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Leaked documents about the effort to sell a coal terminal to a reluctant city show how the government sausage gets made.
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Housemade noodles are the star of the show, but the soups and the tempura are hit and miss.
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Despite flimsy science, a state agency might declare pot a “reproductive toxin.”
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Oakland Zoo's African elephant dies
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How I came to see climate change as a fight for our lives.
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Should Richmond really build a waterfront community along the historic cul-de-sac directly adjacent to Chevron’s refinery?
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Can the legislature fix the problem? So far it has not stepped up.
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Oakland's ambitious approach to solving the climate crisis combines environmental action with a focus on equity. Can they fit together?
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The cabbage is purple rather than green, and teff makes its way into chocolate cake.
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This unique addition offers quality meats prepared with California sensibilities and Japanese-Hawaiian ingredients.
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Should Richmond really build a waterfront community along the historic cul-de-sac directly adjacent to Chevron’s refinery?
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After filing grievances over a disciplinary incident that he believes was unfair, Ken Mockel was accused of far more serious charges that school attorneys later misrepresented.
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We need a Marshall Plan for housing in the country.
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A fine-dining chef returns to his Salvadoran roots, meshing the spirit of traditional recipes with classical and progressive cooking techniques.
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It's impossible to know how much cannabis business has been lost to cities with lower rates. But it's a lot.
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Re: “The Problems With Bioplastics”
Finally some accurate info on compostable plastics! I know of no Northern California compost facility that is properly processing rigid compostable plastics, yet some are contracted to accept them. It is likely a mistake for cities to be directing their use through sustainable foodware ordinances. It's not that rigid compostable plastics aren't breaking down in the piles. It's that they aren't allowed in the piles in the first place. All jurisdictions will be expected to be making, and using, huge amounts of (quality?) compost under SB 1383. We have to keep our compost salable by keeping compostable plastics out of the compost feedstock - and then stop greenwashing rigid compostable plastics as sustainable.
Andy Schneider