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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 20, 2025
Delta blues master takes the stage at the Freight
Though named after the King of the Cowboys, guitarist Roy Rogers isn’t a country and western yodeler. The Bay Area resident and Redding native is an acclaimed Delta blues musician and producer. His extensive credits include work...
May 20, 2025
Senior assassin wields steel in South Korean hit
The lead character in Min Kyu-dong’s gratuitously violent Pagwa (The Old Woman with the Knife) doesn’t operate the same way as most other action figures.
First and foremost she’s female and, as advertised, she’s a genuine senior rather...
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...
