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El Sobrante resident Thomas Lang wanted to give back to and help improve his unincorporated neighborhood. So he began attending meetings of the El Sobrante Municipal Advisory Council (MAC), and in 2017, joined the nine-member board. Since...

The clash of steel upon steel rings out across the valley floor. Banners ripple in the air as a low, relentless drumming urges thousands of dusty boots onward. A bugle cries out, sending nesting birds skyward. The...

Kevin Jones and I have hosted the Doomloop Dispatch podcast for nearly a year now. Last week, we reached our 50th episode, with an interview with journalist Eric K. Arnold. Our episodes generally focus on being counter-narratives...

It’s a Tuesday night in Berkeley, and Dom Barrientos, Great Notion Brewing’s tap-room coordinator, is mingling. The bespectacled impresario is welcoming every guest to Fourth Street’s liveliest living room. Great Notion, a Portland-based brewery upstart, set up...

Returning after a full-stop for five years due to the pandemic, the annual Startup Art Fair sets ablaze one of the area’s finest events for viewing and purchasing the artwork of contemporary independent artists. With 60 artists...

I once argued in a position paper in journalism school that perhaps hate speech ought not to be protected by the First Amendment. My professor pushed back, saying it was a slippery slope. If the rights of...

Eli’s was once one of Oakland’s liveliest neighborhood nightspots, putting on shows by local and nationally known blues artists almost every day of the week. It has changed hands several times over the years and, while the...