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Feeling at Home at Xinia’s Bakery
Xinia Cruz shows off her El Salvadoran-style empanadas, which are made with ripe plantains and deep-fried.
Credits: Photo by Lance Yamamoto
A few Saturdays...
Pop-up Crackdown Stuns East Bay Restaurant Industry
Korean-American pop-up restaurant Nokni was shut down by an Alameda County health inspector a couple weeks ago.
Credits: photo courtesy of Julya Shin
Since Julya Shin...
A Harbinger of an Immigration Crackdown?
Marco Senghor, owner of the popular restaurant and nightclub Bissap Baobab.
Credits: Photo from Marco Senghor's GoFundMe campaign
Marco Senghor, owner of the...
Oakland Council Pushes for Smartphone Kill Switches
This week, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a resolution in support of California Senate Bill 962 (SB 962). If passed, the law will...
Smartphone Kill Switch Legislation Moves Forward in Sacramento
During the next several weeks, the California Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications will consider legislation requiring all handheld mobile devices sold in...
California May Become the First State to Require Kill Switches in Smartphones
State Senator Mark Leno of San Francisco announced plans this week to introduce a bill next year that would require kill switch technology in...
What’s Driving Oakland’s Robbery Epidemic?
On a Wednesday evening, just a few weeks before the November 2012 election, Oakland City Council candidate Dan Kalb was robbed while on his...
The Woman Behind Big Freedia
Renee Moncada-McElroy has an ageless beauty about her: Sitting at Geoffrey's Inner Circle on a recent Wednesday, with braids coiled on top of her...
