Women Helping Women Succeed
Nov 26, 2024

Women Helping Women Succeed

The mail carrier delivered another piece of mail addressed to the former occupant.  But this time, the soft-cover book, The Giving List: Women Doing It Differently, turned out to be full of interest—in particular, including its profiles of...
Bay Area Music, Memorialized
Dec 10, 2024

Bay Area Music, Memorialized

Sometimes, Lee Streitz doesn’t know where his photographs will end up. Usually, he shares his selects with the bands he shoots and they pass along the merch, album covers and promotional materials his photographs grace—but not always. “Every...
'Harmonica Wizard' DeFord Bailey honored at festival
Dec 10, 2024

‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey honored at festival

The DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival, Dec. 13-15 at Freight & Salvage, pays tribute to the legendary Black musician. Born in 1899 and short of stature at four feet, 10 inches tall, Bailey was dubbed the “Harmonica Wizard” for...
Dec 3, 2024

Free Will Astrology: Week of Dec. 4

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Blaming others for our problems is rarely helpful. If we expend emotional energy focusing on how people have offended and...
Chunky Butt Ice Cream crafts Pints for Pies
For most purveyors of artisanal ice cream, winter is a cruel season. Families and friends gather to share slices of pie, their holiday dessert plates piled...
Shaka Shack serves it up Hawaiian-style
The bright yellow Locos Only food truck—the one with the anthropomorphized pineapple on the side—has made appearances at East Bay breweries, events and wineries since 2018....
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