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Issue Archive for the Week of Dec 26, 2012-Jan 1, 2013

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News & Opinion, Eco Watch Dec 26, 2012
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Alarming Radiation Levels Found on Treasure Island

The Navy's own data suggests that island residents were at risk of radiation exposure.
- By Ashley Bates
- Tags: Eco Watch, Treasure Island, radiation, US Navy, Shaw Environmental, Treasure Island Health Network, Video

News & Opinion, Legalization Nation Dec 26, 2012
The 2012 Legalization Nation Index

A look back at a glorious, ignominious year — in numbers.
- By David Downs
- Tags: Legalization Nation, Washington Initiative 502, Colorado Amendment 64, RAND Drug Policy Research Center, Harborside Health Center, Snoop Lion

News & Opinion, This Modern World Dec 26, 2012
Year in Review Part One
- By Tom Tomorrow

News & Opinion, Letters Dec 26, 2012
Letters for the Week of December 26, 2012

Readers sound off on graffiti, Richard Aoki, and Drakes Bay Oyster Company.

News & Opinion, Seven Days Dec 26, 2012
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Why Oakland Needs a Federal Gun Control Law

Assault weapons are already banned in California, but they end up killing lots of people in Oakland because of lax rules in other states.
- By Robert Gammon
- Tags: Seven Days, Gun control, assault weapons, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Rebecca Kaplan, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Skinner

Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture, Events Dec 26, 2012
New Walks for the New Year

A Berkeley group eschews hiking trails for the beauty of paved paths.
- By Azeen Ghorayshi
- Tags: Events, Berkeley Path Wanderers Assocation, Glen Lindwall, Charlie Bowen

Arts & Culture, Visual Art Dec 26, 2012
Light and Space

Cathy Cunningham-Little and Amy Ho present visually dazzling work that addresses the nature of perception
- By Alex Bigman
- Tags: Visual Art, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Immaterial

Arts & Culture, Savage Love Dec 26, 2012
Different Strokes

A boy on the side, a third-wheel dyke, horny empty nesters, and pee-seeking Canadians.
- By Dan Savage

Movies

Movies, Movie Review Dec 26, 2012
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The Ten Best Movies of 2012

This year, it was all about genre.
- By Kelly Vance
- Tags: Movie Review, Holy Motors, Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained, Killer Joe, Compliance, The Waiting Room, Wuthering Heights, Dark Horse, The Sessions, Sister, Wake in Fright, Video

Movies, Movie Review Dec 26, 2012
More Genre Movies of 2012
- By Kelly Vance

Movies, Movie Review Dec 24, 2012
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Django Unchained

Antebellum mischief.
- By Kelly Vance
- Tags: Movie Review, Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Johnson, James Remar, Laura Cayouette, Franco Nero, Bruce Dern, Russ Tamblyn, Don Stroud, Michael Parks, Zoe Bell, M.C. Gainey, Ted Neeley, Michael Bowen, Dennis Christopher, Jonah Hill, Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, Video

Movies, Movie Review Dec 24, 2012
Les Misérables

Revolution for the hell of it.
- By Kelly Vance
- Tags: Movie Review, Les Misérables, Tom Hooper, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen

Movies, One-Night Stands Dec 26, 2012
One-Night Stands

Repertory fim listings for December 27, 2012-January 2, 2013.

Food & Drink

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 26, 2012
The School of Sambal

Padi provides a taste of home for Indonesian expats. For the rest of us, it's a great introduction to the fiery pleasures of Sumatran-style cooking.
- By Luke Tsai
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Padi, Jimmy Sujanto, Indonesia

Food & Drink, What the Fork Dec 26, 2012
Oakland's Food Truck Future in Limbo

One year into a promising interim policy, the future of mobile food in Oakland remains uncertain.
- By Luke Tsai
- Tags: What the Fork, food trucks, mobile food, Karen Hester, Bites Off Broadway, Gail Lillian, LIBA Falafel, Alisa Shen, Arturo Sanchez, Edward Manasse

Food & Drink, Last Call Dec 26, 2012
Prince André

I tried every flavor so you don't have to.
- By Ellen Cushing
- Tags: Last Call, André

Music

Music, Dec 26, 2012
Best Live Shows of 2012

Here's the best of what we heard this year.
- By Whitney Phaneuf
- Tags: Music, Claude VonStroke, Jeff Mangum, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Fox Theate, Pulp, The Warfield, Le Vice, The Independent, Public Enemy, Treasure Island Music Festival, James Whiton, Cafe Van Kleef

Music, CD Reviews Dec 26, 2012
Pete Escovedo

Live from Stern Grove
- By Lee Hildebrand
- Tags: CD Reviews, Pete Escovedo, Concord Picante, Pete Escovedo Yoshi's

Music, CD Reviews Dec 26, 2012
Eric Burdon and The Greenhornes

Eric Burdon and The Greenhornes
- By Graham Todd
- Tags: CD Reviews, Eric Burdon and The Greenhornes, Readymade

