mark Keresman
- Tags: CD Reviews, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Hawk, Great American Music Hall

Music, CD Reviews Sep 15, 2010
Interpol

Interpol
- By David Downs
- Tags: CD Reviews, Interpol, Fox Theater

Music, CD Reviews Sep 15, 2010
Lyfe Jennings

I Still Believe
- By Lee Hildebrand
- Tags: CD Reviews, Lyfe Jennings, The Independent

Music, Local Licks Sep 15, 2010
Local Licks

This week we review Callow, The Fancy Dan Band, Red Meat, and Il Gato.
- By Rachel Swan
- Tags: Local Licks, Callow, The Fancy Dan Band, Red Meat, Il Gato, Mama Buzz Cafe, Cafe du Nord, The Uptown, Telegraph

Blogs, News Sep 21, 2010
Boxer and Brown Leading in New Polls
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, People

Blogs, Arts & Music Sep 21, 2010
53rd Monterey Jazz Fest Unveils the New School of Jazz
- By Rachel Swan
- Tags: Local Show Reviews, Monterey Jazz Festival, Gretchen Parlato, Troy “Trombone Shorty�� Andrews, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Taylor Eigsti, Kendrick Scott, Alan Hampton, Lisa Mezzacappa, Bait & Switch, The Nice Guy Trio, Diane Reeves, ObliqSound, Brass, Bows & Beats Hip-Hop Symphony, Billy Childs, Kronos Quartet

Blogs, News Sep 21, 2010
Jerry Brown Scores Endorsement from Perata’s Employer
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, People, Law Enforcement & Crime

Blogs, News Sep 21, 2010
Appeals Court Tosses Desley Brooks’ Suit Against Chip Johnson
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, People, Law Enforcement & Crime

Blogs, News Sep 21, 2010
Tuesday Must Read: PG&E Gas-Line List Is Incomplete: AC Transit to Slash Weekend Service
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Business, Transportation

Blogs, News Sep 20, 2010
Why I’m Rooting Against the Niners
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Sports

Blogs, Cannabis Sep 20, 2010
Daily Roundup: Indoor vs. Outdoor Fight Heating Up
- By David Downs
- Tags: Cannabis Culture, marijuana, cannabis, legalization, medical marijuana, Proposition 19, X-Pac, Mike Corral, International Cannabis and Hemp Expo

Blogs, News Sep 20, 2010
Monday Must Read: PG&E Lied About Pipe Pressure, Uses Unreliable Tests: Judge Threatens OPD
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, Business

Blogs, Arts & Music Sep 17, 2010
Slumdog Millionaire’s A.R. Rahman Takes Bollywood Global
- By Susan Fry
- Tags: Local Show Reviews, A.R. Rahman

Blogs, News Sep 17, 2010
BREAKING NEWS: New Poll Shows Perata Leads a Close Oakland Mayor’s Race
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, People

Blogs, Cannabis Sep 17, 2010
Daily Roundup: DEA Continuing Dispensary Raids In Secret
- By David Downs
- Tags: Law Enforcement & Crime

Blogs, News Sep 17, 2010
Friday Must Read: Was It Pipe Corrosion, SmartMeters, or too Much Pressure in PG&E’s Pipeline; Reports of Gas Odors Appears to be a Rumor
- By Robert Gammon

Blogs, News Sep 17, 2010
Woodfin and Workers Settle
- By Madeleine Bair
- Tags: Breaking News, Woodfin Suites, Emeryville, EBASE, Unite Here

Blogs, News Sep 17, 2010
Violent Crime Wave Strikes Cal
- By Anneli Star Josselin Rufus
- Tags: Law Enforcement & Crime, uc berkeley, ucpd

Blogs, News Sep 16, 2010
Oakland Mayor’s Race Cap Is $95,000 for ‘Independent Committees’
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, People, Oakland City Clerk’s Office, Oakland mayor’s race, independent expenditure committees, spending cap, Don Perata, Coalition for a Safer California, Jean Quan, Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Attorney’s Office, Public Ethics Commission, Paul Kinney

Blogs, Cannabis Sep 16, 2010
Daily Roundup: San Francisco Chronicle Says Vote No on "219"? [Oops]
- By David Downs
- Tags: Legalization, marijuana, cannabis, Proposition 19, medical marijuana, legalization, High Times, High Times Medical Cannabis Cup, drug war

Blogs, News Sep 16, 2010
Thursday Must Read: PG&E Never Fixed Pipe; Whitman Sets Self-Funding Record
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, People, Business

Blogs, News Sep 16, 2010
Local Vegan Wants to Set New Standards for Gelato
- By Anneli Star Josselin Rufus
- Tags: Food, Books, barry schenker, slow food, gelato

