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Or should we turn the scofflaw company into a public agency?
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Putting the "street" back into "street food."
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Plus hirings in Alameda and at Oakland A's and victories for Ro Khanna and the memory of Oscar Grant.
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Almost 60 years after landing her breakthrough roll, the
Puerto Rican-born Berkeley actress will return to West Side Story
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Bay Area dating app consultants have got you covered.
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The new owner of The Big Blue Haus, a beloved Oakland space for queers and artists, is evicting all the tenants, and renters say he told them he plans to turn it into an Airbnb.
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Sports medicine is not just for athletes. It's for anyone who wants to lead an active lifestyle and be their best self.
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After years of delay, the city is finally taking action to retrofit thousands of seismically unsafe soft-story apartments.
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No metric factually supports the oft-repeated falsehood about the so-called “global Raiders brand.” And this delusion could have destructive results for Mark Davis, the NFL, and Nevada taxpayers.
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In East Oakland, Cecilia Chairez combines spices from Zacatecas, Mexico, with slow-cooked stews, meats, and handmade tortillas to create big flavors.
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No metric factually supports the oft-repeated falsehood about the so-called “global Raiders brand.” And this delusion could have destructive results for Mark Davis, the NFL, and Nevada taxpayers.
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The new owner of The Big Blue Haus, a beloved Oakland space for queers and artists, is evicting all the tenants, and renters say he told them he plans to turn it into an Airbnb.
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After years of delay, the city is finally taking action to retrofit thousands of seismically unsafe soft-story apartments.
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Or should we turn the scofflaw company into a public agency?
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Under its agreement with UC Berkeley, the online giant can seek to block the release of public records or redact parts of them.
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Re: “Inception”
This movie was not perfect; I took issue with some minor areas of predictability (relatively speaking), forced dialogue and plot devices (mostly early on), and cast choices (Ellen page was completely out of place here). However, I still think it was a more intelligent and compelling film than almost every mainstream one. I kind of wish that the concepts had been explored to a much greater depth, with higher intensity, complexity, and feeling. I have a feeling that Inception was watered down a bit from the original idea to make it palatable to the masses, but you have to do that to make money (or at best, become a cult classic much later which is unacceptable to most directors and studios). The flaws and lesser exploration of the themes present in the film make it rank it more as 'good' instead of 'masterpiece' in my opinion. By my (again relatively speaking) ultra-strict standards this film gets a B or 80-85%. A very high rating for a mainstream movie. The themes present reminded me a lot of myself and my struggles to cope with the boredom of the real world, and my regression into a life of being partially stuck in dreams and what could be, rather than what is. Essentially, Inception is an outstanding idea decently executed. If the execution had been better and the themes explored much more deeply, it could have been much better.