Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians. Why does the proposed budget eliminate funding for it?
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Jun 24, 2025

Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians. Why does the proposed budget eliminate...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. State leaders have been talking a lot lately about cleaning up California’s homeless encampments and moving people indoors. But the tentative budget they’ve drawn up for...
John Waters unites ‘tribe’ at Mosswood Meltdown
Jul 15, 2025

John Waters unites ‘tribe’ at Mosswood Meltdown

An ark is being built, ready to bring all self-declared weirdos and certified nonconformists to safety from the standard summer corporate music festivals that have their thumbs on the scale. For those who don’t want to feel...
Black is the new white
Jul 15, 2025

Black is the new white

Lorraine Hansberry didn’t live to see her final play, Les Blancs (The Whites) produced. The author of A Raisin in the Sun died of cancer at 34 before completing the complex work, inspired, it is believed, by...
Jul 8, 2025

Free Will Astrology: Week of July 9

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the days before lighthouses, some coastal communities used “fire beacons”—elevated structures where people tended open flames to guide sailors....
Alma y Sazon opens in Emeryville
Hibiscus flowers, jackfruit and oyster mushrooms are just some of the “meat substitutes” chef Paola Lagunas cooks at Alma y Sazon. Lagunas has worked in the...
Akbar and Iglesias introduce Jaji
Where is Julie McCoy—Love Boat cruise director extraordinaire—when we need her? Last week my plan was to eat dinner at Lucuma, a new Peruvian restaurant in...
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