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May 20, 2025
Ten years of fighting coal
The decade-long twists and turns of the battle over a proposed Oakland coal terminal are not over yet.
In March, 86 organizations and nearly 1,000 individuals sent an “open letter” to Los Angeles hedge fund owner Jon Brooks,...
May 23, 2025
Tropa Magica brings psychedelic ranchera to Oakland
For those not familiar with the sights and sounds of Tropa Magica, just imagine if the ghosts of Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain spiked the mariachi band’s cerveza with top-notch LSD at a quinceañera. Tropa Magica gives...
May 23, 2025
Ciel Sessions return to ignite at Studio Zero
Studio Zero feels as if it could host an intimate fashion show or be a multimedia art gallery at first glance. As the crowd makes its way through the nondescript grey entrance of Ciel Creative Space on...
Bollinger Canyon Road is lined with miles of white rose bushes. This month they’re in bloom. There’s something funereal about them, as if they indicate the...
Chef John Thiel makes two kinds of pies at Pizzeria Pappo. Alamedans enjoyed Thiel’s cooking for nearly two decades at his previous restaurant, Pappo, which closed...