Blogs, Arts & Music Sep 15, 2010
Live Review: Ambrose Akinmusire's Homecoming at Yoshi's
- By Madeleine Bair
- Tags: Bay Area Bands, Local Show Reviews, Ambrose Akinmusire

Blogs, Cannabis Sep 15, 2010
Video
James Franco's 'Howl' Resonates Beyond the Beats
- By David Downs
- Tags: Cannabis Culture, Howl, James Franco, Allen Ginsberg, Rob Epstein, Video

Blogs, News Sep 15, 2010
Wednesday Must Read: PG&E Ignored Chance to Lessen Disaster; Jerry Brown Launches Attack Ads
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Politics, Business

Blogs, News Sep 15, 2010
Raiders Tailgate Party, Bratwurst and All, to Be on TV
- By Anneli Star Josselin Rufus
- Tags: Media, Sports, Food, laura mcintosh, josh thomsen, chris lilly, keith urban, dean dupuis, peter kahl, oakland raiders, oracle arena, bringing it home, ktvu

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Issue Archive for the Week of Sep 15-21, 2010

News & Opinion

While spending more than $40 million on a failed political campaign, the utility also disclosed that the gas-line that blew up in San Bruno was slated to be replaced.

Just how much wine can one safely consume during pregnancy? That depends on how much you listen to the Sanctimommies.

Friends of the ex-senator have found a legal loophole that could allow him to greatly exceed the city's campaign spending cap.

Federal stimulus funds help some Berkeley residents increase whole-home energy efficiency.

Meanwhile, the feds and state tussle over cannabis cash.

Readers sound off on legalization and medical marijuana, the doctors at HempCon, and rape and anonymity.

Arts & Culture

Almost two decades in, the Oakland organization is giving kids the tools to create content — and possibly revolutionizing public media in the process

The Richmond Wrecking Belles and the Oakland Outlaws duke it out in women's roller derby.

Sacramento-based artist creates lyrical topographies.

Berkeley company stages a new coming out narrative, with chickens as the main metaphor.

Berkeley novelist invokes ancient persecutions and transgenderism under the emperors.

The Pacific School of Religion's Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies celebrates ten years of education and activism.

For the week of September 15-21, 2010.

Plus, porn in Utah and more on maple syrup.

Movies

If Phoenix is really and truly a washed-up drunk with delusions of grandeur, I'm Still Here is a worthy swan song. Way to go.

Repertory film listings for September 16-22, 2010.

Food & Drink

New Berkeley trattoria knows how to showcase the sunny flavors of September.

Music

Pianist and vocalist will renew their collaboration for performance at Yoshi's.

A refugee from corporate America makes her promising debut.

New venue, Vitus, to open in Oakland, plus more restaurants and bars — and maybe shopping?

Hawk

Interpol

I Still Believe

This week we review Callow, The Fancy Dan Band, Red Meat, and Il Gato.

Blogs

Most Popular Stories

Written by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, the film presents Oakland's finest.

Voters are being asked to give the city council the power to lower marijuana business tax rates, which are currently among the highest in the state.

'Homegrown Heroes: Oakland A's at 50' looks at the history of the A's, focusing on the 1989 World Series.

The decision may result in relocating detainees further away from legal aid and loved ones while the mass incarceration of undocumented people continues.

After an upheaval, the Express remains committed to community journalism — but we must do better.

The surprising dismissal of the well-liked Richmond police captain and a series of other scandals threaten to tarnish the reputation of a police department once held as a national model of reform.

At the North Berkeley restaurant, the fish is flown in from Japan and served with little adornment.

Smythe's has weathered recession, online competition, and a perception of accordions as coarse-sounding period props. Now it's the only public accordion center in the Bay Area.

The East Bay's new community choice aggregator aims to lower energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions while creating new jobs. But does it go far enough?

The impending closure of emergency services at Alta Bates in Berkeley has many worried about the consequences for communities in the East Bay — especially Richmond.

The surprising dismissal of the well-liked Richmond police captain and a series of other scandals threaten to tarnish the reputation of a police department once held as a national model of reform.

The alleged assault took place one year ago in Austin, Texas. For the past four months, Chapman has been a fugitive from justice.

Outgoing Councilmember Annie Campbell Washington has endorsed Young in the District 4 race, but Young hasn’t been eligible to practice law in the state since last September.

Written by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, the film presents Oakland's finest.

In this summer thriller, bad people are watching everything we do.

Boots Riley’s feature debut is a nimble, imaginative bucket of social indignation.

Starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, the film delivers few of its promised laughs.

Darkness and ambiguity abound in the Mexican border drug war sequel.

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