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Best of the East Bay 2023 – Introduction
Simply the Best
The Bay Area thrives, even in trying times
Yes, the title of this year’s introduction to the East Bay Express: Best of the...
Ground Zero
Rain brings little relief to California’s depleted groundwater
The powerful storms that clobbered California for weeks in December and January dropped trillions of gallons...
After the Storm
Is California’s drought over? Here’s what to know about rain, snow, reservoirs and drought
The year 2023 began with a historic bang—record precipitation and disastrous...
The Gift of Green
Joshua Chase and Oakanna stand out when the smoke clears
The Oakanna cannabis store bears quite a few distinctions. For one, it’s the first cannabis...
Pride, Purpose, Passion: Joe Hawkins celebrates 5 years of Oakland’s LGBTQ Center with a...
In August of 2019, EBX sat down with Oakland LGBTQ Center CEO Joe Hawkins and vice president Dawn Edwards, to celebrate two years of...
Welcome to Best of the East Bay: 2022 is a doozy, but we got...
2022 has been, shall we say, an intense year so far. Even as we continue to endure a virus that has wavered some, while...
Cosmic Blackness: Afrosurreal artist Christopher Burch unveils a mural meant to inspire, educate and...
Full disclosure: Christopher Burch is my brother, comrade, friend and inspiration. We’ve known each other for more than a handful of years, and still,...
Our Man ‘Ish’: Ishmael Reed reflects on life, art, music and home
"Some have called Ish a 'trickster,' and Ralph Ellison—in a drunken rant at a gala in New York City when he was in his 30s—once called him a 'criminal and a con-man,' but few call this poet, author, publisher, Columbus Foundation president, musician, playwright, founder of the American Book Awards, screen-writer and cartoonist a Renaissance man," D. Scot Miller writes.
