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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

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

Year in Review Part One

• By Tom Tomorrow

Letters for the Week of December 26, 2012

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

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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

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

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

Different Strokes

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

• By Dan Savage

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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

More Genre Movies of 2012

• By Kelly Vance

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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

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

One-Night Stands

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

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

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

Prince André

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

• By Ellen Cushing
• Tags: Last Call, André

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

Pete Escovedo

Live from Stern Grove

• By Lee Hildebrand
• Tags: CD Reviews, Pete Escovedo, Concord Picante, Pete Escovedo Yoshi's

Eric Burdon and The Greenhornes

Eric Burdon and The Greenhornes

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

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

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Django Unchained Soundtrack

• By Lenika Cruz

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

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

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

Oakland Hires Famed Former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, But His Role Is Unclear

• By Ali Winston
• Tags: Law Enforcement & Crime

Weekender: This Weekend's Top Five Events

(Mini) Midweek Menu: Ramen Shop, Airport Eating, Cruelty-Free Coffee

• By Ellen Cushing