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Instead of welcoming the cannabis industry into the light, Oakland's new rules are putting many out of business, while others are disappearing into the illicit market.
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Developer Danny Haber's project to rebuild a red-tagged live-work warehouse has been stalled by environmental review and could be delayed further.
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The new Berkeley restaurant soars with handmade curry pastes, quality ingredients, and traditionally bold flavors.
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Small farmers had hoped to usher in California's new legal cannabis market, but the state's high taxes and fees and a loophole in its regulatory scheme are allowing Big Weed to take over.
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An imaginative map from the creator of the East Bay Yesterday podcast illustrates Oakland's natural and industrial history.
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The Elmwood's new fast-casual restaurant is a welcomed evolution of the red sauce joint.
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Activists are also garnering support for a statewide ballot initiative to repeal Costa Hawkins.
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We endorse Oakland Councilmember Dan Kalb and former Obama White House aide Buffy Wicks in the June 5 primary.
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A group of East Oakland youth in the Scraper Bike Team say San Leandro police keeping confiscating their bicycles — sometimes at gunpoint.
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It will break us from the chains of capitalistic individualism and the destructive car-centric lifestyle.
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Hundreds of people gathered last night to demand that the city hire additional public works crews to clean up garbage and focus on the most impacted neighborhoods.
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After years of criticism over the Raiders deal, East Bay officials now can try to wipe the slate clean and recoup hundreds of millions of dollars from the NFL and Mark Davis.
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The Korean-American artist specializes in dance-worthy club beats that feel quiet and cozy.
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True Shoah story takes a disconcertingly sweet point of view.
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Jon Hamm's new movie makes a hash of Lebanon, but it's high-class hash.
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Re: “Lieutenant Governor Hopeful Gayle McLaughlin Wants to Take the East Bay’s Progressive Revolution to Sacramento”
I may speak for many progressive Richmond residents when I express disappointment, dismay, and even disgust with the RPA's "ends justify means" political playbook. Sadly, the disconnect between their words and actions give progressivism a bad name. Start with their movement away from district elections now that they dominate the council, though they reside in only one or two districts; follow that up with well-documented public harassment and intimidation of an elderly landlady over the just cause eviction of a problematic tenant during their push for rent control laws ;check Richmond city council meeting minutes for accounts of Council member Beckles publicly humiliating a visually impaired fellow council member; and photos of her playing games on her phone during a budget hearing. Most egregiously, note that while RPA has sworn off corporate donations, they have no such qualms about taking donations from both local and national organized labor groups. This effectively rules out significant financial support for non-RPA candidates lest they be accused of being the puppets of corporations or wealthy individuals. . Yet the RPA dominated city council rules routinely on matters affecting union members - but somehow those contributions aren't seen as influential.