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Apr 1, 2025
Plant them now, dig them later
During the pandemic, if people weren’t making sourdough bread, they were starting a garden. Some got hooked on the primal connection between hands and...
Mar 4, 2025
Annie Owens exhibits quiet power in ‘Vampire Summer’
When artist Annie Owens lived in San Francisco, she shopped in the middle of the night. Yet the aisles were far from deserted. Many...
Jan 14, 2025
Pacific Pinball Museum plans to expand
It all started in the not-yet-United States when French soldiers fighting on the colonists’ side during the Revolution brought over a game called “Bagatelle.”...
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Jan 7, 2025
Let’s Ride Richmond powers electric bikes
Richmond is getting another electric upgrade, in the form of electric bikes, after a major 2022 power failure.
In that year, Bolt Motility, founded by...
Dec 31, 2024
East Bay political scene shakes up
Post-November elections, Oakland confronts a political future of uncertainty and, likely, more upheaval. Mayor Sheng Thao, facing multiple scandals, was resoundingly recalled. Current city...
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Dec 17, 2024
Port of Oakland clears the air
By the time it celebrates its centennial in 2027, the Port of Oakland may be a global showcase in fighting climate change.
On Oct. 29,...
Dec 10, 2024
Local groups prepare to battle Trump
Barely more than a week after the election, on Nov. 13, Politico announced, “The Trump resistance goes flaccid.” On Nov. 29, the same outlet...
Nov 26, 2024
‘Making Their Mark’ awes at BAMPFA
When Komal Shah was a little girl growing up in India in the home of her textile merchant father, she and her sister did...