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May 7, 2024
Policing Pollution Faces Delays
Under a historic settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Chevron recently cleared all 678 of the air pollution infractions that had been pending against its Richmond refinery.
With the settlement, BAAQMD, the regional agency...
May 7, 2024
Amoeba Music is More Than a Record Store
Amoeba Music opened its iconic store on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley on Nov. 17, 1990. A crowd of customers had already gathered on the sidewalk outside. As soon as the doors opened, they ran into the store...
May 7, 2024
Social Eyes: Week of May 9-15
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TITO PUENTE JR.
The scion of the late legendary timbalero, composer and bandleader Tito Puente (1923–2000) has dedicated himself to keeping his father’s vast legacy on stage. While Tito Puente Jr. never studied percussion with his namesake, he...
May 7, 2024
In 2016, Zaytoon Restaurant opened to expand people’s conception of what Middle Eastern dining can be. In the years since, the tastefully decorated Albany mainstay has...
Oysters served on the half shell ($22/$40) are listed at the top of Daniel Pirello’s The Salty Pearl menu in Oakland. For two years, Pirello had...