Music, Dec 26, 2012
The DIY Ethic of No Babies

The Oakland no-wave collective brings a punk ethos to its endeavors, including an upcoming tour of Japan.
- By Sam Lefebvre
- Tags: Music, No Babies, DIY, Oakland, no wave

Music, CD Reviews Dec 26, 2012
Various Artists

Django Unchained Soundtrack
- By Lenika Cruz

Music, Local Licks Dec 26, 2012
Local Licks

This week, we review Girls in Suede, We Became Owls, and Oceanography.
- By Whitney Phaneuf
- Tags: Local Licks, Girls in Suede, We Became Owls, Oceanography, Bottom of the Hill, Amnesia

Blogs

Blogs, Food & Drink Jan 2, 2013
Mid-Week Menu: C.R.E.A.M. Considers Franchising, Juhu Beach Club Comes to Oakland, and Triple Rock Brewery Plans Full-Service Restaurant
- By Luke Tsai

Blogs, Arts & Music Dec 31, 2012
Psst...Pass it On: What We Like Right Now
- By Whitney Phaneuf
- Tags: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, BART, black-eyed peas, Your Sister’s Sister, New California Writing 2012, Evergreen Manhattan, Revival Bar + Kitchen

Blogs, News Dec 28, 2012
Oakland Hires Famed Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, But His Role Is Unclear
- By Ali Winston
- Tags: Law Enforcement & Crime

Blogs, Arts & Music Dec 28, 2012
Weekender: This Weekend's Top Five Events

Blogs, Food & Drink Dec 26, 2012
(Mini) Midweek Menu: Ramen Shop, Airport Eating, Cruelty-Free Coffee
- By Ellen Cushing

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Issue Archive for the Week of Dec 26, 2012-Jan 1, 2013

News & Opinion

The Navy's own data suggests that island residents were at risk of radiation exposure.

A look back at a glorious, ignominious year — in numbers.

Readers sound off on graffiti, Richard Aoki, and Drakes Bay Oyster Company.

Assault weapons are already banned in California, but they end up killing lots of people in Oakland because of lax rules in other states.

Arts & Culture

A Berkeley group eschews hiking trails for the beauty of paved paths.

Cathy Cunningham-Little and Amy Ho present visually dazzling work that addresses the nature of perception

A boy on the side, a third-wheel dyke, horny empty nesters, and pee-seeking Canadians.

Movies

This year, it was all about genre.

Antebellum mischief.

Revolution for the hell of it.

Repertory fim listings for December 27, 2012-January 2, 2013.

Food & Drink

Padi provides a taste of home for Indonesian expats. For the rest of us, it's a great introduction to the fiery pleasures of Sumatran-style cooking.

One year into a promising interim policy, the future of mobile food in Oakland remains uncertain.

I tried every flavor so you don't have to.

Music

Here's the best of what we heard this year.

Live from Stern Grove

Eric Burdon and The Greenhornes

The Oakland no-wave collective brings a punk ethos to its endeavors, including an upcoming tour of Japan.

Django Unchained Soundtrack

This week, we review Girls in Suede, We Became Owls, and Oceanography.

Blogs

Most Popular Stories

Developer Danny Haber's project to rebuild a red-tagged live-work warehouse has been stalled by environmental review and could be delayed further.

Instead of welcoming the cannabis industry into the light, Oakland's new rules are putting many out of business, while others are disappearing into the illicit market.

At this "game gym," you can watch the best players battle each other live.

Two other Alamedans, including Assemblymember Rob Bonta, say they believe embattled City Manager Jill Keimach secretly taped them, too.

The new Berkeley restaurant soars with handmade curry pastes, quality ingredients, and traditionally bold flavors.

Small farmers had hoped to usher in California's new legal cannabis market, but the state's high taxes and fees and a loophole in its regulatory scheme are allowing Big Weed to take over.

An imaginative map from the creator of the East Bay Yesterday podcast illustrates Oakland's natural and industrial history.

Activists are also garnering support for a statewide ballot initiative to repeal Costa Hawkins.

The Elmwood's new fast-casual restaurant is a welcomed evolution of the red sauce joint.

We endorse Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and former Obama White House aide Buffy Wicks in the June 5 primary.

A group of East Oakland youth in the Scraper Bike Team say San Leandro police keeping confiscating their bicycles — sometimes at gunpoint.

It will break us from the chains of capitalistic individualism and the destructive car-centric lifestyle.

Hundreds of people gathered last night to demand that the city hire additional public works crews to clean up garbage and focus on the most impacted neighborhoods.

After years of criticism over the Raiders deal, East Bay officials now can try to wipe the slate clean and recoup hundreds of millions of dollars from the NFL and Mark Davis.

The Korean-American artist specializes in dance-worthy club beats that feel quiet and cozy.

At last, another imaginative Wes Anderson animated adventure.

Trapped in a Mental Institution? WHAT COULD GO WRONG

True Shoah story takes a disconcertingly sweet point of view.

Jon Hamm's new movie makes a hash of Lebanon, but it's high-class hash.

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