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Apr 29, 2025

Want to get involved? Get on a board!

El Sobrante resident Thomas Lang wanted to give back to and help improve his unincorporated neighborhood. So he began attending meetings of the El Sobrante Municipal Advisory Council (MAC), and in 2017, joined the nine-member board. Since...
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Seven Mirrors gallery reflects community
May 13, 2025

Seven Mirrors gallery reflects community

Oakland-based artist Stacey Goodman’s multidisciplinary work can be described with any number of words. Even so, words fail to capture his broad portfolio and the vision that spurred him to found Seven Mirrors, a new, public-facing art...
Aurora Theatre’s 'Crumbs' triumphs despite last-minute setback
May 13, 2025

Aurora Theatre’s ‘Crumbs’ triumphs despite last-minute setback

If the phrase, “the show must go on,” was ever supremely apropos, it was May 4 at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. Faced with the lead actor falling ill during a run of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s...
May 6, 2025

Free Will Astrology: Week of May 7

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Just for now, you might benefit from moderating your intensity. I am pleased to see how much good stuff you...
Alameda chef John Thiel returns with Pizzeria Pappo
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...
Bar Shiru and Gold Palm amplify Oakland's Uptown
Daniel Gahr and Shirin Raza are co-owners of Bar Shiru and, since last fall, Gold Palm, which opened in Palmetto’s former space. Raza is the general...
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