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Best Young OG: Pendarvis Harshaw
Pendarvis Harshaw, the young OG.
Credits: Portrait by Sam Zide
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Best QTPOC Performance-Activist and Status Quo Challenger: Devi K
Credits: Portrait by Sam Zide
Community organizer turned performance-activist Devi K traded in their megaphone...
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Best Platform to Amplify Under-Represented Voices: The team at...
Pam Paulson (right, shown here with Rhea Fontaine)
Credits: Portrait by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower
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Best Garden Whiz and Butterfly Savior: Victoria ‘Tora’ Rocha
Victoria "Tora" Rocha: “I believe in showing your passion."
Credits: Portrait by Sam Zide
Victoria...
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Best Fade: Shevelle ‘Shevy’ Mitchell
Barber Shevelle "Shevy" Mitchell's been cutting hair since he was a teen.
Credits: Portrait by...
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Best Hope to Preserve Pre-Legalization Cannabis Culture: Chip Moore
Alex de Man was reviewing her notes. She and her business partner, Chip Moore,...
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Best Oakland Pop Star for Troubled Times: Star Amerasu
Star Amerasu: "The idea of my music is based on the idea that I’m...
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Best Modern Day Defender: Anjali Banerjee
On Bastille Day last year, UC Berkeley student Anjali Banerjee was in Nice, France,...
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Best Fitness Motivator: Amelia Avila Garcia
Credits: Portrait by Taliesin Gilkes-Bower
Amelia Avila Garcia is waiting near...
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Best Coffee Empowerment: Sin Frontreras Coffee
Oakland’s Rocio Cervantes and Jose Rodriguez run a cafe and coffee production company —...
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Best Influential Bourbon Drinker: Samara Rivers
Samara Rivers loves drinking bourbon. She’s a whiskey enthusiast who can be seen around...
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Radical Coffee Roaster: Keba Konte
A cup of coffee in the morning always pairs well with a hearty breakfast...
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Classic Brewmaster: Rodger Davis of Faction Brewing Co.
It was one of the biggest beer events of the year — so of...
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Chinese-American Superman: Gene Yang
When I caught up with Bay Area native Gene Yang recently for an interview,...
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