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Chef Kanlaya Palivan and her team have transformed the space on San Pablo Avenue that formerly belonged to Paisan. They’ve added bright orange dining room chairs. Yellow, pink, red and blue ...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries filmmaker Akira Kurosawa devoted meticulous attention to weather conditions. He would postpone shooting a particular scene for days, waiting for the influx of the ...
Civil rights lawyer Pamela Price has put the Oakland police sex abuse scandal at the center of her campaign for Alameda County DA. But the victim in that case isn't supporting her candidacy.
Two Fremont cops shot into a moving vehicle in Hayward last year, killing Elena Mondragon. The DA's office ruled the shooting was justified and is now charging the driver with murder. Elena ...
Staffed by an impressive roster of talking heads, this meticulously researched profile/exposé aims to deflate Jobs' carefully cultivated public image. When it comes to the late Steve Jobs and his ...
It's time to talk about pedigreed restaurateurs that co-opt traditional eats — and how the food-media hype machine enables cultural erasure. The small, unassuming building on the corner of ...
These days, nail art has no limits. In Alice Kincade’s experience, anyway. The Oakland-based nail artist began her work in her dorm room at UCLA in 2019 while recovering from a car accident.
If pot is truly medicine, shouldn't it be standardized? Analytical Labs wants to test the potency and safety of Cali cannabis. At downtown Oakland’s Harborside Health Center, the hairy green ...
Fecal transplants are being heralded as a simple cure for a dangerous and growing intestinal infection. But their future is uncertain. The answer to her woes, it turns out, was feces. Oakland ...
Growing elk herds are competing with grazing cattle at the national park, raising questions about how best to manage public lands. After being reintroduced to the park in 1978, Tule elk are now ...
Scientists believe global warming may explain why populations have collapsed. That suggests looming troubles for marine species that rely on the tiny fish. Tens of millions of silvery sardine ...