Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
News & Opinion
- News & Opinion, News Aug 23, 2016
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'Big Soda' Argues Oakland's Proposed Tax Will Cut Sales — But Proponents Say That's Exactly the Point
Academics discredit claim that levy will increase costs of other goods; Oakland will vote on whether to pass a sweetened-beverage tax this November.
- News & Opinion, Feature Aug 23, 2016
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Cooking Other People's Food: How Chefs Appropriate Bay Area 'Ethnic' Cuisine
It's time to talk about pedigreed restaurateurs that co-opt traditional eats — and how the food-media hype machine enables cultural erasure.
- News & Opinion, News Aug 23, 2016
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Oakland's Street-Repair Deficit is Deep. The Mayor Says a $600 Million Bond Needed to Address the Problem.
Measure KK would also approve bonds for affordable housing.
- News & Opinion, Letters Aug 23, 2016
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Letters for the Week of August 24, 2016
Readers sound off about homelessness, race, and policing.
Arts & Culture
- Arts & Culture, Culture Spy Aug 23, 2016
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The Black Choreographers Festival Brings its First Summer Series to Laney College
Local and visiting Black choreographers and dancers gather for a three-day festival featuring new and unfinished works.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art Aug 23, 2016
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Contemporary Saudi Arabian Art, in Context
The traveling show GENERA#ION, brings nuanced reflections of modern Saudi Arabian identity to Minnesota Street Project.
- Arts & Culture, Art Pick Aug 23, 2016
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At Aggregate Space Gallery.
- Arts & Culture, Event Pick Aug 23, 2016
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Check It Screening
At Piedmont Theater.
- Arts & Culture, Books Pick Aug 23, 2016
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A Walk in the Park with David Vassar
At David Brower Center.
- Arts & Culture, Performance Pick Aug 23, 2016
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Ubuntu Black Arts Theater Festival
At Flight Deck.
- Arts & Culture, Savage Love Aug 23, 2016
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Had to Get Away
Dan Savage, the designer fill-in, on flaccid dicks and who buys the strap on.
- Arts & Culture, Free Will Astrology Aug 23, 2016
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Free Will Astrology
Horoscopes for the week of August 25–31.
Movies
- Movies, Movie Review Aug 23, 2016
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Ixcanul: Mythical Reality
Guatemalan fable blends hardship with stoic beauty.
Food & Drink
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 23, 2016
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Curbside's Filipino-American Food Truck Fuses Flavors into Other Cuisines
It offers more interesting food than it does confusing food.
- Food & Drink, Food Event Pick Aug 23, 2016
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Pints at the Park
At the Lake Merritt Amphitheater.
Music
- Music, Aug 23, 2016
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Caleborate Evolves from Rapper-Next-Door to Lyrical Mastermind
The East Bay rapper transforms his earnest, relatable brand of outsider hip-hop into a polished product on his upcoming album, 1993.
- Music, Aug 23, 2016
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Reflections on the 15th Street Tragedy
The August 14 shooting outside of Prime Development left many people in Oakland's underground music and art scenes reeling.
- Music, Show Preview Aug 23, 2016
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Grace Jones
At Greek Theater.
- Music, Show Preview Aug 23, 2016
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Government Flu, Sterile Mind, Rut, and Drop In
At 1-2-3-4 Go! Records.
- Music, Show Preview Aug 23, 2016
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ST Spittin
At Brick & Mortar Music Hall.
Blogs
- Blogs, Food & Drink Aug 23, 2016
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Ramen Shop's Breakfast Pastries Embrace California-Japanese Inspiration
Also: Comedian Shanti Charan's Mixing Masala web series helps you make good Indian food.
- Blogs, Cannabis Aug 24, 2016
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Weed Talk at OMCA Saturday: "Perspectives on Legalizing Marijuana"
- Blogs, Cannabis Aug 25, 2016
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Politifact: Sen. Feinstein Spread 'Mostly False' Information About California Legalization
- Blogs, News Aug 25, 2016
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Berkeley City Council Will Meet Tomorrow to Vote on Minimum Wage Compromise
- Blogs, Food & Drink Aug 25, 2016
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Mid-Week Menu: A Hotel Restaurant Reinvents Itself, a Sandwich Pop-Up Re-emerges, and a Fish Market Shutters
- Blogs, News Aug 25, 2016
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More Details on Those Rumored Oakland Raiders Coliseum Renderings and Images
- Blogs, Food & Drink Aug 25, 2016
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Drake's 27th Anniversary Party is Friday. Here's the Beer List.
- Blogs, Cannabis Aug 26, 2016
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California Legalization Proposition 64 Raises $11.45 Million
- Blogs, News Aug 26, 2016
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Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Sen. Hancock's Ban on State Funds for Coal Projects
- Blogs, Arts & Music Aug 26, 2016
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This Weekend's Top Six Events
August 26, 27 & 28
- Blogs, Arts & Music Sep 14, 2016
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Drake Brings Kevin Durant On Stage During Oracle Arena Performance
- Blogs, News Aug 29, 2016
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Oakland Police Union Writes $1,400 Check to Unseat Councilmember Noel Gallo
- Blogs, News Aug 29, 2016
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Online Poll Attacks Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, Claims False Endorsements for Peggy Moore
- Blogs, News Aug 30, 2016
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County Health Director: Oakland's Housing Crisis Is a Prescription for Sicker, Shorter Lives
- Blogs, Food & Drink Aug 30, 2016
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Twenty Restaurants to Consider When Eating 'Ethnic' in the East Bay
