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Dec 23, 2024
Will Prop. 36 make the East Bay safer from retail theft?
Oanh Trinh watched in horror as thieves drove an SUV through two security gates and rifled her Oakland business, Lucky 7 Cigarettes, early one morning in October.
The livestreamed security cam footage on her phone told the story:...
Dec 17, 2024
Caretaking and community inspire Marcus Gardley
Award-winning Oakland-born playwright Marcus Gardley never knows where his writing is going. In an interview a week prior to the world premiere of his newest play, A Thousand Ships, Gardley said, “These characters reveal themselves to me...
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 announced, “The anti-Trump movement is in tatters.”
Leaders of anti-Trump organizations beg—rather, demand—to differ....
Dec 3, 2024
Town Love duo pick Oaktown gifts
There’s an old adage about gifting that long predates Amazon and free shipping and Instagram targeting: It’s the thought that counts. The notion conjures up images of painstakingly handmade gifts imbued with profound personalization. It’s a nice...
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 not have a lot of toys. “We used fabric samples to make costumes...
Nov 12, 2024
Local artisans craft gifts for all bodies
The premise was simple: Search out local artisans and makers to best complete the ellipsis-ended phrase, “When you love your body, you ...” We knew A-list artists in the East Bay’s bustling, creative atmosphere would number in...
Nov 5, 2024
Fitness empowered by the impossible
Drago Nesa, entrepreneur, international circus performer and longest-body-burn-while-hanging-from-their-teeth world record holder, teaches aerial silks at SkyHigh Odditorium, a Richmond-based aerial arts and acrobatics school where strength training and choreography fuse in midair. “When you do aerial,” she...
