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After publishing her hit debut, ‘The Best We Could Do,’ the Vietnamese-American writer, illustrator, and educator is looking to use her platform to help other refugees.
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The Oakland artist and activist works to prioritize fellow queer people of color.
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It plays out like a poor soap opera.
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The dog program manager at Hopalong Animal Rescue helps find homes for lost pets amid a raging fire season.
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OUSD plans to appoint a director to BayTech's board while an ongoing investigation delves into allegations of financial mismanagement.
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Homeless and mentally ill, Joshua Pawlik was unconscious right before four Oakland police officers killed him in March. His family and friends are seeking answers.
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The principal suddenly resigned after the school's board accused him of fraud, but the controversy raises questions about the school's links to the Gülen movement.
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The FDA's approval of the first-ever pharmaceutical drug containing cannabidiol could lead to a crackdown on other cannabis products.
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The revitalization effort signals a cultural renaissance, with arts, music, and food spaces planned for the historic building.
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The principal suddenly resigned after the school's board accused him of fraud, but the controversy raises questions about the school's links to the Gülen movement.
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Homeless and mentally ill, Joshua Pawlik was unconscious right before four Oakland police officers killed him in March. His family and friends are seeking answers.
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School administrators forced students to buy uniforms, graduation caps and gowns, and made parents buy tickets to attend ceremonies. BayTech's board also repeatedly violated the Brown Act.
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The all-female, all-Black music collective is destined for big things.
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It's not just about the 1970s.
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The peaceful arrest of John Lee Cowell for the brutal murder of Nia Wilson was striking compared to BART's past treatment of Black suspects.
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If you want to know why people hate America, watch Lauren Greenfield's documentary.
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Re: “Recycling and Anxiety in Berkeley”
RE: single-bin recycling in Oakland. I've visited Waste Management's Davis St. facility and talked with the people there. Don't worry, they do indeed have a pick-line of people and an automated sorter that goes through your mixed recycling. I'm not a huge fan of this kind of "single stream" recycling because it leads to degraded paper and glass that can't be used for as many things in it's next life, but WM didn't put in all that expensive sorting equipment just to landfill your recycling. There are plenty of things that people put in their bins (e.g., any plastic other that #1 and #2 bottles) that definitely do end up in landfill, but that's always been the case and no one claims it isn't (if other plastics are accepted, chances are they're being incinerated in China).