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Oct 1, 2024
East Bayers weigh in on national politics
Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins from President Joe Biden as the democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential elections, many democratic voters have shifted from a place of reluctance to a place of hope.
Sherry...
Sep 24, 2024
California funds fresh food for families
Sixty-eight-year-old Bah is like a kid in a candy store as she bounces from the veggie stand to the strawberries to the tamales and hummus at the Todos Santos Farmers’ Market in Concord on a sunny Tuesday...
Sep 10, 2024
Realistic optimism for the Best of the East Bay
This is a time of transition. Between summer and fall. Between vacation and the start of a new school year. Not to mention the ongoing roller coaster between now and the November election. It also seems to...
Sep 3, 2024
Displaced muralist wields political paintbrush—with love
Edythe Boone has called Berkeley home for more than half of her 86 years, and she’s beautified the Bay Area for just as long. Her murals blend together a kind of utopia; community representation with a rainbow...
Jul 12, 2024
Express writers win 2024 AAN awards
Congratulations to all the winners of this year's Association of Alternative Newsmedia awards! We're especially proud of longtime Express dining writer, Jeffrey Edalatpour, for his "What the Fork" column, which won third place for Food Writing; and...
Mar 12, 2024
No Reliable Standards Exist for Driving While High
Blood-alcohol tests often aren’t really conclusive when it comes to determining whether a person is too impaired to drive. Many people who are over the legal limit are probably perfectly fine to drive, even if doing so...
Feb 20, 2024
Mental Health Advocates Rate Prop 1 a Zero
Julia Ford was in the third trimester of her pregnancy when she moved out of an abandoned school bus in Oakland and into the Healthy Babies Project transitional housing. The shelter came with a treatment program founded...
