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Monday's Briefing: Pete Stark, long-time East Bay congressman, dies; A's optimistic about building new ballpark

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Friday's Briefing: Charges against CoCo assessor will be dropped if he wins supe race; Coronavirus fears grow in Alameda County

Berkeley cell meat company gets funding boost
The Great Cannabis Crash of 2019

California is famous for its cyclical booms and busts: housing, dotcoms, gold mining. Guess which industry is next.
Nickeled and Dymed

The collapse of Dionymed Brands, which traded on the stock exchange as DYME, highlights the factors at work in the great cannabis crash.
Thursday's Briefing: Berkeley approves homeless encampment under the freeway; Robbery video rattles Oakland Hills

Raiders officially drop Oakland

The Great Cannabis Crash of 2019

California is famous for its cyclical booms and busts: housing, dotcoms, gold mining. Guess which industry is next.
Spinning Bones Puts a Fresh Twist on Rotisserie

Not your average chicken dinner.
Oakland Restaurant Week Is Back for the 10th Year

Our picks for some of the best restaurant week deals plus the scoop on special events.
The Coming National Water-Quality Crisis

New California testing guidelines that take effect this month are expected to reveal widespread groundwater contamination from the chemicals associated with Teflon.
California's Salmon Barely Survived the 20th Century, (But Will They Vanish Before the Next One?)

Though fishing industry observers fear for the worst, some fisheries advocates can see a path forward.

The Great Cannabis Crash of 2019

California is famous for its cyclical booms and busts: housing, dotcoms, gold mining. Guess which industry is next.
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California's Salmon Barely Survived the 20th Century, (But Will They Vanish Before the Next One?)

Though fishing industry observers fear for the worst, some fisheries advocates can see a path forward.
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Berkeley Greenlights BART Housing in Principle, But the Devil Is In the Details.

Some observers are prioritizing maximum housing density, but other residents near the Ashby station are pushing for 100 percent affordability.
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Alameda County Approves $85 Million Sale of Coliseum Site to A's

And the Oakland Raiders go out with a whimper; we're all 49ers fans now.
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A Neglected Beat Pioneer

New collection of works by Bob Kaufman illuminates the work of an influential, if forgotten poet.
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Hot Highlights of Oakland Restaurant Week

ORW turns 10 this year with tasty ways to eat and drink your way around Oakland.
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Oakland’s Alphabet Rockers lands a second nomination for best children’s music album for record honoring gender and cultural diversity.

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Avocado truck tips over on Highway 13

Berkeley cell meat company gets funding boost

California is famous for its cyclical booms and busts: housing, dotcoms, gold mining. Guess which industry is next.

The collapse of Dionymed Brands, which traded on the stock exchange as DYME, highlights the factors at work in the great cannabis crash.

Raiders officially drop Oakland

California is famous for its cyclical booms and busts: housing, dotcoms, gold mining. Guess which industry is next.

Not your average chicken dinner.

Our picks for some of the best restaurant week deals plus the scoop on special events.

New California testing guidelines that take effect this month are expected to reveal widespread groundwater contamination from the chemicals associated with Teflon.

Though fishing industry observers fear for the worst, some fisheries advocates can see a path forward.

California is famous for its cyclical booms and busts: housing, dotcoms, gold mining. Guess which industry is next.

Though fishing industry observers fear for the worst, some fisheries advocates can see a path forward.

Some observers are prioritizing maximum housing density, but other residents near the Ashby station are pushing for 100 percent affordability.

And the Oakland Raiders go out with a whimper; we're all 49ers fans now.

New collection of works by Bob Kaufman illuminates the work of an influential, if forgotten poet.

ORW turns 10 this year with tasty ways to eat and drink your way around Oakland.

Oakland’s Alphabet Rockers lands a second nomination for best children’s music album for record honoring gender and cultural diversity.

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